Sony mds-je520

Well ! It??s strange that they are the only ones that daires to leave a 2
tear waranty !

The only problem I have is that sometimes the fader, which I use
whenever I record from LP's, counts down a different time than I
programmed, and it doesn't pause. This happens about 1 in 20 fades.

Scott

JoeDoe <joe @mediaone.net> wrote in <36807940.3D75C @mediaone.net>:

| Has anyone had any problems with the Sony MDS-JE520?  I know there were
| a lot of problems with the 510, but did sony fix them with the 520?

I've had a 520 since September 10, and it shows none of the bugs that have
plagued my 510s (only one of which I still own, as the other was exchanged
under a lemon clause; that's how I got the 520).

The 520 so far has evinced only one tiny problem: sometimes when I delete a
track and the 520 exits deletion by trying to play the track that follows,
and the track after the deletion is very short (less than one second every
time this has happened so far), the unit sticks at the beginning of the short
track and just hangs there.  Pressing PAUSE gets it out of catatonia into
pause and pressing PAUSE again (or PLAY) resumes normal play.

Contrarily, I often divide tracks very near their ends, another process that
leaves the unit about to try to play a very short track, and this bug never
strikes on those occasions, only after deletions.

This does NOT happen in regular playback, only after deletions, and only when
the next track is very short, and even then not always.  Since it never
occurs when the unit is unattended, it is no problem to press PAUSE twice to
get out of it.

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The reply address is valid but I'll see mail to dattier at mcs dot net sooner.

I don't know nothing about Sonys supposed bad quality, maybe it's true but I
can only speak for myself, I own an old sony discman, (works like charm even
though it looks kinda scratched 'cause of tough use ...) a mds-je520 MD deck
(works perfectly so far, no self turn on bug or anything like that, though I
haven't had it for that long time..), a mz-r50 (which has caused me some
problems, though the first wasn't the units fault, there was some piece of
plastic jammed inside the unit.. the other time there was a broken optical
input but the warranty coverd that so what the hell.. didn't cost me a
buck), and finally the sony mz-e55 ( a wonderful little unit, seems to me as
it's even less sensitive than the sturdy mz-r50, which has survived being
dropped to the floor w/o any protection more than one time, because the e55
doesn't have any recording capabilitys there's less that can brake I
figure..

Considering we're talking about Sony, probably not. And even if the
problem WAS fixed, Sony's reputation for poor quality should indicate that
something else WILL go wrong. Too bad all the Japanese manufacturers are
hesitiant to put their decks in the American stores....when I bought my
unit, Sony was the only choice I had :-/  And of course, I have the faulty
510.

Joe

I have a 510 and it works fine. What are the known problems with the unit?

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