Karmageddon

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i ended up with this EXACT same problem myself. I now get Access Errors when I try and upload any of these songs that have "gaps" in them. I did go into service mode and I got back an error reading of "0004" which means Abnormal Rotation of Disc. Looks like it is a time for a new laser assembly? 180 Euros? what is that in Canadian? I can't afford that!

You know I have been having this EXACT same problem. and now a new one surfaced, as I am now getting Access Errors. I went into service mode and did the self-diagnose test and it gave me an error of "0004" which means Abnormal Rotation Of Disc. maybe my disc isn't sitting properly and once it gets halfway through it can't read it anymore? hmmm...could this be a MAJOR flaw?

Hey all...please someone give me some advice I have the MZRH1 and it worked great until last week. It started giving Access Errors while uploading and when ever I transferred new trax via SonicStage it gives me either blank trax that can't be played or it crashes my computer. I have gone into service mode and seen the error code given: 0004 which stands for: Abnormal Rotation of Disc. Is there anyway for my to repair this myself just bu utilizing the service menu? My 3 yr warranty has now expired (of course!) and I don't exactly have hundreds of dollars to throw at this thing. any advice. please help. I am never on here any longer so if you can privately email me at: karmageddon420@gmail.com that would be great. thanks in advance.

Hey all I have owned a MZ-RH1 since the day it came out here in Canada. has worked great with NO ISSUES! However, today I noticed that my remote that came with it (RM-MC38EL) is now crackling and cutting out the headphones and putting them out of phase occasionay. If you move the wire the wrong way it also changes trax. Obviously a wire is crimped somewheres. Any ideas on where I can get a new one, ASAP? Thanks in advance.

Well so far so good. I uploaded a couple of albums last night and they work. I can play them, edit them & transfer them. So no issues. I remember I had this problem before and it was much more complicated (probably due to Copy Protection being set, can't remember...)and I couldn't transfer, play, rename, move, etc... But it all works now. BTW - all of the files will remain in the folder scheme I had set-up from my previous installation. Thanks for all the help guys. Hope this thread can be useful to someone else. Cheers for now!

Yes, I did remove to Copy Protection on install of SS 3.4 (on the original comp's setup) and all my recordings had that feature removed (I have verified this before my comp went down) I haven't tried to import anything yet. Wondering what would be the best way? to drop the entire Hi-MD Music folder on SS? Or import each album seperatley thru the Import Folder option?

Well, they were ripped with SS 3.4 that came with my MZ-RH1 with NO copy protection. So I am screwed then? I thought 3.4 was where they ditched the DRM?

I just had HUGE problem (hardware) with my PC. Had to reinstall the OS from scratch, new hard drives, new PSU, new RAM... In the process of my computer dying, I wasn't able to create a backup of my library which has well over 1000 CDs at ATRAC3+ 192 (70+ GBs). However, I still have all my imported files seperated into their own folders. The folder setup is like this: Hi-MD Music\"artist - album title"\all pertinant ATRAC files & album art Is there a way I can recover these or do I have to re-rip EVERYTHING from scratch? Any tips would be of great help. It took me months to get my collection sorted out. Thanks in advance

Last time I had to do the backup process, it saved my 40+ GBs worth of FULL albums (not single songs) into seperate folders for EACH song. This is highly inconveinant as I like to have my albums in their own folders (when I import) i.e. folder is named "White Stripes - Icky Thump" and inside this folder contains all the songs. So when I restore I get all the songs back, but every single song in my entire library is saved to a seperate numbered folder and I have to move each song manually through SS's track properties to it's appropriate folder, which took me about 1-2 weeks last time I did it. Problem is, I HAVE to re-install EVERYTHING on my comp again (new hard drives, have new software, also need to make a dual-boot) and I do not want to go through this process. BTW - I now have 80+ GBs of music. :-) (all my own of course!) any ideas?

Have you tried to open the OMA file with Sound Forge as Sound Forge can open/play/edit these files without issue. as well you can save the OMA file as a WAV file. Hope this helps.

So then, would you say it is neccessary to reduce the laser power? How do I goa buot doing this? And why would sony crank it up for this wonderful model (MZ-RH1)?

Well I grabbed one. As far as I know, I was the 1st person in Canada to buy one directly from the Sony Store. As well, there was only 3 in Vancouver when they came out last May. I know I was the 1st person in Vancouver to get one. Hell I'll prolly get a 2nd unit for home/studio use and one for portability (the sound on this thing just smokes every other Hi-MD model I have yet to hear!)

Ok firstly I have XP Pro SP2. everything worked fine. SS 3.4 installed from the RH1. had 1 GB of RAM installed. again, no probelms... anyways, just bought some new ram (2 GB = 1GB PC3200 x 2) and now when I open my library some of my songs in my 2000 CD collection have weird digital noise, blips, skips, static, etc..all over them. most of them are just noise. but some albums are okay. some have a weird "gapping" effect where the music seems like it got jostled in a discman..hard to explain... anyone hear of this before? strange I know.... is Sony's crappy DRM giving me problems because of my RAM changeup? if so..how can this be fixed?

