Guest Anonymous Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 hi, i have a MD-R55 from way back. it is one of the square blue ones without any digital out. awhile ago a disc got stuck in it and was caught on what i believe to be the recording burner on the top of the unit and was forcably removed. when i looked inside after the disc was removed i noticed this white tip which i guess is the recorder had been removed from a thin sheet of plastic that was attached to it. i removed the top of the unit and noticed this to be true. does anyone kno about the internal workings of the MD. if i jus soder this stip back on to the white tip should it record? it still reads discs fine, and when i plug something into either mic or line in, it shows from the one line equalizer that it is reading the signal, but when i playback, nothing. also, when i take that disc out and put it back in, if it is a blank disc, it is again read as a blank disc, so whatever the problem, it is NOT recording that is all i kno. any help would be greatly appreciated. the only reason i dont i jus go ahead and soder that thing on there is a) i dont have a sodering iron this instant, and i dont kno if im skilled enough for such a tiny a unit, and c) im really worried i will render it unplayable. but if i hear no response, i will try it and let you all kno. in the meantime i will use my MD-51 which i use for playback since the damn thing has no line in!!!! christoph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darK (aka Tharaka) Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 try finding a service manual for the R55... that should give u diagrams of internal workings... and things like that... here is one i found at the minidisc.org website use it wisely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mystyler Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 Sounds like you have ripped off the recording head, and I doubt that it could be repaired without calling in a pro - which will cost you quite a bit. Might be time to look at some new units. :? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 18, 2002 Report Share Posted December 18, 2002 I'm going to agree with Mystyler. Using force on minidisc players when things go bad sometimes works, but most of the time I've heard nothing but bad stories such as this. Good luck on fixing it, but it's not impossible to do so. I would buy a new unit. Decent NetMD and MDLP players are cheaper than ever. k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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