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I received a similar, albeit slightly smaller, mix of boxed and unboxed discs today too 🙂

Thought this might be of interest to anyone who has an MZ-RH1/MZ-M200 with a failed/failing OLED display: MZ-RH1 Compatible Display Modules Apparently @asivery is working on something similar for the MZ-RH10/MZ-M100 (some info in the comments on Reddit)

I'm sat burning a new disc using Web MiniDisc Pro and an MZ-N910 whilst Googling @kgallen's new mixer. Always great to see you using the Pro decks for a show. Hope it all goes well!

The disc itself is maybe a little dull (reminds me of some old floppy discs I used to have 🙂) but I really like the packaging. Similar to the current day MDW80Ts but it looks smarter, to me, with the dark grey/black. Also, that disc is over 30 years old 😯

🤣Took me a few minutes to work out what you were talking about. I think "Proficient" is already pushing it a bit as far as I am concerned 😂

Doh. Ignore my last question!

Thought I'd resurrect this thread as it is the only thing that shows up on Google for Denon Minidisc "Mech Err 1" - I have the same drive in my Denon DMD-F100. After several rebuilds I finally found the problem with mine was that the clutch gear was seized solid. Even though the limit switches on the load/eject mechanism were working fine, it seems like the player still relies on a certain amount of clutch slip at the ends of its travel. With no slip the torque from the worm gears tries to push the drive apart and jams it solid. I dismantled the clutch to free up the plates and now it is loading and ejecting perfectly.

Hi and welcome to the SI forum! The basic 'No Disc' problem may be the sensor in the MD unit that tells it when a disc has been inserted after the lid is closed. It is a small black pin on the left-hand side of the MD base when the lid is open: This pin engages with one of the holes on the underside of the minidisc itself, and the pin gets pushed down when the minidisc is inserted and the lid closed: In older machines, this pin can become less sensitive and requires to be pushed down further. The malfunction can be associated with particular discs though. Do you have another to try? Otherwise you can test by putting a piece of sellotape over the pin to stick it down, then put the minidisc in and try closing the lid. If it reads the disc then you can assume it is the hole depth not being enough. I have overcome this problem by putting a tiny piece of paper into the hole of the minidisc itself, and pressing it down hard to flatten it within the hole using a small screwdriver. The effect is to raise the base of the hole and make it push that pin down a bit further when the lid is closed. Sadly, on some units the pin gets snapped off due to rough treatment and requires replacing. BTW, the 'white gunk' you saw on the spiral is lithium grease which is supposed to be there to lubricate the worm drive mechanism. If you cleaned off the excess then that's probably fine as there should be enough remaining in the thread to work.

Hi - I have an STL file for the lever lock assembly for a 333es, and comparing the service manuals it has the same part number... so very probably the same thing. Have attached it here, and will add the link to the source page if I can find it again! <edit: source page is here on SI Forums:> Anyway, I can print a couple for you in black or transparent PETG; unfortunately don't have any white PETG filament. Where are you located geographically? For reassembly and alignment of the disc tray mechanism, I recommend watching this video on YouTube as it covers a number of problems with the 333es such as belt change, disc tray adjustment, and recording issues. Again,comparing the service manuals, the principles are probably the same for the 555es. TL;DR... at exactly the 6min timepoint, he discusses and shows the alignment of marks on the rack, gear, and slider (which is also in the 555es manual p16). Lever lock assy Sony MDS-JA333ES.stl

I thought I had recorded somewhere which belts I had replaced and when but I cannot find it now 🤦‍♂️ Probably should have used stickers on the back rather than a spreadsheet, which I now can't seem to locate.