I can tell you that the sound quality of the MZ-RH1 for playback AND recording is the best you will ever hear from MD. The HD Amp in it really raises the bar. I also own a 600D and use it primarily as my portable player, but I do find th ebass to be a bit muddy and the highs aren't as clearly defined as the RH1. Hell I'd even say that even at 192kbps it sound sjust as good as my old discman playing CDs. Yup..I said that

I had asked this once before about a year ago and someone (?) said they could help but never heard back. basically i have 25+ 1st Gen Hi-MDs stored in their long boxes. I hate those things. I need cases that are similar to the 2nd Gen's (the ones that came with the BLUE Sony's) ...i have checked online and i can get hinged cases. but i prefer the ones used for the 2nd gen or even for earlier regular MD's. if someone out there has some ideas lemme know.

I have had this same problem before. tried reinstalling XP and SS 3.4. (i also own a RH1) after a few weeks of frustration the problem has disappeared. Maybe SS3.4 needs to brake in your OS? LOL god only knows

Considering 4.2 is now out and there is "minor" improvements (such as the DESS) should I continue using my 3.4 that came with my RH-1 or should I upgrade?

well I'll answer those questions in a few. I have made two other posts that relate to this situation, in the past week (with no replies/help btw) Basically I had to reinstall my OS (XP SP2 no new hardware) due to a HD failure. I initially backed up my 40 GB library using SS 3.4 backup tool. When I reinstalled everything (just XP, my drivers which never had a conflict the last 6 times i have re-loaded SS, and Sound Forge and CD Architect) and when I went to restore it, the backup utility said it could not authenticate the database - with ALL trax ripped to WAV using EAC and imported one album at a time. So I ended up re-importing each album seperatly, ONLY to discover that the rights were removed and I could not transfer to my MZRH1. Just for giggles, I tired to import a WAV file ripped using EAC and it imported okay, but it wouldn't let me convert it to any ATRAC format saying the file could not be found (?) and sometimes another error would come up saying something along the lines of ..."file type not supported..." (!!!) so I unintsalled 3.4 (that came with my RH1, again no probs before) and followed all the steps on the forum to repair the database, etc...no luck. still same problems. And then last night I tried to re-import my Backup library and it WORKED! but half of the files have no rights information and can not be transferred or saved as a WAV. but if i delete the files from SS and re-import the album, 9 times out 10 I can transfer then after. odd i know... So I got this error (SDMI) today when I imported some WAVs i had recorded at the recording studio last night, and it gave me this error when I tried to convert them. I shut down SS and re-imported. it was able to convert 2 out of 7 trax. shut down again. deleted the files that would not convert from SS and re-imported. and they worked! so what does all of this mean, other than I am little annoyed, because it looks like I have to re-format again (although I don't know why) so in answer to your questions: a - NO - I do not have a RAID setup. b - my media players are: WMP 10, Foobar 2000 0.9.2, Quicktime 6.02 & Power DVD. I also believe Real Media was installed with Firefox as well. any help would be appreciated. I am about ready to go bananas! EDIT: there is something else to add. When the SDMI error came up it asked me to go to the OepnMG website to update some components (very odd, considering it is SS 3.4)

What is this? I just did another clean install of my OS and all software (which ran fine on previous installations) and now I get this when I try and convert a WAV file. but it does it at random. again: my specs. XP SP2 1 GB of RAM 500 GBs of HD Space 2 GB Swap ASUS P4P 800 Deluxe MB Sony MZRH-1 & Sony NH600D anything else needed? i also did the MDAC tool and the step #1 for fixing database problems. Nothing any help? Please?

so i guess since no one has had any answer for me in almost a week, that i guess i should just wipe my hard drive, yet again ,and reformat...correct? I would have assumed someone here would have been able to help.... I haven't been able to access my library or do any transfers in a week.....ARGH!

bum again well now i ahve re-installed ss according to the foumn's guidelines and used the MDAC tool and what not. still no luck. now when ever i try and convert a track to ANY format from WAV, i get a warning stating that the files contain SDMI content and that OpenMG needs to ve updated and to visit their website. WTF? never seen that ONE before... any one?

So i was trying this out to release the DRM from my files (even though they should have none) and it tells me there is no database or it is corrupt. this is/was a fresh install of SS 3.4 (for the RH1) on a fresh XP SP2 install. never had this problem before. this is also related to another thread i started a few days ago. help?

BUMP I thought I had this solved, but yet SS beats me again! I tried to recently transfer some of the same albums that had no problems 2 days ago, earlier today. I got an error saying tracks that are not atrac format or purchased from the connect store can not be transferred, or something to that effect. it is weird. cos if i delete the album and re-import it (as a folder) i can play it, transfer it, convert to wav, no restrictions. but every now and then when i re-open ss it won't let me do anything excpet play it. and if i check the properties for that song, it tells me i can't transfer it. what could be wrong here? this is a fresh install of xp and ss, and i never had this problem ever...

well just an update for those who are in the same situation as me... I have been able to get it to work, by remvoing the 20 or so albums and re-importing them. i guess something was amiss, but it is working now. ...for now....