I would make the same suggestion, Marty.
Try removing entirely the metal shutter and its spring mecanism.
I never had a problem of that sort with the Portadisc, but having experienc=
ed it several times with computer diskettes (often not mine), I am particul=
arly attentive BEFORE inserting any MD in the recorder. Should I see the me=
tal shutter be only slightly more open than usual, I would not insert the d=
isk.
About HHB-UK :
I reported a couple of times on the list having a problem with my first Por=
tadisc unit : it would sometimes destroy a disk's Table of Content, making =
the first track(s) unreadable.
I had sent the unit back to HHB-UK about 2 years ago, but they had found no=
problem...
Recently, the problem became so frequent that I decided not to use the unit=
anymore.
Having contacted HHB-UK again a few weeks ago, they agreed to have another =
look at it. They found that the drive must have had a shock (even though th=
e unit did not show any sign of having been tampered with). They replaced t=
he drive at no cost, as if the unit was still under warranty. And that, des=
pite the fact that the warranty ended a long time ago.
I got the unit back 2 days ago, and I have not been able to test it yet int=
ensively, but I am confident...
A very responsible way to handle the problem ! I wonder how many companies =
would have done the same.
Thank you HHB !
Dominique Laloux
www.soundsnatural.be
De: de la part de stoatwizard
Date: mer. 12/07/2006 20:12
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Objet : [Nature Recordists] Re: Jammed minidisc, HHB Portadisc
I would have thought you could lever the metal shutter away and discard
it completely, along with the associated spring. You should still be
able to play the disc. I guess you could record a blank MD, remove the
shutter and try it in in a cheaper MD deck to test the principle
first...
The old 3.5 in floppy disks had the same sort of failure mode, and you
could ping the metal shutter off, read the disk just fine wihout to get
the data off, and then bin it. MD seems to have borrowed the same idea
for the shutter, I guess the design is of a similar vintage.
"Microphones are not ears,
Loudspeakers are not birds,
A listening room is not nature."
Klas Strandberg
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