>I really hope someone out there can help me with my strange problem. I've
>had a sharp 702 for over a year now and have had no problems, not even that
>nefarious UTOC error. So, I put in a minidisc today and push play and what
>happens? The display says it is playing, scrolling the song name (fyi- it
>was Radiohead's Airbag) and even happily flickering its little decibel
meter.
>But no sound is heard! I check the headphones- snuggly plugged in. And I
>hear the beeps when I change the track and whatnot, so I know the problem
>ain't the headphones. With the volume all the way up to 30, I can barely
>discern the extremely quiet music. All signs seem to point to some sort of
>messed up EEPROM setting, which no, I have never played with. Can anybody
>help me? Has anyone had this problem before?
Thought i'd un-lurk at last seeing as i might be able to answer this
question. A friend of mine had the same problem with his 702 - at full
volume you could *just* about hear the music. Anyway, he sent it back to
Sharp as it was within the guarantee period and they fixed it and returned
it fairly quickly (there's details on how to return it in the box it came
in). We guessed it was some kind of internal amplifier that had failed - so
far i've been lucky with my own 702 which i've had since April, so perhaps
not *all* of these units develop faults :-).
And, to add to the soundcard debate, i've just got the new SB Live Platinum,
and its a great card. Those of you in America may wish to get one from
Europe since european models come with a Live!Drive 2 (front panel which
goes in 5 1/4" bay) which has optical in/out, whereas american models come
with a Live!Drive 1 which lacks these connectors. Funnily enough it also
comes with the longest Toslink cable i've ever seen, rather negating the
need to have front panel access to optical connectors.
Jason Winton
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