mz-r90 battery

[sthu...@scuproduct.com]

I have an mz-r90 but I do not have the manual for it or any of the
extras that came with it.
I also own an mz-n505 and which I do have a manual for and the adaptor,
etc.

When I got the mz-r90, the battery was dead. I'm not sure how long it
has set idle, but I am thinking it has been at least over two years.
When I tried to the adaptor that came with the 505 to recharge the
battery, the r90 just flashes "charging" very quickly, but doesn't seem
to do anything (ie: it's not charging the battery). Thinking that the
battery was just dead and gone, I purchased a new battery and a
univeral AC multi-adaptor. Still no luck. The r90 just flashes
"charging" quickly and nothing happens.

I have searched and searched, but I cannot find an answer on the web
anywhere.

Any advice, thoughts, suggestions?

[Paul Heslop]

I don't own a portable so can't help except to point you to a page
which contains the manuals. lower down there's a service manual for
the r90 too

http://www.minidisc.org/part_Manuals.html

They're in pdf.
--
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[sthu...@scuproduct.com]

Paul Heslop wrote:
>
> I don't own a portable so can't help except to point you to a page
> which contains the manuals. lower down there's a service manual for
> the r90 too
>
> http://www.minidisc.org/part_Manuals.html
>
> They're in pdf.
> --
> Paul (Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it)

Thanks, but I have already tried that route with no luck. The manual
says nothing about the problem I am having. I have even tried the Sony
site, but I get a 505 error when I try to use their support email.

[Jeff Findley]

<sthu...@scuproduct.com> wrote in message
news:1155135484....@i42g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...

Switch to an external battery charger for the gumstick battery or use the
supplied external battery case to hold a rechargeable AA NiMH?

Sony GumStick Battery Charger (unfortunately it's $40.00)
http://www.aaaprice.com/guch.html

MP3 CD GumStick and AA Battery Recharger with 2 x prismatic cells
http://www.budgetbatteries.com/cgi-bin/store/products/ProductDetail.pl?productid=20551&cartid=11825_9Aug06_185806

I thought the section of the manual which described the RK-TXT1 cable to a
D-EJ01 portable CD player (with optical digital output) to be very
interesting. That has to be the most portable way to make MD's from CD's
that I've ever seen. It's on page 23-GB:

http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/sony_mzr90+91_manual.pdf

Jeff
--
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a
little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor
safety"
- B. Franklin, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (1919)

[Paul Heslop]

Yeah, that's about right, happens when I try just about any 'support'
thing. Sorry I couldn't be of more help

--
Paul (Neurotic to the bone No doubt about it)

[onda2]

I had a silimar problem and what I found was that the gold contact on
the battery door got pressed in. See if you can gently bend the
contact out.

Hope this helps.

[sthu...@scuproduct.com]

onda2 wrote:
> I had a silimar problem and what I found was that the gold contact on
> the battery door got pressed in. See if you can gently bend the
> contact out.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>

HOLY AMAZING onda2!
That was the problem! I gently pried it out a bit, closed the door and
BAM! we have "charging"!
I am so very happy now.
Thank you usenet! I knew you wouldn't let me down.

*happy dance*

[Paul Heslop]

heh nice one :O)