Not that I'm familiar with the letter you mention, but I've had my MDX-C8900
now for almost 3 years and it has been an absolute dream. My only problem
was a slightly dirty lens which would result in some of my MD's being spat
back out with "Error" after trying to read it for a while. This happened
with almost every single Sony blank MD I've ever recorded on, and only a
couple TDK's. So suffice to say, TDK make a better MD, IMHO.
But back to the deck, after a little manual clean-up (I pulled the deck out
and apart for a good clean after 2 years), things were back to normal, and
the deck does get at least 2hrs a day playing if not longer.
My point with Sony's products is simple ... as with any brand, if you pay
bottom dollar for a bottom-mid ranged unit, that's exactly what you'll get.
You really need to spend good to get good out of Sony. That's why I've
always aimed for at least one higher than mid-range, if not the top of the
range, models.
Adios,
LarZ
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Sent: Tuesday, 31 October 2000 2:22
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Subject: Re: MD: sony car decks
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ok, well then next question people. Looking for a car md deck, which one
should i really look into. looks like most sony decks are having probs.
should i look into pioneer premiere md decks? eclipse? or someone else? or
does the sony minidisc changer not get the errors. any help with these
questions would be greatly appreciated.
thank
matt
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From: "Shawn Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: MD: sony car decks
>
> Matt Wall wrote:
> >
> > howdy all, recently on minidisc.org there was a letter to sony with =
> > concerns about sony's md car decks. currently i am looking into putting
=
> > an 800r into one of my cars and was curious if others had the same =
> > problems as stated in the letters or if they had good luck with thier =
> > units. any input would be great. thanks.
>
> Yes, I have had the same problems.
> I have owned:
> MDX-U1
> MDX-C150 (two of them)
> MDX-400
> MDX-C7900 (still own)
> MDX-65 (still own)
>
> All but the C7900 and MDX-65 has had problems reading recordable MD's,
> but no trouble with prerecorded ones. The problem is the optical block
> wears out. I managed to tweak the adjustments in the U1 and the C150's
> to read recordable discs and then sold them while they worked. The
> MDX-400 was beyond tweaking, it needed a new optical block. After a
> month, it stopped reading recordable discs and I sent it in for
> adjustment under repair warranty. Then I quickly sold it since it had
> been a very unreliable unit having problems other than that (constant
> "PLEASE PRESS RESET" message). The C7900 hasn't had any problems
> reading any MD's, but it has developed a problem in where sometimes an
> MD won't be accepted and gets stuck. Then I have to use something to
> push it all the way in. The MDX-65 so far has been trouble-free.
>
> These problems are NOT specific to car units though, I have had an
> MZ-E3, MZ-R2, and two MDS-501's that had these very same problems.
>
> Shawn
>
>
>
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