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Hello, carrying on from my post a while ago - thanks for your help - I now have an MZ-R30. Everything appears to be working fine, except that the pause button is very hit and miss, and the display and mode buttons only work some of the time, too. Occasionally the pause button will work with a light press, but most of the time it only works when pressed quite hard (which I obviously don't keep doing). I see that this kind of thing is mentioned in the Minidisc.org FAQ: "My portable MZ-R35 Minidisc player/recorder is 2 years old and works very well, except for the display and mode buttons." "The problem you mentioned is very common with the MZ-R35 and with the MZ-R30. In most cases it is not because of direct damage to the 2 keys you mentioned. It is related to the 3 keys mounted on the right side of the recording switch (the red one). In some cases the only problem is with the display and mode keys." Does anybody know what that actually means - what is usually wrong with the pause/vol-/vol+ buttons? I have opened the recorder and had a look, and at a glance everything looks okay. If I press the pause button directly with my finger it works better but still not perfectly, and if I short the button's pins where they're soldered to the board, it is still only works sometimes. The volume ones work easily and consistently if I do the same thing with them. That makes me wonder if it's more to do with the solder connections either on the button or the side of the board, or something worse. I thought it would be a good idea to ask here first before I do anything, since you guys know what you're doing.