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Recovering from an AccessErr?

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Hello fellows.

I just ended up with a live recording which stops playing two minutes or so before the end with an "AccessErr" displayed on the MD unit screen.

The rest of the recordin seems to be here as the unit is displaying the right full recording length (1h27m or so).

This problem is occuring when using the unit alone and when playing it from SonicStage.

Is there any way I can fix this issue ?

Thanks.

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Contact Sony Customer Services. Explain to them the problem and they will restore the files for about $100 plus any additional service fee. Only Sony has the knowledge to help you now.

Great !

Many hundred dollars for a Hi-MD recorder.

And then some more when the unit is not fucntioning as intended !!!

Sony does know how to build a money-making business model.

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Sounds like another one of these laser adjustment errors. If you can hear the beginning of the recording, then the whole thing must be there on disk. Probably the head ends up doing a lot of seeking (I'm making a wild guess that 1hr 27 mins is a completely full 1GB disk recorded at highest data rate, am I right?) at the end because of some previous fragmentation, before the disk is wholly filled.

There's a very good chance that this can be played in most other HiMD units - just yours is a bit out of alignment. Seems to be happening a lot with the second generation machine (RH10, RH910, M10, M100) these daya. What unit do you have?

I don't think this is the kind of thing that NickyJay was thinking of, where the disk is not finalised properly. Or you'd get nothing at all.

Don't try anything fancy. Buy another second hand unit (for way less than $100) or borrow a friend's. You could even send it (disk and player) to me, though depending on where you live, there may be someone here on the forum who is a lot closer.

Whatever you do, DO NOT try to make any more recordings (or edit in any way whatsoever!!!) on that disk. It may be a good idea to avoid recording on already-used, partially full disks until this problem is resolved.

If you're going to spend $100, spend it on Sony's repair service (for the unit) rather than the disk itself. Probably they will replace the machine - they no longer try fixing things - for a flat charge. The refurbished unit will probably play your disk.

Sorry.

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Unfortunatly, it's not a problem with the unit.

I've got two HiMD recorders (a RH1 and a NH1) and the disc is played with the same issue (AccessErr) at the same point in the recording.

Th recrding has been made with the RH1 and since I've recorded that live I've done other recordings without any problem with this unit.

It's not a HiMD 1Gb disc though, it's a 80min MD.

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Very interesting. Glad everything is now ok. You might have more luck if not using HiSP but LP2, although I realise the quality will be down.

One more question about how to avoid in future. I'm guessing a momentary power glitch, though it need not be. Did you record with the RH1's inbuilt battery or using the wall adapter supplied? There's always been a bit of a power problem with longish recordings.

You might like to build (it's been done) or buy a USB power adapter that runs off batteries and provides 5V USB.

Another interesting experiment might be to massage the disk extensively, once you have recovered what you need (you can capture the sound stream, all but the last 2 minutes of course, using one of the many free or shareware sound programs for PC or Mac). How likely is it that this fault on the disk now permanent? If so, it's just one of those things that could happen to anyone with any gear.

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