MiniDisc Remote Problems

[stargazer_tom1]

Hello,

I have an N10 i just bought of ebay. Evey time i plug a remote into it it starts to record and nothing comes up on the screen of the remote. It is frustrating and is not the remote as it works in another player. The same issue occurs even if i use different remotes.

Any body have any ideas that could help me?

Thanks guys

[stargazer_tom1]

Hi Guys

Any ideas???

[freddyjollo]

dont really know but looks like u bought a broken md unit? maybe the remote has been plugged in so many times the socket is damaged and shorting?

[stargazer_tom1]

The md unit looks beautiful no scratches or anything. I believe it may have been in a shop cabinet all these years and not actually used. Could something in the service menu need to be changed or would this be a physical defect?

Thanks

[jim.hoggarth]

Hi Tom. I had a very similar problem once, but can't remember which particular model it was. I seem to recall it being a metallic silver model though, probably an N10 or N910. In my case when a remote was plugged in, the machine went into record mode. The fix was to replace the main board. I never bothered diagnosing any further, but guessed it may have been the ADC converter in the main ARM processor responsible for converting remote output voltages to digital 'command' value codes.

Which led m to thinking: perhaps the firmware in every MD recorder is capable of recognising a remote control key value as a record command. Would make an interesting add-on for experimentation and automation.

Jim