[slinkelist] Disappearing Disks

[Ken Geoffrion]

It sounds like some of you are talking about the disks disappearing from 
CDJ's point of view -- while others are talking about the problem I just 
started having.  My problem is that some of the disk memos are being erased 
on my CX260 -- they're still fine in my CDJ database.

It happens right in front of my eyes when CDJ executes a query to ask the 
player what disk is in it (I can't remember the exact command right now).  
This only started happening a few weeks ago when I did an Erase All to clear 
out all the old disk memos, since CDJ leaves the old names in empty slots 
when uploading disk memos to the players.


----Original Message Follows----
From: "Peter Ronson" <pronson@ica.net>
To: "Dale Andren" <dale@theandrens.com>
CC: "Slinke-List" <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Disappearing Disks
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 20:51:54 -0500

From what I have seen, the disappearing disk problem may not be related to 
CDJ or Slink, but actually player and/or disk related.  I have seen this 
happen on both of my two Sony's if the player is unable to pick up a disk 
off the carousel properly, or gets it in the actual player mechanism such a 
way that it cannot start playing - slightly out of alignment, badly 
scratched disk etc.  CDJ reacts as if the disk has been removed and it 
"disappears".  As we have found out, it will reappear if the disk is 
searched for. Even then, I have seen it take two searches on a particular 
disk in one of my players to successfully pick it up, and identify it.  I do 
not know what the right solution is, other than regularly search for missing 
disks - perhaps this could be done in the background by CDJ while tracks are
playing (assuming more than one player).

Peter.




----- Original Message -----
From: "Dale Andren" <dale@theandrens.com>
Cc: "Slinke-List" <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 3:09 PM
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Disappearing Disks


 > Hi List,
 > I also have the missing disk problem. I have a CX-270 and it
can occur
 > anytime and its usually the same disks that get lost. Sometimes one or 
two
 > are missing, sometimes up to 10 or so. Is this a problem Sony is aware 
of.
 > How would you even begin to describe the problem to the tech if he was
 > unfamiliar with Slinke? I am not opposed to paying for the logic board
 > upgrade but what if the new logic board doesn't solve the problem. Is
anyone
 > else having similar problems or have other solutions other than the logic
 > board route?
 > Thanks,
 > Dale
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Ron Tugender" <tugender@pacbell.net>
 > To: "Mike Skubisz" <mskubisz@mediaone.net>
 > Cc: "Slinke-List" <slinkelist@nirvis.com>
 > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 11:20 PM
 > Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Disappearing Disks
 >
 >
 > > Mike,
 > >
 > > I was having the identical problem with my CX-270.  If your problem is
 > like
 > > mine, though jumping through a few hoops (e.g., power-cycling the 270,
 > > opening the access door and forcing it to re-inventory the carousel)
will
 > > seem to restore the "lost" disks, eventually disks will start to
disappear
 > > again, sometimes the same, often different ones.
 > >
 > > I just brought my CX-270 back from a Sony repair center with that
symptom
 > at
 > > the top of the problem list.  The center replaced the "C-board", the
 > > "motherboard" for the CX-270, about the most radical repair that can be
 > done
 > > to a 270's electronics.  It's been back for a few days now and I 
haven't
 > > seen a disk disappear since, longer than it would have taken to have 
one
 > > disappear before.  As a side benefit, the 270 now appears to happily
 > accept
 > > the loading of memo information from CDJ, something it would do only
 > > fitfully before.
 > >
 > > The flat rate for a CX-270 repair is $99.00 at a Sony repair center.
You
 > > might consider this, as the 270 appears to degrade in ways that bring
 > about
 > > these symptoms.
 > >
 > > Cheers,
 > > Ron
 > >
 > >
 > >  -----Original Message-----
 > > From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com [mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]
On
 > > Behalf Of Mike Skubisz
 > > Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2000 8:07 PM
 > > To: slinkelist@nirvis.com
 > > Subject: [slinkelist] Disappearing Disks
 > >
 > > Periodically disks seem to "disappear" from my player/CDJ. They are
loaded
 > > physically in the changer but they go away and the CDJ library shows a
"?"
 > > in the disk location. If I rescan the changer they come back, although
 > > sometimes a power cycle on the changer is required. Any thoughts? My
 > changer
 > > is a CX-270. Sometimes the disk even disappears while its playing.
 > >
 > > Mike
 > >

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