JVCRob Posted July 16, 2010 Report Share Posted July 16, 2010 Hi All, I hope someone can help, I have a JVC XM-228 MiniDisc recorder that has developed a problem with the eject. When ejecting a disc, it almost immediately tries to reload again, I have to be really quick to grab the disc when it's ejecting. Any one have any ideas? Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THIS SUCKS Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 Hi All, I hope someone can help, I have a JVC XM-228 MiniDisc recorder that has developed a problem with the eject. When ejecting a disc, it almost immediately tries to reload again, I have to be really quick to grab the disc when it's ejecting. Any one have any ideas? Thanks Rob i think one of the disc sense switches is dirty you could take it apart look for the switches and use contact cleaner to try to clean them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 19, 2010 Report Share Posted July 19, 2010 When ejecting a disc, it almost immediately tries to reload again, I have to be really quick to grab the disc when it's ejecting. This sounds a lot like what happened to my Sony MDS-JE510 before it died. You can check around here for the problems known to exist with that model. It appears to be from about the same Anno Domini. In my case it was absolutely terminal. One question: can you record successfully? If not, then the problems are likely too severe to make it worthwhile resurrecting this as a player-only machine. Hope this helps Stephen PS see here, sounds like the right idea. Found it on the JE510 page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVCRob Posted July 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2010 Thanks for the suggestions. I took it a part and can't believe how uncannily similar the deck is to the JE510. Any how, I cleaned it with compressed Air and contact cleaner and it now ejects!! However record didn't work, it gave the impression it was recording but I couldn't pause and when I pressed stop it would just say Eject, which I did and reinserting the disc confirmed it was still blank. Tried this several times and now record is working again, for how long? Is this an indication that it's going to die?? Play back is fine, which is good and least I can transfer my recordings to my PC in the meantime. Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Thanks for the suggestions. I took it a part and can't believe how uncannily similar the deck is to the JE510.Well I recently heard someone opine that once a new technology is proven, everyone just copies it. I dare say by the time JVC had licensed it from Sony there wasn't much motivation to do anything different. Any how, I cleaned it with compressed Air and contact cleaner and it now ejects!! However record didn't work, it gave the impression it was recording but I couldn't pause and when I pressed stop it would just say Eject, which I did and reinserting the disc confirmed it was still blank. Overwrite head mechanism isn't getting the overwrite head close enough to the disk. Could be mechanical. The next phase is the overwrite head breaks off all over your favourite MD. Tried this several times and now record is working again, for how long? Is this an indication that it's going to die?? I think so. Play back is fine, which is good and least I can transfer my recordings to my PC in the meantime. Even trying to make a track mark or any kind of edit, and you will lose a whole disk every time, when overwrite is not working. It's probably time to get another deck (cheap) or an M200/RH1 (they are the same thing as each other) to upload your existing disks if you have recordings you care about What a dismal post to be making as I finally cross the 2K threshold. Is this a sign of the future? Cheers Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVCRob Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Any recommendations on a suitable deck? Been looking on a certain auction site there seems to be a few contenders. Sony MDS-JE330 Sony MDS-JE440 Sony MDS-JE470 Yamaha MDX-596 Thanks in advance Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I haven't looked at the Yamaha before. It seems to have nice specs, and optical out. I am pretty sure that nothing numbered under 500 (in the Sony line) has optical (digital) out. Recommended models with optical out: SP only: MDS-JE520,530,630 MDS-JB920,930 MXD-D1,D2 (combo CD/MD) - most later models had optical out removed. SP and MDLP: MDS-JE640,770,780 (there's a mod to hack an optical xmitter into a 480 here somewhere) MDS-JB940,980 MXD-D400 (combo MD/CD MDLP deck, often still available in Japan brand new at auctions.yahoo.co.jp) There are also various high end ES models (which their owners swear by, of course) but most of the high end-ness has to do with the DAC, and it's possible (at least according to me) that with a good modern amp with optical in, you don't even need the super duper high end specs for straightforward playback, since the optical out is hooked almost directly to the DSP chip that reads the disk. Of the models listed above, only the 940 has the ability to produce 24-bit optical output. In addition there are the MDS-Enn (nn=10,11,12 for a start) "pro" models which at the time were highly thought of because they have no SCMS restrictions, and are rackmounted. With the advent of amplifiers that have optical in, this isn't so important, as all will reproduce just about anything that comes out of an optical port. Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickyJay Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Get this one - the 'daddy' of all minidisc decks http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Sony-MDS-JA555ES-Highend-Minidisc-Rec-Plyr-NEW-/250667414830?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_AudioTVElectronics_HomeAudioHiFi_CDPlayerSeparates&hash=item3a5cf1352e It's brand new and the price is reasonable for a deck of such high quality. This will beat anything on the market today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I keep seeing (for more than a year) the same listing for the same unit (always Canterbury) over and over again. Makes me think either a. he has lots of them, or b. it never sells or c. there is something strange. Cheers Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Probably b. methinks, at that price, good though it is. Maybe c, but it's unfair to prejudge really. Now if it were a JA333-ES... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippeb Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 Probably b. methinks, at that price, good though it is. Maybe c, but it's unfair to prejudge really. Now if it were a JA333-ES... I bought my JA333ES (new, boxed, sealed) for 250 euros on eBay. I think that this JA555ES is overpriced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted July 21, 2010 Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 I bought my JA333ES (new, boxed, sealed) for 250 euros on eBay. I think that this JA555ES is overpriced. And the 333ES has MDLP whereas the 555ES does not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVCRob Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Hello Again, I acquired myself a Sony MDS-JB920 in the end. Just need to decipher the manual as this has many more features than the JVC, but so far I'm very happy with it. Thanks Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippeb Posted July 28, 2010 Report Share Posted July 28, 2010 I acquired myself a Sony MDS-JB920 in the end. Just need to decipher the manual as this has many more features than the JVC, but so far I'm very happy with it. Very nice machine. Mine sits on my desk, at work, connected to a Sangean radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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