Daddy Rabbit

Thank you for the reply, Ah I have been stuck at these crossroads for 6 years now. * I want my recordings on the PC (I don't mind real time transfers so I don't *need* RH1 or M200. * I don't really want to spend any money if I don't absolutely have to (another deck or portable). As I get older and into my career and with children growing up I have less and less time to do the things I used to do. That being said I don't mind a real time transfer as I set it up, press record, and go to bed or feed some kids. I have a lot of MDs to transfer but I don't mind doing 1 a night until the project is done. I don't have time to listen to them all at once anyway. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time they say. If there is something more that could be done to diagnose the MDS JE510, I would like to do that. If there is something I could repair on it - I'd like to investigate. The deck has some sentimental value to me as well. Does anyone have any test ideas? Thank you all for your replies, Steve

Thanks for the quick reply. I hope it is something on the PC side. I'd say the PC is 2 years old. AMD quad core, 8GB RAM, Win 7 Home Premium. I'm using an external Soundblaster soundcard with optical in. I was thinking a good test would be for me to plug headphones into the MD unit itself and listen as I am recording via optical on the PC. I am as knowledgeable as you guys are about how MD works but my thinking was if I find gaps in the wav on the PC I should have heard it through the 'phones when it occured right? Thanks!

Good Evening, I am attempting to undergo a personal minidisc revival but I am rediscovering the reason I nearly abandoned MD around 2005. It appears as if my beloved MDS JE510 randomly skips a beat. I am attempting to playback my MDs through the optical out into my optical in on my PC. I "set it and forget it". By that I mean I press record on my PC software, play on the 510, and go enjoy life for 80 minutes. I am finding 1 or 2 second gaps in my wav files later on in random locations. I suddenly remember this unit was doing the same thing when I used it last probably in 2005. What could possibly be wrong and how do I fix it? I do appreciate any and all feedback! Thanks!