chris_s

Really? Can you give some more details of what where and how you sorted it with tinfoil? Cheers Chris.

Hi folks, I've a MZ-RH10 with exactly the same problem as chippyricky is reporting - the unit works fine using the power adaptor but the battery is completely dead and won't seem to charge. Thinking the battery was at fault, I bought a geniune new sony battery but it's made no difference so it's obviously not the battery at fault. I've tried cleaning the contacts to no avail. I have, however, noticed the following:- - when you hit "charge" I get a VERY brief flash of 'charging' then it goes blank and doesn't charge when using the mains power adaptor - plug it into USB of my computer (to try and charge) I got "charging" for about 5 seconds - the battery icon indicates it's filling up, then the battery indicator shows full but then flashes on and off. Take it off USB and the unit works for about 3 seconds then completely dies. Anyone got any more ideas? (very frustrating!) Chris.

GOOD NEWS - I've had the titling problem with my European MZ-RH10 for a couple of months now, and reading through everyone's discussion about the problem I didnt' fancy the prospect of having to send it away to sony so resigned myself to putting up with the problem. At the same time, I also noticed the Service Mode fix for the 2 custom eq modes and increased volume which looked interesting so I thought i'd give it a go and found the following:- 1. Output/volume power has infact increased markedly 2. I now have Custom 1 and 2 in eq mode available But the shock of the evening was: 3. EVEN BETTER - the service mode fix has also fixed the well-known titling bug aswell - all my letters appear correctly and the cursor properly scrolls round the screen instead of dissapearing off to the right! So now instead of being a "happy - but not perfectly happy" mz-rh10 owner, i'm now an "ecstatic" mz-rh10 owner! Thanks to all for all the hints, tips and info especially Kuriso for your persistant want to get to the bottom of these problems for all us unhappy owners out in the ether. Keep up the good work.