paulbsrje Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 MZ R900 will not read disc.Always get disc error-it chunders and clicks for about a minute. Any suggestions or is it now a paperweight? Shame as the case is vgc. cheers Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Probably not enough data just yet. But I **love** the word :chunder: has been years since I heard anyone use it. Describes perfectly the noises that MD (and other machines) when they repetitively attempt to do something they cannot. Unfortunately you have to start from knowns to get knowns. The commonest thing that happens is that writing fails in some way and the resulting disks are useless until correctly formatted. So without at least another unit to make sure that a correctly formatted disk fails..... I would be inclined to take a trip down memory (?nerd?) lane and get the thing apart. You will at least marvel at it. You can probably find a unit with the same or better capabilities for 25 quid, or even less. Stick around here, lots of friendly folks with too many of the darn' things. Me for instance, but I'm a bit far away. Don't give up just yet - here are some ideas: - If you are good at getting it (the case) open the second (overwrite) head may be bent or stuck in the path of the insertion. Probably dead to all intents and purposes. - battery or power circuits may be fried (probably you tried running on the charger, to eliminate that possibility) - one or more disks are ruined possibly because something is wrong, and you are trapped in a vicious circle (as I described at the outset) - most likely, the overwrite head's ribbon cable got busted. Many discussions here, we'll point you to those in due course Welcome to the forums! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbsrje Posted June 29, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 Don't give up just yet - here are some ideas: - If you are good at getting it (the case) open the second (overwrite) head may be bent or stuck in the path of the insertion. Probably dead to all intents and purposes. - battery or power circuits may be fried (probably you tried running on the charger, to eliminate that possibility) - one or more disks are ruined possibly because something is wrong, and you are trapped in a vicious circle (as I described at the outset) - most likely, the overwrite head's ribbon cable got busted. Many discussions here, we'll point you to those in due course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted June 29, 2010 Report Share Posted June 29, 2010 OK, but beware that any time anyone even by accident presses the record button or makes a track mark, you lose the WHOLE disk, if the OW head is dead. If that's acceptable, suggest you start looking in the service manual which is on the www.minidisc.org site. We'll help (there are others probably more competent than I). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.