Sudden "BLANK DISC"

[retrojapan]

I just got a Sony Minidisc recorder (MZ-N510) off of a friend today and immeadiately I popped in a minidisc that I recieved from another friend. I was listening for 2 hours before I put it into my bag. Later I went to listen again and got a message saying that the disc was blank. Thinking there was a problem with the player, I used the disc in my friends player and she got the same response. I don't understand how it can be a blanc disc because I didn't delete anything!! And the music was playing perfectly before.

I'm really bummed out because the disc was sent to me from a friend who lives in Japan so it's impossible to get the music back. Can someone tell me what I can do? And where I can get the program to create other MD's because my friend lost hers. Thank-you!

[bobt]

I just got a Sony Minidisc recorder (MZ-N510) off of a friend today and immeadiately I popped in a minidisc that I recieved from another friend. I was listening for 2 hours before I put it into my bag. Later I went to listen again and got a message saying that the disc was blank. Thinking there was a problem with the player, I used the disc in my friends player and she got the same response. I don't understand how it can be a blanc disc because I didn't delete anything!! And the music was playing perfectly before.

I'm really bummed out because the disc was sent to me from a friend who lives in Japan so it's impossible to get the music back. Can someone tell me what I can do? And where I can get the program to create other MD's because my friend lost hers. Thank-you!

Hi Liv,

Sounds like your record head wiring is on the fritz. Don't put another disc in until you can be sure the wiring is good. As to getting the "disc back" you can search the archives for "TOC Cloning", but you need a known functioning unit to perform the clone.

Are you sure that maybe the record buttion didn't get pushed.

As to the program for creating MD's, you can download Sonic Stage from this site, get the latest.

Good luck,

Bob

[mdmania]

I just got a Sony Minidisc recorder (MZ-N510) off of a friend today and immeadiately I popped in a minidisc that I recieved from another friend. I was listening for 2 hours before I put it into my bag. Later I went to listen again and got a message saying that the disc was blank. Thinking there was a problem with the player, I used the disc in my friends player and she got the same response. I don't understand how it can be a blanc disc because I didn't delete anything!! And the music was playing perfectly before.

I'm really bummed out because the disc was sent to me from a friend who lives in Japan so it's impossible to get the music back. Can someone tell me what I can do? And where I can get the program to create other MD's because my friend lost hers. Thank-you!

Maybe either your N510 that your friend gave you was defective and erases disc or when you place you minidisc player in the bag, the

recorder was accidently hit. There is TOC cloning procedure you can read but this procedure requires a minidisc deck to maybe bring back a song, kind of a long story. check out the past Hacking section from minidisc.org website...good luck and sorry about what happen.