BrodieMD Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) I recently bought the Sony MZRH1 from amazon and i'ts the best move i've ever made, however theres one issue i'm slightly concerned about. When the MD player has been lying flat and played through my amp it has stopped playing half way through a track and you can hear the disc inside spinning and hesitating to start up again. I have to eject the disc and play it again. This has happened only twice and otherwise works flawlessly. The player is brand new and i have not dropped it. Is it normal for an MD player to occasionally play intermittently when at rest, or is this a real problem? Thanks Edited March 10, 2007 by BrodieMD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 Which type of disc do you play? Does it display READ ERROR? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodieMD Posted March 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) i use the Sony 1GB Hi-MD discs. I don't remember seeing any error messages, but i'd have to see it happen again to be 100% positive about that, but i can tell you that the display was still lit up on the player Edited March 10, 2007 by BrodieMD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 10, 2007 Report Share Posted March 10, 2007 (edited) I had a similar problem when playing Hi-MD formatted MD discs on my brand new RH1 (the day after I bought it). But I actually had READ ERRORs (and loud beeps). Turned out to be an overpowered laser. But I am not sure what may cause this for 1 Gb Hi-MDs, since your unit does not display any error messages. Edited March 10, 2007 by Avrin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Every RH1 has its own different quirks, my has to do with charging issues and minor displaying glitches. If it is a big concern for you and happens quite often, then get a technician to look at it. And before you do that try re-transferring them onto a different md disc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 I had a similar problem when playing Hi-MD formatted MD discs on my brand new RH1 (the day after I bought it). But I actually had READ ERRORs (and loud beeps). Turned out to be an overpowered laser. But I am not sure what may cause this for 1 Gb Hi-MDs, since your unit does not display any error messages.How did you find that out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Very simply - by comparing the RH1 laser settings to those of my RH10. Everything was the same, except for MD reading laser power (address 0124), which was 0.20 mW higher. After decreasing it (by 0.40 mW actually), the READ ERRORs are gone for good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky191 Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 (edited) No idea you could do that. How do you find those settings? Edited March 11, 2007 by Sparky191 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 11, 2007 Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 ANYTHING can be changed in service mode. And I am 99% sure that it is possible to enable such things as trackname display, search menu, and equalizer settings on the main unit for the RH1. But only SONY knows which addresses need to be changed, and how. Service manuals are totally incomplete from this point of view. And there is nothing to compare the RH1 with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrodieMD Posted March 11, 2007 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2007 Thanks for the feedback everyone. Fortunatelly it hasn't happened since but if it does i feel i'm better informed about how to deal with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I highly doubt it is as easy as just changing some values here and there... then voila! Track info! It's not like your programming a set of instructions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 You don't have to program any sets of instructions - everything is most probably already programmed. The display is capable of showing anything - menus, startup animation, and those fancy spectrum analyzers. So it can easily show text info, if input the required data. And the processor has this information (it is not more stupid than that of the RH10). And as for menu items being disabled through service mode - we've already seen that on older models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oset Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 If it's possible to change this particular display setting, I suppose that somebody from this forum will do it, or will acquire knowledge how was it done sooner or later. It's the biggest gathering of MD freaks in the whole internet right? But I would not consider it easy. Or maybe it's not possible at all... When I think about the past moves of this producer, I come to thought, that yes, it could be not possible at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 (edited) Of course, it may be impossible. But still I am 99% sure that it is possible. Who would beleive a month ago that the RH10 is capable of recording in true SP? Yet a single address adjutment - and it does this, though in a slightly limited way. Edited March 12, 2007 by Avrin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Only starts with the unit off. See here: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=18618 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oset Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 Of course, it may be impossible. But still I am 99% sure that it is possible. Who would beleive a month ago that the RH10 is capable of recording in true SP? Yet a single address adjutment - and it does this, though in a slightly limited way.As I have just bought the RH1, if anybody will turn this feature on, and describe the way to do it on the forum, I will greet him with a true polish beer, no matter where I'll have to post it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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