Recording/playback Problems with my md

[Guest Anonymous]

Hi,

i have a huge and urgent problem with md recording. the md walkman what i use is MZ-R909 and i've been recording mp3s from my computer to my md using an optic cable that i connect from my pc's speakers to my md. all this while, recording is fine...

until about a few days ago, i was recording songs into my md for my vacation next week. however, when i playback the disc, the song wouldnt play..it seems to be lagging, and when it does play, there is no sound at all. and when i reinsterted the disc, i got an error message that the disc is BLANK!!

and wehn i tried with another disc and tried recording another song, it completely erased my disc and told me the disc is blank! i'm sooo frustrated now and at a loss of what to do. and i'm stuck without music for my vacation next week.

i've contacted the sony customer service and they say they need me to bring it down for them to take a look and service. does anyone know whats the problem? is it a hardware problem or is there something that i've missed out or done wrongly? i'll appreciated it if someone could help me out here. many thanks.

[zephonith]

I'm assuming you can still play previously recorded discs? Usually this means there is something wrong with the recording mechanism.

This is quite a common problem (exactly the same thing happened to my R900 last year, and it has happened to one of Mystyler's units recently). I took mine to the Sony service center and they repaired it for NZ$90, but I think the price would vary depending on where you live. They told me problem with my unit was that the overwrite head was broken.

Take it to the service center and see what they can do for you. Also have a look at http://www.physics.adelaide.edu.au/~jwoith...epair_tips.html (the "failure to record" bit) which explains a bit about the problem.