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I'm sure it's a function of how many bots are attacking us. Speaking for myself, I know there were huge runs about 1 month ago (around 25/2) but that might be different for someone else such as our hoster which is somewhere in the USA.

No, it's not an April fool, we appear to be back 🙂 We seemed to run out of bandwidth especially early in March?

The standard RM-MC38EL should work. Maybe if you dream about it you can wake up with an idea of what to do. I'm stumped. However the middle bit looks like the NH900's.

Well, I was able to remove the lid from my MZ-DH 710 and then remove the circuit board from the lid. The part is the same as shown in the RH 900 service manual:, I have a non-functioning RH 900 to experiment on. Unfortunately, the exploded diagram showing the 'jog dial' and '5 way control key' is a tease. The entire switch control is a single sealed unit and soldered solidly to the circuit board. I imagine that if one ever went in for repair, the entire circuit board would be replaced. Bummer! , especially so because there is no remote for this mode and it doesn't have even have enough heft to be a paper weight. Thanks for the assistance. Maybe I'll send it to some Sony repair facility and see if they react in any way.

Limp means it's not electrical, i think. Take a look at page 50 of the NH900 service manual. The others will surely all be similar.

Thank you, Yes, a service manual would be helpful ; a pretty exhaustive search yielded nothing. I was very surprised when the button suddenly went limp. I did have the impression that it was a well designed and tested version; a little larger that than on other models. // OK, I just took a look at the NH 600, 700, 800, and 900 service manuals and I don't see anything about how the jog dial and 5 way button are assembled or a view it's component parts. I'll have to remove the lid carefully and see if anything obvious is revealed. I recall taking the lid off an NH 900 because the menu button won't bring up the menu when pushed and held, except on a rare a occasion, and I couldn't see anything to fix. That one is probably not a mechanical issue but something with the circuitry and beyond my skills.

I can't offer help on this model, but i recall something similar with an NH700. You'll have to take it apart. Inside the lid the switch board is probably secured with a couple of screws. We're hampered here by not having an exploded diagram from the service manual, but you might benefit from the fact that these designs kindof evolved... yours being a later one than said NH700. Not much use but don't panic yet. Kind regards Stephen

The other thing that changed recently is the effectiveness of Chromecast (and I am sure the many clones). I am away from home this week, and for the first time I am able to blast my videos from home (not copied, but via the internet) directly on to the TV there. So if you have a phone that will get the content you need, maybe this is enough. Once again, this is not a property of the TV, but the fact that you can reliably plug in a device which catches your casts from portable device(s).

Hello, I'm hoping I can get some advice or assistance to repair the 'jog' button on my Hi-MD MZ-DH 710. The button which adjusts volume, previous/ next and 'enter' has come loose. It is in place but flops around and does not connect with the functions. Has anybody fixed one of these multi function jog buttons. Several models have them. Any help is welcome and appreciated. Thank you.

This is the model number: Sony 65" Class - X850G Series - 4K UHD LED LCD TV

Thanks. I was thinking hardware to be honest because you would think a total factory reset would fix the issue?

Very kind of you but I think 6 years later this guy is probably long gone. He only ever came to the site in 2019.

Sure. But if you are having trouble with software that browses the internet on that particular date it seems not unreasonable to ascribe to a common cause. I'm sure there's nothing wrong with your hardware. I have Sony TVs from the last 20 years and both sport access to things "out there" (eg music sites that are long gone) and no longer do any of those extra things.

Hi @tsfrance. What model of Bravia do you have? Might be worth asking over on AVForums - Sony TV Forum (UK based) or AVS Forum (US based) as if this is a wider issue I am sure others would have flagged it.

I am a bit confused thought as what Firefox on a computer would have to do with a Sony Bravia tv?

