Paused MD

[bluecrab]

When an MD is playing and is then paused, does the disc continue to spin? Is there variation among units? If so, how to tell? I pause my MXD-D40 deck at work a lot (both the CD and MD sides), sometimes for hours, but I can't tell if anything is spinning or not.

[philippeb]

When an MD is playing and is then paused, does the disc continue to spin? Is there variation among units? If so, how to tell? I pause my MXD-D40 deck at work a lot (both the CD and MD sides), sometimes for hours, but I can't tell if anything is spinning or not.

Since the MDS-JE520, Sony decks do not spin the disc when paused. I do not know the MXD-D40, but as it 3 years younger than the 520, I am pretty sure that it behaves like all modern decks.

[sfbp]

So the 510 was the last one to display this self-exhausting behaviour? Actually there is the JA30ES and the PC1, both relatively uncommon, in between, according to the browser list.

Interestingly, when you press REC with no disk in on the 630 and 640 (didnt check the 520 it is in mothballs at the moment) you get "A->D" on the menu and pass through of whatever input (optical or digital) to all output connectors. But on the D400 you have to have a disc in there before this works. I guess you're saying that it is "safe" to do this as the motor is not working during pause.

[bluecrab]

So the 510 was the last one to display this self-exhausting behaviour? Actually there is the JA30ES and the PC1, both relatively uncommon, in between, according to the browser list.

Interestingly, when you press REC with no disk in on the 630 and 640 (didnt check the 520 it is in mothballs at the moment) you get "A->D" on the menu and pass through of whatever input (optical or digital) to all output connectors. But on the D400 you have to have a disc in there before this works. I guess you're saying that it is "safe" to do this as the motor is not working during pause.

All Sony had to do was add one sentence to the manual, stating that the disc does or does not spin during PAUSE or REC/PAUSE. As for CD section of the 40 or 400, who knows?

I will continue to pause my MXD-D40 and hope for the best.