Sony Network Walkman NW-E400/NW-E500/NW-A600 Display Screen Tutorial by carsncars Hi. In this tutorial, I'll show you how to create your own Network Walkman display screen files using the following two programs: MONOmation Studio: Available [here] for free.SONYmatome's HEL2NWM Converter ---> Download here<HR noShade SIZE=1>MONOmation Studio allows you to draw your animation within it, but if you'd like, an image-editing software such as Adobe Photoshop/Image Ready or Jasc Animation Shop can be handy. This is my first tutorial, so bear with me! If there are any errors I've made, and unclear directions, or if you know a better way of doing it.. tell me! Keep in mind that this tutorial was written for Windows XP machines. <HR noShade SIZE=1> THE WALKTHRU Install both programs-- MONOmation Studio installs normally, but HEL2NWM is just contained in a .zip file. Extract these, and move the 'hel2nwm.exe' file you just extracted to 'C:/Documents and Settings/XXXX' where 'XXXX' is your Windows username. Alright. Let's start with using MONOmation Studio. Most likely, if you're not running a Japanese edition of Windows, you'll end up with with a whole bunch of question marks. Your file menu'll probably look like: ?????(F). You'll have question marks all over the place-- that's okay-- you can go on with the tutorial with those question marks. However, if you would prefer that the Japanese characters were displayed properly, download Microsoft's AppLocale [here]. Let me explain MONOmation Studio's workspace. If you've used any sort of image editing software before, it'll look very familiar. In the center, you have your canvas. This is where your drawing goes, and where you can play back your animation. Since the Network Walkman's display is only 120x36 pixels in resolution, we will only be using the top-left hand corner of the canvas. If you draw into the other areas, they will be cropped off during the conversion. The toolbox at the left is pretty much self-explanatory. Here's a translation of the top toolbar-- the main one you'll be using. <HR noShade SIZE=1> INSTRUCTIONS Alright. First, copy ONE of the following images (depending whether you want it vertically oriented or horizontally), and copy it into MONOmation by pressing CTRL+V on your keyboard. This is your canvas-- this black rectangle is representative of the Walkman's screen, so all of your drawing you want to show up on the Walkman must remain inside of this box. *See the bottom of the tutorial for instructions on how to use Imageready or other programs to create your animation. Using the tools in the toolbox at the side, draw your first frame. Then, when you're ready to draw your next frame-- clicking the 'next frame' button will create a new frame. You'll see you previous frame still displayed on the canvas. This is called 'onion skinning' and allows you to kind of 'trace' your previous frame. White pixels will light up on the Walkman's screen, black pixels won't. So-- keep drawing your frames until you have your full animation, keeping in mind to keep it under 20 frames for file size and because HEL2NWM will cut off frames if there are too many. To save your finished animation, go File (or the menu item with (F) after it), and the save (S). Save the file under: C:/Documents and Settings/XXXX, where 'XXXX' is your Windows username. You'll see why later. Now, to convert the .hel file you've created into Sony's .nwm file, we'll use the other program-- HEL2NWM. Call up a command prompt window (Start-->Run-->cmd), and check that you are in your 'Documents and Settings' directory. Should look something like: C:\Documents and Settings\Mikey> Now, to run HEL2NWM on you .hel animation, type: hel2nwm.exe filename.hel, where 'filename' is the name you've saved your animation as. It should look something like this: C\Documents and Settings\Mikey>hel2nwm.exe dspscr.hel NOTE: If you've drawn your animation vertically, type /v at the end. Hit ENTER and it'll convert your animation. Now, navigate to C:/Documents and Settings/XXXX, and you'll find your .nwm file. Simply copy that into your Walkman's NWWM-SCR folder, and you're set!<HR noShade SIZE=1>If you want to know how to use Adobe Imageready or another image-editing program to create display screens, read on. I'm going to explain this using Imageready, but it shouldn't be too different using other programs. It's really pretty simple-- go about creating the animation in Imageready, using a 120x36 canvas with only black and white, and keeping it under 20 frames. If you'd like, you can import another animated .gif, crop it, and convert it to black and white. (To convert any image to black-and-white, go to the 'Optimized' tab, with the Optimization Settings configured as follows. You can play with the Dithering setting until it looks good. When you're done, in optimized mode, go to frame one of your animation and copy all merged: CTRL+A, CTRL+SHIFT+C. Now, go into MONOmation and paste it in: CTRL+V. Click 'next frame', go back into Imageready, copy the next frame, paste it into MONOmation, click next frame, and so forth... And you're done! Keep in mind you can only have one additional display screen at once. Enjoy! Tell me if there's anything I can improve.. my first tutorial. <HR noShade SIZE=1> 2005 CARSNCARS. carsncars <at> gmail <dot> com. carsncars.vze.com. Distribute this freely, but please give credit. <HR noShade SIZE=1>