mert Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Currently I am the dismayed owner of a Mz-N505. No matter what I do, no matter what I reinstall/install again, I can't get this thing to record. Currently I have been trying to use Sonic Stage. I installed the driver, and the program. I imported the files. And I attempted to burn. For most of the time, it would freeze up at 95% on the first song, and repeatedly flash edit. The only way to turn it off was to remove the power source. Finally, after much toil, it was working. It made all the proper sounds, songs were transferred, everything was great. Until it finished. As I happily unplug the MD, awaiting my newfound library of songs, EDIT suddenly pops up again (I'm not connected to computer anymore). And it keeps flashing, and "attempting to edit". So I'm like ok, and let it run for a little bit. After a while I get fed up and am forced to remove power source. Once I plug it back in, loe and behold I see a blank cd. Thinking that maybe this was caused by premature unplugging, I try it again. Now, instead of even attempting to transfer, EDIT immediatly starts to flash. After about 10 seconds, all the songs that are supposed to be transferred disappear out of the MD window (right side), and I am soon greeted with a wonderful: "Failed to authenticate (sp) device/media." SonicStage then proceeds to percieve the device as 0.0 mb, and the player continues to flash EDIT. If I unplug, I am still faced with the blank MD msg. I have reinstalled the driver, the program, and still am faced with the same results. What can I do!?????? PS. I have tried this with multiple minidisks (all blank). PSS. sorry about the length. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Welcome to the forums. :happy: You should uninstall all NetMD related software [sonicStage/OpenMG/RealOne] through Add/Remove Programs, along with the NetMD driver [leave N510 pluged in, go to Device Manager, right-click and uninstall] and the 'OpenMG Limited Patch' things. Go through your drive, clean out and delete anything that looks related to NetMD/Sony [likely in your C:Documents and Settings[user name] and in C:Program Files]. Make sure that your N510 is not connected to your computer. Reboot, and install the NetMD drivers from your disc. Reboot, install SonicStage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mert Posted March 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 Hey thanks for the welcome/advice Yea, I did all you said, and I still recieve the same error msg. Really don't know wut to do. BTW I'm on windows XP professional and it doesn't work with simple burner either. Maybe I missed a file? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceeedtea Posted March 3, 2004 Report Share Posted March 3, 2004 It sounds more like a hardware problem to me. I've never heard of such an occurance happening to a NetMD unit. If it's still under warranty/extended warranty, send it back to Sony/take it back to the store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted March 4, 2004 Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 i agree with iceeedtea...if u can try recording it the old school way in realtime using cables from your PC and see if it can record...if not then it's the hardware that's screwed and only optionis to take it in for repairs i'm afraid... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mert Posted March 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2004 yea I'm starting to think you are right I know this is a really dumb question, but since I've never done anything like that before, how would I record in real time? What would I need etc.? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted March 7, 2004 Report Share Posted March 7, 2004 just make sure u have all the right cables...for an analogue transfer u need 3.5mm stereo cable connecting from the LINE OUT of your PC's soundcard to the LINE IN on your MD...just fire up a program such as mp32md or Creative MD Center and hit play (on your PC) and record (on your MD) simultaneously and it should start recording...for digital it's similar but u need a different cable, an optic one (usually Sony supply you with square->mini plug TOSLink cable)...connect one end of the cable from ur PC's OPTIC OUT to your MD unit's OPTIC IN and do the same thing as with analogue recordings... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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