coop2332 Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Im not quite sure where to post this as im new, but i tried. Anyway, I bought by MD player about 4 years or so ago and just recently its been giving me problems (ive been using it ALOT more too). Previous problems were skipping when it would record, leaving messy sound, but that seemed to fix its self with time. The latest problem however was very strange. I had an 80 min disc in LP-4 that worked fine for a month or two, then one day when i went to listen to it it said blank. I put in an older recorded disc in the same mode and it played it fine. I attempted to record to the "blank" disc and it said that it did, but it didnt. Do you have any idea what wrong or how i could fix it? I should mention that my friend has teh same MD player and we bought them around the same time but his did the same thing about a year after he bought it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaylen Posted July 15, 2006 Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 (edited) Welcome to MDCF. Try reading this thread: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=4712. Sounds like your N505 is dying though. Similar problems happened to my N1. It ended up not being able to record at all or play straight through an MD without stopping/skipping at least once. I thought it was my discs, but sadly, it wasn't. A shame, too, since the unit was in mint condition.I've looked into sending my N1 to Sony USA for repair. They were asking for ~US$100 for repair or replacement with a refurbished unit or similar. For an N505, it's totally not worth it. If you want to stay with the MD format, I would just search eBay or electronics stores as a new one or a different, newer model would cost less than fixing your N505. Edit: I've got an N505, too, and no problems yet. Knock on wood. Good luck! Edited July 15, 2006 by jaylen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coop2332 Posted July 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2006 Yes, i took it apart and that one ribbing cable (a small 2 wire one is definatly broken, ill repair it somehow i guess and see it if works. My MD player has taken TONS of abuse, its currently missing 2-3 screws and a spring that popped out awhile ago while i was cleaning the lens in it.that ribbon cable that broken seems to be part of a sensor or something on top of the assmebly, do really think that could be what is casing this as its only a sensor or so it appears.Ive been looking to get a new one for awhile now, i have my eyes on the m100 or w/e the one is with the aluminum lid and what not. It looks really nice and would probably last awhile, except its liek $400 so, we'll see about that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATELETRONICS Posted July 19, 2006 Report Share Posted July 19, 2006 WARNING THAT PROBLEM WILL RANDOMLY ERASE YOUR DISKS! even with the write protect enabled. ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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