Sony MZ-R55 minidisk problems..

[Psychobert]

Basically, can't get the damm thing to record.. Borrowed it from a friend who can't remember how to use it either..

Hooked it up to the stereo, started to record a CD and it stopped after half a minute with the words 'Data Save' flashing on the display. Now its sat there refusing to even open up to allow me to remove the disk I put in to record.

Quick search of the web hasn't helped; anyone got one of these and know what to do with it?

[Podie]

Make sure the MD isn't write protected for a start!

I assume you're using the digital cable!.. So connect it both ends (check you've got the correct hole on the MD), slide the record tab on the MD and then press play on the CD... that should do it.

[raceboy]

Can't really help a great deal but my Sharp Personel MD recorder recently gave up the ghost, it would get 3 minutes into either playing or recording and then flash up disc error and give up

[chrisjl]

Might help - http://listen.to/mz-r55
Or maybe - www.minidisc.org/mzr55_user_manual/manual.htm

Removing and then restoring all sources of power will get the eject working again - while it thinks it needs to write to the disc, it disables the eject slider/button (mine's an older R30). You'll lose whatever you recorded, but it sounds like maybe you've got a duff disc, or dirty record head, or just plain sick recorder.

[Psychobert]

chrisjl said: Might help - http://listen.to/mz-r55
Or maybe - www.minidisc.org/mzr55_user_manual/manual.htm

Removing and then restoring all sources of power will get the eject working again - while it thinks it needs to write to the disc, it disables the eject slider/button (mine's an older R30). You'll lose whatever you recorded, but it sounds like maybe you've got a duff disc, or dirty record head, or just plain sick recorder.

Thanks.. This has been driving me mental.. Did a web search but these two sites are far better than the ones I found..

[anonymous-user]

I had one of the first Walkman ones, an MZ R2 I think, and that packed up.Won't play anything now.

I've got a MDS-302 HiFi seperate that has semi packed up, anytime you want to update a track, i.e name, it wipes the disc.

And finally the only one that works properly a MDS JB920. Seperate.