Cannot record digitaly

That means you are trying to record a digital signal but cannot (for several different reasons). Record via analogue.

The JE480 Mini Disc Player has a record feature so recordable minidisks can be erased and reused

Like most home recorders the minidisc will not let you make digital copies of a digital original. The idea is to prevent piracy of copyrighted material.

Unfortunately, that includes digital tracks you yourself made,

Just go through the analog inputs. It will sound fine.

PS - professional minidisc recorders will let you record digitally, but they are expensive.

You have probably chosen a source which is not active, there are other reasons but usually your selector switch is set to a dead input with nothing to record from.

The small limit switch for the disc in position typically goes bad on about 40% of all Sony Minidisc recorders. It is a $5 part, but will probably cost you $35 to get it installed.

"The definiton in the manual suggests you are trying to record a digital bitstream that is either dead or incompatible with the recorder."

That is completely wrong. DIN UNLOCK means what the first poster said - that you are trying to make a digital copy of a digital copy. You cannot (for legal reasons). Record via analog.

ABSOLUTELY DO NOT TRY TO CLEAN YOUR LENS WITH ALCOHOL AND A Q-TIP. It has nothing whatsoever to do with your problem and you may well damage or destroy the lens or the transport.

You must have the unit switched to "DIGITAL" input - switch it to "ANALOG" and record that way. The "DIN UNLOCK" is when you have the lack of a proper digital signal, or a digital signal with copy protection, like you cannot make a digital copy of a digital Minidisc, etc...Does that make sense? Let me know if the "Analog" setting works for you. Good luck.

I get the DIN UNLOCK with you try to make a copy of a digital copy.

USing the sonicstage software you should ba able to do it. If you can get the software working

Hi - You can download the manual from the link underlined in blue below:

MDS-JE480

The error you have is probably:





This means that you are trying to record from the Digital Input, if you want to record from an analogue input do the following:



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