[BC] Re: Minidisc problem

[Glen Kippel]

OK, I called and they said that the #51 assembly is no longer available.  I
could take a chance and send it in and gamble $135 (bench fee) that they can
fix it.

Meanwhile, I am making up a rack panel to mount under the -E12 with nice
big, color-coded buttons for play/pause, stop and record.  The switches on
the Sony MDs are less than half the width of a pencil eraser, and the
buttons on the front have pokey things on the back that do the job
of actually pushing on the switches.  The trouble is, they are half as thick
as they ought to be and bend easily, especially when some of our announcers
get heavy-handed.  I have spent a lot of time working on these.
The separate switch panel will be infinitely more rugged, and I can replace
the switches easily if any break.

On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Glen Kippel <glen.kippel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the tip.  I didn't know about that outfit.
>
> We also have the MDS-E12 here (and I had one at KHCS) and I do like it
> better.  The -E11 is an earlier model.
>
>   On Tue, Mar 3, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Mark Croom <croom.mark at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> 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.
>> > >
>>
>>
>>
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