Hey everyone on the list. It's been a long while since I've written to you all, but I still read all the digests. I bought a MZ-R30 over 3 years for the deep discount price of $400. It's been a great unit, but I figured it was time for an upgrade. So I got a Sharp MD-MS722 from Mercata.com for $133.75. I got it a few days ago and only used it to play (which worked fine) and tonight I tried to record with it for the first time. It doesn't record anything but dead silence on the disc. It acts as if it is recording, but when you play it back you have nothing but silence. Then when you hit stop again to save the TOC you get the patented Sharp UTOC Error. My best guess is that the magnetic head on the top of the disc isn't working, so the laser is heating the disc to it's currie point, and all molecules are orienting the same way accounting for the silence. I'm going to call Mercata tomorrow and whine at them or bitch at Sharp if Mercata doesn't want to play ball. I just thought I'd let you all know of the poor quality of this Sharp unit. I've bought piles and piles of electronic and computer stuff and this is only the 2nd thing ever that I got that was broken out of the box. My Sony MZ-R30 still works after falling onto concrete several times, flying out of a moving golf cart onto asphalt, and several other interesting things. The Sharp on the other hand was broken out of the box. I know which one is higher quality. I think it goes without saying that I won't be buying another Sharp MD unit anytime in the future. Seth __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
