Superbaldguy Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 I posted this over on the Orange (actually yellow!) Board and wanted to see what the good people over here at the MDCF thought about it.Well folks, I was going to pop in a disc into my trusty MXD-D5C changer/recorder combo, last night, and there came a message on the display after the device tried reading the TOC - "C13 Read Error." I checked the manual, and it suggested I keep trying.Of course, the manual also says if the problem persists that I should contact a Sony service centre.The D5C was not brand-new, bought it in 2002 and hasn't been used that much, maybe 50 discs made. The CD changer sections works perfectly. It rarely even use the thing but it's handy when I have a MiniDisc that some of my church friends want a cassette tape from, such as a concert. Of course, I can simply use the PC and SonicStage to create a final-cut MD and no longer use the deck for editing and what not, and I think the deck can play burned CD's so I could make tapes.The question is this - is it worth trying to repair? It has been humid the last couple weeks, maybe it might right itself, but it doesn't seem likely. Has anyone else had a C13 Read Error message with their Sony deck? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercury_in_flames Posted August 3, 2006 Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 you've tried different discs right? O would try a minidisc lense cleaner, sony and tdk do them, audiocubes has them. IMO if you REALLY like the direct cd to md thing of your deck, get it repaired if you can. If you already have a cd deck, then just get the jb980 or an ES deck from ebay or something. Like many decks the jb980 has 'music sync' (adds track marks where optical signal says to). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbaldguy Posted August 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2006 Due to the loading mechanism, I cannot use a lens/head cleaner while it's faulty - it's totally unlike a portable in that regard. I think I will drop off the deck to a place about 25 klicks from my home, he does authorized Sony repairs and I can take him in a copy of the service manual. If it's not over $200 to repair, it's well worth getting this back up and running....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbaldguy Posted August 4, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Woo hoo!We had a short power outage, last night. I went home around 8:30 PM and turned on the D5C. It went through its usual diagnostic check with the CD changer. and I decided to give the MD deck another crack. I popped in a disc, and, voila, up came its contents and all is well! I played a few different discs, everything is peaches and cream.I was right about the fact I must have screwed it up by putting in a disc before the CD changer completed the self-diagnosis; I'll chalk this up as being very fortunate and my faith has been more restored in Sony than ever before......BTW, if the D5C is left to idle, a cool "light show" commences after about 10 minutes, as the great display shows off the deck's functions, and behaves like a demo, with messages and what not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Glad to hear everything is working ok now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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