Help - I can't open my Hi-MD recorder lid!

[mjp_]

I was transferring several albums to my MZ-RH10 this morning and all seemed to be fine at first. I had even placed a fresh MD in the unit beforehand to record on. Yet after transferring, and disconnecting the equipment, I wanted to doublecheck the length of the disc but the lid of the unit wouldn't open. Apart from trying to force it open (I'm not sure how) does anyone have any tips on how I can open it without damaging the unit?

[Skradgee]

Ahh, this quirk. If you gently press on the top and bottom of the unit near the left of audio jacks, and the part that rests in the dock, then that should help the lid pop open. Mine does the same thing. With some gentile encouragement you should be able to get the disc out.

[mjp_]

Excuse my ignorance, but which part rests in the dock?

[bobt]

Try taking the battery out for a couple of minutes, then reinstalling and see what happens.

Good luck

Bob

[Skradgee]

Excuse my ignorance, but which part rests in the dock?

I just meant the bottom end of the unit...opposite of the end where the audio jacks are.

[mjp_]

In the end, I plugged the unit into the mains with my adaptor (at the moment I use my MDs more at home than on the move)and was able to able to open the lid successfully. Thanks for all your suggestions.

[tartan]

that problem was also seen on the nh700 too, had one with a stuck lid and wouldn't turn on at all because its connection to the computer was abruptly broken and the aa battery was flat at the same time making the player look like its broken and lid wouldn't open, after panicking for a few minutes (because apples don't like minidisc players used as storage and it looked like a breakage caused by an apple computer) tried connecting it to a windows computer and properly removing the player from that computer and replacing the flat aa battery (found out after removing the player from the windows computer) fixed that problem