OLD-ONE

[robb_60@comcast.net]

My machine has been in storage for 8or9 years and in a drawer until recently. When i play a disc after a minute or so the 'DISC ERROR' displays and the unit stops. SONY does not have parts. It is still a great machine. Can you help me find a repair service?

[MDX-400]

My machine has been in storage for 8or9 years and in a drawer until recently. When i play a disc after a minute or so the 'DISC ERROR' displays and the unit stops. SONY does not have parts. It is still a great machine. Can you help me find a repair service?

The MZ-R2 never really was a great unit, for reliability. Like some other 2nd Gen MD units (including the MDX-400) the R2's laser pickup was actually quite unreliable.

It's no surprise that Sony no longer has parts for it. It's well outside of 7 years out of it's out-of-service date (last date Sony was still selling it).

You might be able to find parts for it somewhere (left over parts at some repair shops) but you're looking for a needle in a haystack pretty much. Plus even if you did find parts the repair is going to be pretty expensive.

For the money you'd spend fixing it you could get a brand new top-end Hi-MD portable like the RH10 or even the RH1.

Though it might be nice to have a working R2, it's not much more than that. You're talking about a second gen MD unit, perhaps 13 years old or more--seriously, I'd move on.