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Hello Stephen, Thank you for the added info, I intend to have a look at my machine later today, it's a bit hectic here as we have several hospital appointments to attend and I have only just returned from one. I have made an offer on the machine in the shop in Sheffield which is advertised on Ebay, If they decline my offer I will look at the machine you sugested, the one with the flight case, unfortunately I didn't get your latest message until after I had put my offer in and I'm bound by Ebay's agreement to honour my bid, so I'll wait and see what happens. I'll let you know how I get on, Thanks' again Gerald

Hello Stephen, Thank you for the further advice, as I have to stick this machine in my car boot when I am transporting it to gigs, it may mean that although I wrap it very carefully to protect it, that the ribbon cable may well have come loose, i'll have to get inside and have a look, I'm quite handy, but I'm no expert. I did have a look at the link you sent and I had seen it last night but was a little put off by the no remote, no manual, sold as seen description, however after deciding to put a watch on it, I looked for the same model and came across another one at £69.99 or best offer, which is sold by a shop in Sheffield about 30 miles away, this comes with a guarantee, manual and remote, so I'm seriously considering it. The other machine that I mentioned the JB980, is also for sale on Ebay, but the price is £169 quite a bit of difference and as money is tight, I think your suggestion is better. By the way if you want to know about the artist I'm recording at gigs have a look here: http://www.jonathankelly.co.uk/ He's not famous now but he was once and he's a great guy. I'll let you know how I get on, Thank you again for all the great help & advice. All the best Gerald

Hello Stephen, Thank you for all your help, it's been a great machine which has given good service. I was looking last night for a suitable replacement, I need a recorder that I can use for recording a friend at concerts, I record off the mixing desk, so I need phono inputs which isn't a problem, unless they have changed things. What I could also do with is an optical output, my present machine only has an optical input. An optical output would preserve the quality better. Last night I found after doing a little research a SONY MDS JB980 which seems to get decent reviews, I wonder if you could confirm this choice or suggest something else? I really appreciate the help & assistance that yourself and other members have given me. Kindest regards Gerald

Hi, Sorry for the delay but I have been away over the weekend. I have taken one of the discs put it in my machine and it displays "BLANK DISC" I then recorded a track to it, everything works fine, it says underwriting and then when everything has finished I ejected the disc, I put it back it and it says "TOC Reading" a makes a few noises and then after about 15 to 20 seconds it says "DISC ERROR" I then took your advice and took a disc I had previously recorded onto which contained an album of 22 songs, I deleted track 11 and played the disc, it played OK. I then ejected it and it said "TOC UNDERWRITING" After it ejected I placed it back in the machine, instead of displaying the the remaining 21 songs it now said "BLANK DISC" So I am presuming that this means there is a fault with my machine? I repeaed this process with another previously recorded disc with the same result. By the way there is no format facility with my JVC XM-228 machine. Hoping you can help & advise me. Kindest regards Gerald

Hello, Thank you for your reply, Yes I have tried other discs, both ones I have used previously and a New Mini Disc, they all work fine, I can record, eraze and record again, it's just this batch that I purchased second hand from this guy on Ebay that I cannot record onto and then access. Kindest regards Gerald

Hello, I wonder if anyone can help me? A few weeks ago I purchased 37 used Mini Discs from a guy on Ebay who has 100% feedback. He said he had used the discs once and then erazed them. I used two of the discs to record a concert by a friend, The discs seemed to record OK and it said it was underwriting them at the end, but when I tried to access them the next day all it would say was DISC ERROR and I couldn't access them. I tried recording on several of the other discs which were from various manufacturers such as Samsung & Sony. I wonder if the reason I can't use these discs is because they were erazed on a machine that is much younger than my JVC XM-228 MD Recorder ? perhaps there is a backwards compatability issue? I wonder if it is possible for me to be able to use these discs or am I stuck with 37 useless discs and £30 out of pocket? If anyone could help, especially if they know of a solution I would be very grateful as I'm disabled and £30 is a considerable amount of money to me. Kindest Regards Gerald