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What *version* of Windows did Mr. Dell sell you?

Very good point - shorting the output of the speakers might do it. This is easily done, and easily rectified. But as Gyula says, one of the three transistors on the page you posted (Q901,902 or 903) may have failed. These are standard easily available parts (ie you do not and should not have to spend big bucks buying them from Sony).

Fuses blow for a reason. In this case, something is clearly dead. I'm not the guy to ask, NGY would have much clearer ideas exactly how this thing might have died. I'd guess one of the big capacitors. If you unload the PS by disconnecting whatever it's connected to you can check the assumption at the cost of another fuse. Don't even THINK about increasing the fuse thickness (rating). If it passes that test, then there is a dead short somewhere inside the CMT-CP500. (edit) just a quick thought.... it WAS working for long period before? I noticed that this machine has lots of voltage options, and on some models a switch for 115-230 V. You don't say where you are in the world. Is it possible it's being plugged into the wrong mains voltage?

I'm going to lock this topic now. PLEASE USE THE DOWNLOADS SECTION, those reading this.

Aha! I will put the right link in that pinned topic. Obviously it needs to refer to the maintained copy clearly available in our downloads section. Cheers PS I can't help it if someone posts an old copy on youtube. Tant pis!

Huh? It should be there already. Where did you get the file?

Haha missed that. Might give an idea about button presses for service mode, though.

You can hook up your favourite player to be a front end to ffmpeg if your concern is that you don't want all the codecs and baggage that goes with being able to process videos in VLC. Better still write your own, I did, though it's no use to anyone as the proprietors of QHiMDTransfer refused to accept that modification, and instead told me (literally) to fork off. Well, sorry, but I have better things to do than starting a brand new project and maintaining it. They apparently stopped development shortly after that, and you can infer what you like from that observation. I think you'll find that the atrac plugin does/did NOT play HiMD formats, but only LP2 and LP4, if I recall correctly (I remember there was an ATRAC3.dll and it most definitely had this property). None of the players play AAL except Sonicstage and also Windows Media Player which uses the installed SS dll's.

If you get in please let us know; those guys are completely screwed and I cannot register (despite being already a member). We can post the file here, no problem.

Do you mind me asking this: what's so great about Winamp that you can only use it? VLC will do most things these days........

Thanks for the update. Interesting about the OPamps. I had thought maybe the DAC itself was important but you're saying it is what the DAC drives, that matters.

Jim Hoggarth once said to me that he thought there wasn't much different in a 980 (from 780). Looks like you have identified one item. I wonder if there are others. The 980 is definitely heavier, IIRC. As a side note, I have myself tried "upgrading" some models (nothing to do with 780 or 980) to match Japanese domestic specs, and ran into problem after problem where Sony made slight changes to the circuit design, similar to what you spotted. Almost looks like intentionally to frustrate hackers and "refurbishers", but who knows? - may have been for good engineering reasons. Can you explain why one set of rails is +/- 12 and the "superior" set +/- 6? Shows how little I know about this stuff......

Agree with Fabian and Gyula too. I think there are some different ways of getting into different modes of decks. I looked up JE640.

I trust you unplugged from the mains whilst doing the belt replacement Try unplugging from the mains (again?), and then entering service mode (plug in whilst holding in AMS knob AND stop button). Does it now say "Check"??? Press REPEAT button. It should fall out of test mode, and probably will say "INITIALIZE" if I recall correctly. PS if display is blank that may be simply because you forgot to reconnect it. But the RED standby light should go out when you turn on, so that's probably not it.

It's easier to replace the guts as documented in another thread here. http://forums.sonyinsider.com/topic/29187-lip-4wm-battery-rebuild/

A quick scan of the manual leads me to ask the following questions: 1. What happens when you press the ADD button to switch the second unit from "Double" to "Stereo" mode? 2. What order did you add them ? 3. Which did you connect to smartphone? You need to connect the bluetooth to unit A (the one you added first). I can see this problem of yours happening if you tried to connect the phone to unit B. I really have no experience, just looking at the manual in haste - feel free to tell me I am talking rubbish. PS I have no idea how all your previous posts happened to get spam in them, or why your sig said NY when you are apparently in Hanoi. More nonsense like that will get you banned, if it turns out you are responsible. If someone hacked your computer, my sympathies, but it is still true that you are on a watch list.

Try changing the file association for .oma Really, this is getting rather boring, please forgive me for being so rude. Your problem has nothing to do with Sound Forge or Windows, but with your particular installation. And, on reflection an artifact of trying to run two different versions of the same software which (likely) relies on file associations to determine some of its behaviour.

It has, IMHO, nothing to do with either the version of SF or Windows. More likely something about the way file types are installed. Has anyone ever seen that funny "file type" something like "Identifying installed files" ;( ??

Right. Sorry read that in a hurry. Characteristics of AA cells are fairly straightforward. You could even put in a normal alkaline AA except for the fact that it's real pain to have to replace when they run out.

HUH? Sony is right, 3.7V, this beast takes a LIP8. I have several, and an MZ-R5ST. No NiCads for me.

From my POV this conversation is over. Yes, I have exactly the same build as you. The save button is greyed out in Xp and Windows 7 on both 9 and 10. This may mean it is something to do with the way .OMA files are installed in Windows. I do not see the issue, and I do not care to debate this further.

It's going to change the file type on you no matter what you do. If you OPEN an ".OMA" or (.oma") file it will not permit you to save as that suffix. That has not changed between versions 9 and 10, the focus of your thread, I think. I tested both versions and as long as you select the right thing (Default Template, Custom), regardless of what it says in the dialog box (maybe confusing to you) it will do the right thing. Better to make yourself a "Save" template and then you don't have to worry. I've already done this for MP3 because the default is "Joint Stereo" which we know sucks bigtime, and needs to be changed. The way to change defaults is to make a template with the right settings. I got 132kbps when I told it that's what I wanted. Did you find the menu entry (clearly marked ATRAC 3) under Custom? The other ?neat feature is that SF will write directly to an MDLP minidisc. That feature is gone in version 10. But why wouldn't it? Atrac3+ is 12 years old already, and you can still export the file via Sonic Stage.

Yes it works perfectly, you have to look (as always) under Custom. But once you have selected that it stays the default as Last Unsaved Template.

I tried both versions and I don't see the problem. Maybe you have to figure out how to make a template (although the last one used should be good enough). I get identical file sizes. The only difference was that version 10 warned it would be throwing away some metadata that it couldn't save in LP2 format.