Gardner Posted August 11, 2003 Report Share Posted August 11, 2003 All I did was try to record something from streaming online radio. I am pretty sure it has nothing to do with the fact that now I can't record anything with it... I had the MD connected to my computer (comp line out into MD line in, and then the md line out into my stereo system line in), and I did hear the whole show, so the audio did go through the MD unit. After the show I tried listening to it (To edit out the stuff I didn't need), and all I had was like 5 minutes of the show, and then it was quiet, and the seconds didn't even move. like it was stuck on something. I tried a few other times, and it failed to work. later I just recorded the show on my comp directly, and when I was done editing it down to that specific song I wanted, I tried recording it onto one of my "various artists" MD. it wasn't blank. the recording didn't work at all, and after it was done I couldn't listen to any track on the MD. When I took it out and back in again, it stated it was a blank disc. I guess the recording damaged the TOC. I tried several times later recording stuff on blanks, and nothing cought on. it just keep saying they are blanks afterwards. I also have an older MZ-R35 unit which served me well once, and it has the same problem - one day, out of the blue, it stops recording. Every time it took the unit just under 2 years to die on my like this. Is there anything I can do about it? Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted August 12, 2003 Report Share Posted August 12, 2003 well there are a lot of people out there who've units have also "failed"...i.e. stopped recording like your units...i don't know why but they just do...i've heard and seen many of my friends' sony recorders fail after maybe 2 years...sometimes more and sometimes less...interesting thing is that it doesn't seem to plague sharp units as much as they do sony...i don't know whether it's from rough treatment or whatever but yes i from what i gather there's nothing you can do about it...interestingly enough i can't relate to this...i've been using various brands on MD recorders and players dating back to the MZ-R2 and none of them have failed me once...they all are perfectly fine and still record perfectly...why this is i do not know...i'm sorry to hear about your misfortunes but i think the best thing now is to get it to a Sony repair shop to have it looked at...(unless you want to buy a new unit i.e.) i'm sorry if this is not the answer that you were hoping for but if someone else has a way of fixing this problem then i'll also be checking up on how they've fixed/prevented the problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 15, 2003 Report Share Posted August 15, 2003 This is a common problem with Sony portables, check out this thread for further info. http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=1623 Nick S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 My friend had the same problem ...so we'd disasembled the unit and were looking for the reason...... There is a copper tape (circut) beetwen a mainboard and magnetic head....it was broken. We suppouse that is a mian reason for issue. ofcourse...dirty head or another reason is possible ..but we foud just this brokerage Sorry for my english , but I use it very rarely... I've just buyed SONY MZ-N10 ....it is COOL.... regards, RatsRex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted September 13, 2003 Report Share Posted September 13, 2003 ofcourse...dirty head or another reason is possible ..but we foud just this brokerage (I meant about breake on this copper tape) Sorry again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nikola Posted September 16, 2003 Report Share Posted September 16, 2003 Isn't it a good reason that SONY units should be *avoided*? No matter how well they would perform, or what featuses they might have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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