I've allready tryed that many times with no success. Thank you for your reply I'm not sure if the machine is OK or not.I loaded a blank MD and it tooka long time about 10 min.How long should I wait to load a blank minidisc,before i can record something on it. I am so new at this. I think I need a CD minidisc to exit the test mode.I'm thinking on purchasing one since I have no other way to try.