How To: Do a Proper! Factory Reset on Most NetMD's (Like the N-10 or N510)

[walkdude]

I will do this tutorial in simple English as to translate easy.

THIS TUTORIAL DOES NOT REQUIRE NETMD NVWRITER OR PATCHWRITER AT ALL

You Will need:

NetMD Minidisc Player with Battery

Your Service Manual or at least your service Key.

CD Type Minidisc (I used a drive cleaner)

Recordable (MO) Type Minidisc (I used a premium 80 minute minidisc)

First! Place the HOLD Switch on!

Then Hold the "Group" Key while Pressing >>| ,>>| ,|<< ,|<< ,>>| ,|<< ,>>| ,|<< ,|| ,||

Your Unit should flash its entire LCD and a number such as 008 V1.600

Press >>| until 021 RESNV is displayed, press || until ResOK! Is Displayed.

Unplug Battery

Then place back in

Press >>| Until 031 CD is displayed.

Place CD MD In Machine, Press ||

Wait a few minutes for CD OK.

Press >>| until 34 MO P&R is displayed

Place MO MD in machine, preferably one you would like to erase.

Press || this will take some time.

It should say MO OK and now you should press STOP until its at the flashing version number.

Press >>| Until you see 024 AssyXX, if its any number besides FF, do the above again until achieved.

follow this if your unit seems to overheat.

Measure the ambient temperature

Go to 015 with >>|

Adjust with [VOL +] or [VOL --] key so that the adjusted value

(hexadecimal value) becomes the ambient temperature.

(Initial value : 19h = 25