Thank you very much Dan Daniel. I've had my Sony MZ-R2 since 1994 (cost me £400), and I stopped using it probably when MP3 players started appearing in 1999 when I bought my Archos Jukebox in New York. And I didn't bother with my Sony MD for years. When I did, it played intermittently, so I put it back on a shelf. And every few years, I'd bring it out and try it again, and each time it would fail more and more. I'd Google for any solutions, but nothing. A few weeks ago, while on holiday, I Googled for any solutions, and found your video. Brillant ! Thank you very much. All seems to work perfectly. I just need to record a few songs on a new MD, and test it fully.
Thank you so much for this! I just repaired one after cleaning it using the Service Menu. FYI, if you care about "CD" MDs (the pressed media), you will also need to adjust setting 023 in a similar fashion. Mine was at 80 and I went to 88. 026 is just for MO or recordable MDs. Now I can play both CD/MO media on the MZ-R2 again. Thanks!
i have a sony MZ-N707, that i was buyed for usd 10 with no read , i clean the optical unit, include internal lenses, with a self made earcotton (i put a cotton around a rigid coper computer network cable), and works! I have another one, with display broken and optical unit competely destroyed (sony MZ-R500), where cai i foun this optical units for sale?
@@baonhi3798 mate, video was filmed aprox 3 years ago, i don't remember. But, pump up volume and watch video. Or just wait, there are hundred(maybe thousands) of people who understand and maybe someone responds to you.
@@missionnad1 da, are sigur multi ani de functionare; dar nu stiu daca e cea care a fost cumparat cu playerul de nou; playerul l-am primit cadou de la un tip, deci nu pot fi sigur. Dar da, celulele Li-ion de calitate si folosite corect tin multi ani, am intalnit laptopuri care aveau 15 ani si inca le tinea bateria cat de cat.
@@DaneluRepairs 15 ani e puțin,am o cameră video Panasonic luată în 2004 , acumulatorul Li-Ion mai are 70 % capacitate si in prezent. Dar cireașa de pe tort o reprezintă acumulatorul (tip plat) Ni-Cd al unui walkman Sony din 2000 care....e ok si în prezent 😁
@@missionnad1 15 ani nu e putin, pt ca la laptop intra si factorul caldura foarte mult; si caldura uzeaza mult orice acumulator. Referitor la acel acumulator ni-cd, este posbil si raspunsul cred ca sta in faptul ca acum multi ani si electronicele costau mult mai mult dar se si fabricau mult mai calitativ; si pe vremuri se putea foarte mult accentul pe fiabilitate.
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Thank you very much Dan Daniel. I've had my Sony MZ-R2 since 1994 (cost me £400), and I stopped using it probably when MP3 players started appearing in 1999 when I bought my Archos Jukebox in New York. And I didn't bother with my Sony MD for years. When I did, it played intermittently, so I put it back on a shelf. And every few years, I'd bring it out and try it again, and each time it would fail more and more. I'd Google for any solutions, but nothing. A few weeks ago, while on holiday, I Googled for any solutions, and found your video. Brillant ! Thank you very much. All seems to work perfectly. I just need to record a few songs on a new MD, and test it fully.
I'm very happy that you bring back some life in your old Sony MiniDisc; greetins from Romania, Jones.
Thank you so much for this! I just repaired one after cleaning it using the Service Menu.
FYI, if you care about "CD" MDs (the pressed media), you will also need to adjust setting 023 in a similar fashion. Mine was at 80 and I went to 88. 026 is just for MO or recordable MDs.
Now I can play both CD/MO media on the MZ-R2 again. Thanks!
Useful information, mate.
You're welcome.
Also thank you.
I just did the menu change without opening the MZ-R2 at all and it worked a treat.
Yeah, in some cases that is enough. Congrats.
thankyou for the video! I saw the guide online but its old with bad pictures so was struggling but following your video i fixed my mz-r2 it works now
I'm really happy that i can help someone. I saw that his picture it's low resolution, that's why i make my own at nice quality.
I would use contact cleaner on every flat cable. Oxidation is present & making a lot of trouble for the laser.
Oxidation is not good.
now it makes sense the market was flooded few months back with these .
You say that they repaired based on my video and put it for sale in working condition?
i have a sony MZ-N707, that i was buyed for usd 10 with no read , i clean the optical unit, include internal lenses, with a self made earcotton (i put a cotton around a rigid coper computer network cable), and works! I have another one, with display broken and optical unit competely destroyed (sony MZ-R500), where cai i foun this optical units for sale?
Congratulations for repair.
Display and optical unit on ebay, local flea market or Facebook marketplace.
can you help me. what button to press to enter bias of laser eye reader, sorry i cant hear you.
@@baonhi3798 mate, video was filmed aprox 3 years ago, i don't remember. But, pump up volume and watch video.
Or just wait, there are hundred(maybe thousands) of people who understand and maybe someone responds to you.
Excellent video! Tnx!
Bateria este originală ?
salut; da, bateria este originala
@@DaneluRepairs A rezistat foarte bine trecerii timpului
Bine ...e Li-Ion
@@missionnad1 da, are sigur multi ani de functionare; dar nu stiu daca e cea care a fost cumparat cu playerul de nou; playerul l-am primit cadou de la un tip, deci nu pot fi sigur.
Dar da, celulele Li-ion de calitate si folosite corect tin multi ani, am intalnit laptopuri care aveau 15 ani si inca le tinea bateria cat de cat.
@@DaneluRepairs 15 ani e puțin,am o cameră video Panasonic luată în 2004 , acumulatorul Li-Ion mai are 70 % capacitate si in prezent.
Dar cireașa de pe tort o reprezintă acumulatorul (tip plat) Ni-Cd al unui walkman Sony din 2000 care....e ok si în prezent 😁
@@missionnad1 15 ani nu e putin, pt ca la laptop intra si factorul caldura foarte mult; si caldura uzeaza mult orice acumulator.
Referitor la acel acumulator ni-cd, este posbil si raspunsul cred ca sta in faptul ca acum multi ani si electronicele costau mult mai mult dar se si fabricau mult mai calitativ; si pe vremuri se putea foarte mult accentul pe fiabilitate.
Impossible to follow along.
I'm sorry to hear that. Anyway, have a great day, mate.