There's a kerfuffle of sorts relating to Firefox's root certificate expiring on 14th March. https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/13/mozilla_certificate_update/ Was your problem beginning exactly then? It's not clear to me that Sony ever used anything from Mozilla - but what do I know? Seems a bit of a coincidence..... If it were me, I would stop relying on anything baked into your TV (and updates thereto) and get a real computer (for example a Raspberry Pi if you cannot stand working with Windoze) to drive the TV screen

This is a very odd situation. Our Bravia is about 3 years old and now issues. Nice picture and sound. A few days ago when my wife pulled up the page with all of our apps on the tv and picked an app, nothing would load. It shows the app page but if you pick any app, say Netflix, it just boots you out to the main screen. Same with settings. You can get into settings but most of the time when you picked a setting you are kicked out to the main screen. Sometimes she found a way to make settings work. So after searching the internet for help it was always the same 5 things. Soft Rest. Unplug TV. Software Update. Restart Internet and the final one was factory reset. We put off the factory reset as long as we could but finally gave in and what a mistake that was. Now we can't do anything in settings at all because it boots us out. So we installed Netflix and we were able to do that but when you try and sign in it will boot you out to the main screen before you get the password entered. What a mess now. For the time being I had a Firestick in the drawer so we are using that with no issues now. My wife wont be ok with it though because now we are using 3 remotes and I should not have to use Firestick on this TV anyway. So am I going to have to buy a new tv that has a great picture and works great except for pulling up apps and setting??? I hope not but if the factory reset did not fix it, what will? We are very very frustrated to say the least and would appreciate any help. Thanks very much. Tom

The latest BIOS for the Sony VAIO VGN-FZ series is R1120J7 which can be downloaded here https://elektrotanya.com/sony_vaio_vgn-fz21z_pcg-391m_r1120j7_bios.rar/download.html you can flash this with Winphlash which can be found on wim's bios website at https://www.wimsbios.com/phoenixflasher.jsp#gsc.tab=0 (scroll down and find Winphlash) Here is video show you how to do it:

Hi Guys I have a SONY HDR-cx240 camcorder. I need to record an hour of footage that generates one SINGLE 60 minute file /continuous clip- But mostly I get multiple / separate files / clips that are around 13 minutes long Q: HOW can I fit this? WHAT settings are required? The clips always generate a lag / digital hiccup when editing (see sample) Thanks for any advice - Mike Capozzola Glitch.mp4

Great Did you press the NetMD button to turn on NetMD? If they show up in SonicStage (on the PC pane, not the MD pane) as non-transferable, it's most likely due to some copy protection. If you run the System Conversion Tool, you might be able to remove it. What format are you trying to transfer? I would be inclined to get hold of Sound Forge and look at the files. If they are unreadable by SF, they are definitely encrypted. If you find they are readable, maybe you have to change the file format (honestly, easier with SF than with SonicStage) to something that can be transferred. If your format is something that NetMD does NOT understand (Hi-MD, LPCM, MP3) Sonicstage is supposed to convert before sending to NetMD device. Maybe that is not happening, if the temporary directory SS is trying to use cannot be accessed (non-existent or bad permissions)?

Thank you for your reply, but I the problem is that I cannot transfer from my computer to my minidisc. I have Walkman minidiscs and it works, but I want to transfer TO my Sony MDS-JB 980. Regards, Rossen Donev

Not sure about WMDP. But NetMD was never designed to transfer FROM the device to the PC. The fact that someone has done it is quite wonderful. If you don't follow the WMDP route, you have the following choices: 1. Play back through the optical port or the coax port (both S/PDIF) and capture the result in your sound card using simple Windows tools. So, not a transfer, only a recording. 2. Buy or borrow an MZ-RH1. 3. (if there are a very few precious files) Send the disk to someone who has an RH1. Sorry!

Hi @Rossen - welcome to the forum! I'm not a SonicStage user but I don't think it can do what you're trying to do? @sfbp is something of a SonicStage expert and should be able to confirm. Do you have any portable NetMD MiniDisc devices? It is now possible to transfer tracks from a MiniDisc to your PC using Web MiniDisc Pro but it needs to be done from a Sony NetMD portable (or one of the Aiwa clones) as it exploits the "anti shock" memory buffer. As decks don't need this, it's not possible to do it with your MDS-JB980.

Hi, I'm trying to transfer music with a Sony MDS-JB 980 mini disc. I'm using Sonic Stage 4.3. It's connected to the computer because the files on the mini disc appear on the screen so I can create groups and change the text, but I can't transfer them (the files that I've recorded on mini discs). I hope someone can help me. Regards, Rossen Donev firmware Sony MDS-JB 980.mp4

Well done! Generally, though, when the belt is dead or dying, the mechanism will do *something*, not just sit there.