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Hi Rick,
If it's any help to you, I have a broken Sharp 702 unit which ignores
TOC information. This unit will play the entire contents of a disc from
00:00 to 74:59 stereo, or 00:00 to 149:58 mono, ignoring all track marks
etc. I could always copy the contents of the disc onto a blank one. Email me
if interested.
Magic
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From: Eric Woudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: E M van der Meer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 18, 1999 2:49 PM
Subject: Re: MD: entering testmode on MZ-R55 - problem with disc recovery
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> Hi Merijn,
>
> Thanks for the note. I'm forwarding it to the MD mailing list in case
> there are other comments.
>
> "E M van der Meer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> >But if you could forward it to the list then that would be great. I
> >would be really anxious to learn what people think for a solution.
> >
> >Here is my problem. Since I have three discs to recover I decided to
> >try and recover them using the test mode swapping method.
> >Unfortunately without success. I have a sony MZ-R55.
> >
> >I will describe what I have tried. For I didn't see the info for this
> >model on the www.minidisc.org page yet.
> >
> >Maybe you can also tell me what I am doing wrong?
> >
> >Here we go:
> >I inserted a disc that I had recorded one track only in mono for 149
> >minutes and some seconds. Until it turned itself off. This because
> >the disc I am trying to recover was also written in mono. However it
> >consisted of a few tracks.
> >
> >>Entering Test Mode
> >>The MZ-R30 and MZ-R35 are put into test mode by placing a 24
> >>kiloOhms resistor between pin 2 and 4 (counting from left to right,
> >>with the headphone jack on the left) of the remote control connector
> >>when the unit is not in use.
>
> >No problems here. I did this by plugging of the power to the machine
> >(battery already removed) and then inserting a 24K Ohm resistor
> >between pin 2 and 4. Worked perfectly. I saw a Version 1.50
> >blinking. I opened the case and swapped the disc to the one I wanted
> >to recover. Closed the case and waited a few seconds (no recorder
> >noise btw). and then unplugged the power again. Removed the resistor
> >and connected the power again. But the recorder as soon as you now
> >press play will scan the new disc's TOC. I don't hear noises of
> >writing a TOC when I connect the power again.
> >
> >Also I tried unplugging the power after chaning the name of the disc with
> >one track and directly after pressing okay for the name change I
unplugged
> >the power. Still, same lousy result.
> >
> >Do you know what I do wrong? I really need to recover these
> >recordings since the music on it means a lot to me.
> >
> >Any help is appreciated.
> >Thanks in advance.
>
> Right. The problem is that this TOC hacking test-mode trick is only
> for Sony decks. It doesn't work for the portables. Could you let me
> know what page you were reading that mislead you in this way?
>
> Perhaps someone on the list could offer to recover your TOC for you?
>
> Rick
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