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Would you be able to repair this Jim? Thanks Rob

Thank you for this, very interesting read. I've checked through my MD collection and they are all either Sony or TDK, will have to see if I can acquire some other types maybe Sharp... on another note however I tried the Maxells in my Sony MZ-R501 portable recorder and they work great. Not tried playing back in the 920 though. What would be a good step up from the 920? A 940 or 980? Thanks again.

Hi, I have a MDS-JB920 and I've run into a problem, but I'm not sure what's going on. For the past 2 years I've been using either Sony or TDK discs with no issues at all, but recently I obtained some NOS Maxell XL-II & MD80 and I can't record on them. The unit behaves as though it's recording but when I try to playback the disc it just skips and stutters, but if I put a Sony or TDK back in and it records and plays back perfectly. So, have I bad batch of Maxell Discs, a pending fault on my unit or something else? Thanks Rob

Hello Again, I acquired myself a Sony MDS-JB920 in the end. Just need to decipher the manual as this has many more features than the JVC, but so far I'm very happy with it. Thanks Rob

Any recommendations on a suitable deck? Been looking on a certain auction site there seems to be a few contenders. Sony MDS-JE330 Sony MDS-JE440 Sony MDS-JE470 Yamaha MDX-596 Thanks in advance Rob

Thanks for the suggestions. I took it a part and can't believe how uncannily similar the deck is to the JE510. Any how, I cleaned it with compressed Air and contact cleaner and it now ejects!! However record didn't work, it gave the impression it was recording but I couldn't pause and when I pressed stop it would just say Eject, which I did and reinserting the disc confirmed it was still blank. Tried this several times and now record is working again, for how long? Is this an indication that it's going to die?? Play back is fine, which is good and least I can transfer my recordings to my PC in the meantime. Thanks Rob

Hi All, I hope someone can help, I have a JVC XM-228 MiniDisc recorder that has developed a problem with the eject. When ejecting a disc, it almost immediately tries to reload again, I have to be really quick to grab the disc when it's ejecting. Any one have any ideas? Thanks Rob