Hi David,
Thanks very much! I'll format it up shortly. A few quick points:
>My BELOVED MZ-R50 isn't working properly. I currently own a Sharp 722, Sharp
> ...
>Anyway, to the problem. It WILL still play an MD. If I play one song, then
>remove the disc and play another disc it still works fine. If I leave a disc
>in for any length of time though it seems it is somehow "burned" into the
>memory. If I try to play another disc the unit just kind of "freezes". It
>will whirr and click, but reads nothing. I have managed to make it "work"
>once since this problem started but then it "stuck" on that disc. The R50
>will play ONLY the current disc unless I remove the battery and leave it
>overnight to reset itself.
>
>Any suggestions. I'd hate to lose my blue baby.
>
> ...
>ANSWER
>Hi Eddie,
>You don't have to loose your blue baby. The R50 can be fixed. You have a mecha
>nical
>problem that all Sony MD's having similar mechanism suffer from. A couple of g
>ears and one
>hour of work is all that is needed. Take it to a good repair shop, or come to
>visit Israel and
>I'll do it for you, the whether is nice.
>Truly yours,
It would be great if you could explain what has broken and how this
causes the behavior he sees. You don't necessarily need to explain how
to repair it (though that might be nice too), but my main interest is
in helping people understand how the machines work and what can cause
the behavior they see when they break. (You may need to explain that
not all of his understanding of its broken behavior is correct, for
instance, whether removing the battery actually help things,
etc.). The end result of such an explanation is a much more enduring
article, people can read it for years and still get something from it.
Question 13 starts out with "Twice even." it seems like I'm missing
part of the reader's mail:
>
>QUESTION 13
>Twice even. I used to use mine to record quite often (hey, that's why
>I bought it.) and often for playback for about 2 hours everyday. The
>optical block blew in less than a year (sept 98 to Aug 99). The part
>being X49492561 and the charge would have been around 200 off
>warranty, which it wasn't (just)
>fast forward 8 months and the same part is gone again. Repair charge
>is$320AU and I'm not wearing it. It's not like this player gets
>knocked around or anyything. After the 1st repair I started carring it
>in an Otter box, which is a waterproof plastic case similar to a
>Pelican Case.
>what should I do now? I complained to Sony, and they didn't even write
>back.
>tnx,
>-M.
Otherwise, looks great!
Eric Whitney says he is willing to set up up a message board for
reader's questions and your responses. Are you sure you're okay with
this? The reader question load is not overwhelming? (Eric Whitney is
the MDCP co-editor).
Thanks!
Rick
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