javajeb Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Recently, Dex Otaku and I went back and forth trying to erase media my MZNH600D stated bad with a "Read Error". Never could erase the media, even on a local radio station's MD player/recorder.Played a bit over the weekend, moving something off of a disk I was able to get Sonic Stage to read. Copied some stuff down. Here's what's been happening:I'll get a Read Error on a disk. For example, before lunch, I was listening while working. Stopped the MD while I was away. Turned it back on once at the desk and BAM - Read Error.I popped the MD out several times and in. What seems to do the trick is flipping the write protect tab back and forth. Before lunch, it was closed. I reopened it after lunch, reinserted, popped it out, closed it and reinserted. All good.Any ideas as to why I'm having to dance to listen?javajeb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrazyIvan Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 a bad disc maybe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javajeb Posted April 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 I've considered that possibility. But if that's the case, almost all the standard MDs I have are bad. Which seems odd... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksandbergfl Posted April 6, 2006 Report Share Posted April 6, 2006 I popped the MD out several times and in. What seems to do the trick is flipping the write protect tab back and forth. Before lunch, it was closed. I reopened it after lunch, reinserted, popped it out, closed it and reinserted. All good.Any ideas as to why I'm having to dance to listen?javajebthe write-protect tab on the disc itself is used to press against a tiny microswitch inside the unit. perhaps the microswitch in your unit is bad? I can imagine that the unit might freak out if it thinks that the switch was flipped right in the middle of playing.have you noticed -- if you stand the unit up (so that the write-protect tab on the disc would be facing up towards the ceiling), does this still happen? You could also try the other way - position the unit so that the write-protect tab is facing down towards the floor. The idea being that maybe a "gravity assist" might help the switch behave better.Another idea -- maybe you have dust or some other gunk in there? Try blowing out the unit with compressed air, in the general vicinity of the write-protect switch.hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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