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If you find an answer..let me know...I had the same thing happen and had
to buy a new unit..
Al
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On Thu, 01 Feb 2001 23:14:54 -0600 John Small <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>
> The transport on my 510 has jammed. Happened when I inserted an MD
> this evening
> just when I was feeling all smug that my Sony MD equipment has been
> working
> flawlessly (510, R50, E40). When I remove the top from the unit I
> can see al
> arge plastic gear on the top back left hand side in the transport
> cage that is
> spinning but not moving anything ... it makes a racheting sound as
> it spins,
> like gears stripping. I was able to force the MD out with a screw
> driver. It
> will not insert. I assume this transport is shot. Is this a common
> failure
> mode ... anyone know?
>
> I am assuming Sony repair is out of the question. I recall they
> want a flat
> $100 to fix? That plus maybe parts will buy a newer unit with
> something beyond
> ATRAC 4.5 encoding. The unit is three years old but it has not seen
> much use.
> Maybe 40 recordings and 100-200 plays.
>
> I want another deck in my hi fi system but here's the rub ... I want
> the toslink
> optical digital in and out this deck offers. I don't believe the
> 330, 440 or
> the 4x speed DX3 decks offer optical digital out. Buying a high end
> Sony deck
> is not something I'm willing to do to obtain this connection.
> However I am
> concerned about getting another cheesy tranport as well!
>
> Anyone have any suggestions on either repairing this deck or which
> model to
> consider for replacement? I should noted that I no longer record
> from analog
> (mostly vinyl) with this deck. I now do that with a cd-rw deck
> (Philips 950)
> and then digitally dub to the MD deck.
>
> Thanks.
>
> -jts <Arlington, TX>
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