teatreebirchwood Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 After not using my Sony MZ-RH910 for a few months, I pulled it off the shelf to discover that all it can now do is display the message "ERROR DE." I have tried multiple discs, so I am sure that the error has to do with the unit itself. Does anyone know how this might be fixed (or if!)? Thanks in advance... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobt Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 After not using my Sony MZ-RH910 for a few months, I pulled it off the shelf to discover that all it can now do is display the message "ERROR DE." I have tried multiple discs, so I am sure that the error has to do with the unit itself. Does anyone know how this might be fixed (or if!)? Thanks in advance...Try taking tha battery out for about a half hour, then put it back and see what happens, works on my NH1Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teatreebirchwood Posted September 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 (edited) Try taking tha battery out for about a half hour, then put it back and see what happens, works on my NH1BobThanks, but this doesn't seem to have done the trick. Any other ideas? Or is it time to replace my unit?EDIT: actually, if the problem has to do with the battery, would replacing it be a good solution? I have had this recorder for 3 or 4 years with the same battery. Edited September 15, 2008 by teatreebirchwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 If so, very likely it might work if you run off charger or USB.Time to get the service manual and figure out if there are any obvious errors in Service mode. The service manual is here in downloads, you might have to figure out the trick to getting into service mode by looking in the forums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teatreebirchwood Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 (edited) If so, very likely it might work if you run off charger or USB.Time to get the service manual and figure out if there are any obvious errors in Service mode. The service manual is here in downloads, you might have to figure out the trick to getting into service mode by looking in the forums.Nope, doesn't run correctly with either the wall charger or the USB, so it's definitely nothing with the battery.I got into service mode alright, but I couldn't really understand what I was supposed to look for based on the service manual. Are there certain things you are supposed to look for? Edited September 16, 2008 by teatreebirchwood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 16, 2008 Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Well done.I think now we need to pool resources with some of the older hands here.Much of the MD technology shares a common base, I have a feeling this error code (probably Hex DE but I can't be sure) will be documented somewhere in one of the manuals. When I looked at service mode, I think there were procedures to report the last 10 errors or something like that.Have you done any of the basic things like blowing dust out from the unit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teatreebirchwood Posted September 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 16, 2008 Well done.I think now we need to pool resources with some of the older hands here.Much of the MD technology shares a common base, I have a feeling this error code (probably Hex DE but I can't be sure) will be documented somewhere in one of the manuals. When I looked at service mode, I think there were procedures to report the last 10 errors or something like that.Have you done any of the basic things like blowing dust out from the unit?Yeah, I blew out the dust when I first got the error message. If I go into the "self-diagnostic" mode in service mode, it shows up with:00121 0000then when i press vol+:0012N 0000then:0000N10000then:0000N2000and finally:0000R_0000before starting over again. I have no idea if I am interpreting this right, but the service manual says that the error code "012" means "Could not read data with SYNC." Is that what the 0012 means (and what does the error mean?)? Again, I've got no idea if I'm looking at the right thing, but the only place in the manual i could find error report codes was in self-diagnostic. Thanks for the help so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 I'll take a look. There are probably others (here) FAR better qualified than me to help you diagnose this.Manana..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avrin Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 This looks like the unit has partially reset its calibration settings (power and laser). Check address 1931 in service mode, and try setting its value to FF. Trouble is, even if the error goes away, setting may still be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted September 17, 2008 Report Share Posted September 17, 2008 Thank you Avrin. Really hope I won't have to actually learn this stuff, ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teatreebirchwood Posted September 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2008 This looks like the unit has partially reset its calibration settings (power and laser). Check address 1931 in service mode, and try setting its value to FF. Trouble is, even if the error goes away, setting may still be wrong.How do I find address 1931 and set its value? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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