LJM Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Okay, here's the problem peeps:I have an MZ-RH910, and up until last night it was working fine. I was transferring some music onto an MD with about 60MB left on it, when SonicStage froze on the second file transfer. I had to go into Task Manager to quit it, and put the Hi-MD inserted at risk. So I quit it, but the recorder carried on 'recording'. It had froze itself, I guess. So I took out the battery and put it back in. "FORMAT ERROR DISC". I formatted it, which took over half an hour, and the problem remained.Unlucky for myself, I decided to shove another Hi-MD in to initialise it, ready to re-organise my collection (everything was in a random order and it annoyed me). Went into the Menu on the recorder, and selected Format. Again, this took over half an hour and rendered my Hi-MD unusable, in exactly the same way as the first. And it did the same with a third as I stupidly shoved that in and tried initialising through SonicStage. This time there was a format error, and that Hi-MD became one with the other two. The fourth one I was a bit wiser. I inserted it into the recorder, and it recognised it. It could play the file and so on. I attach the USB cable and the drive opens up in Windows Explorer. I clear some documents off it when the REC icon flashes at the top of the screen, even after I closed Windows Explorer.. The recorder had froze again, and that Hi-MD became broken. None of them will format successfully. I went into Service Mode and put the settings back to the European ones. No difference.So, is this a problem with my recorder, or have I bought 4 dodgy Hi-MDs (the crystal blue ones) in a row? I've no other MDs left to try (nor would I want to for fear of breaking them). Also, are the four unusable MDs recoverable, or can I never use them again? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 I know you say you removed the battery the first time, but try again - remove -all- sources of power [battery, AC, USB] for at least a minute, then put the battery back in and try formatting again.I've had similar things happen [sS crash during download] but have found that stopping the SS process, disconnecting the unit from the USB cable, removing battery, reconnecting and then running SS again and telling it to initialise the disc [or formatting from the menu] has always worked to get the whole process started again. I have rarely had SS trash a disc that couldn't be reformatted within a minute later, but maybe I'm just lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJM Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 (edited) I'll give that a go, cheers, and report back if the problems continue.EDIT: Well, I left the battery out for a few minutes and it's still taking an age to format on the recorder itself. I'll try doing it through SonicStage.EDIT: It's working using SS, and it's initialising successfully. I just pressed Enter a few times on the unit when it said Access error, and SS let me initialise it. Until it failed at about 70%. I'll try again without using the computer while initialising. Edited November 17, 2005 by LJM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJM Posted November 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2005 On each attempt, SonicStage freezes on 78%, but before hand it's all fine. Could this be an error with the minidisc and not the recorder? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmp64 Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 On each attempt, SonicStage freezes on 78%, but before hand it's all fine. Could this be an error with the minidisc and not the recorder?What version of SS are you using? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heat Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 SS was crashing on me before, and I figured out that I had to put in a brand new battery (e^2) then it worked perfect. Though this was for a MD (not HiMD) player. They seem to be very picky about battery strength for transfers. Just a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 SS was crashing on me before, and I figured out that I had to put in a brand new battery (e^2) then it worked perfect. Though this was for a MD (not HiMD) player. They seem to be very picky about battery strength for transfers. Just a guess.This is interesting.. because my RH10 - which annoys me because it tries to top-up the battery when I plug it in via USB - has no problems running via USB with only the USB cable connected. I almost always completely remove the battery when doing transfers from SS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atrain Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 This is interesting.. because my RH10 - which annoys me because it tries to top-up the battery when I plug it in via USB - has no problems running via USB with only the USB cable connected. I almost always completely remove the battery when doing transfers from SS.that's becuase it's a gumstick. it's the AA units that have traditionally had this problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dex Otaku Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 My NH700 works fine in the same way. Odd, maybe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heat Posted November 18, 2005 Report Share Posted November 18, 2005 Well, like I said, it was a MD, not Hi-MD player. It's the MZ-S1 netmd player. I don't think it works without a battery even when plugged in the USB port. I didn't think the newer himd players could transfer just using usb as a power source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJM Posted November 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 What version of SS are you using?3.3, but I had the same problem with 3.2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sebastianbf Posted November 20, 2005 Report Share Posted November 20, 2005 Maybe some "system" files in the hi-md discs are corrupted. You should try to format the disc using windows (explorer). Then, format it with SS. (maybe it will show an error message before it formats the disc).Other thing, if you're still under warranty, send it to a repair store. You won't lose anything,. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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