[BC] Minidisc problem

[Mark Croom]

Have you tried calling these guys?

https://servicesplus.us.sony.biz/sony-parts.aspx

Looks like there's some chance there might be an assembly you can order from
Sony as a replacement. On the exploded view "rear section" parts for the
MDSE11 it shows the whole assembly as #51. Instead of a price there is an
800 number to call for availability.

I let my curiosity take me through too many clicks but I couldn't quite
bring myself to call the 800 number listed on the page.

I hope it's fixable--that's a nice unit. One of those babies was my
"time-shift recorder" at WNWC before the computer(s) took over the job. I
used up a couple of consumer-grade "stereo system" units before buying the
industrial-duty machine. It never let me down though I think we had maybe
two years of daily use on it before we transitioned to the computer (about
the same time we transitioned to the Unity 4000).

Mark
MN

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 2:18 PM, Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Right on.  The disk is not spinning at all.  I dried blowing some TFE into
> it and that didn't help.  The problem is, these things are just not being
> made any more, at least the kind that can be readily started from the
> board.  Another MDS-E11 or -E12 would just plug right in to the existing
> wiring.
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Jeff Johnson <jeff at rfproof.com> wrote:
>
> > Glen - the MD player is probably not spinning up the disk. (Can you hear
> it
> > spin?) It most likely needs a new platter motor. That is just the
> > probability. The problem could also be the laser sled motor.
> >