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Old 05-09-2005, 17:46
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I have a Sony RDR-GX3 DVD Recorder. The other day I put in a home-made DVD+RW disc, created on my PC, which I have used before no problem.
The machine kept making a noise as though it was trying to read it, but this carried on and after a few minutes I had to switch off the machine. Usually if it can't read a disc, it gives an error message.
Now when I switch on the recorder it makes the same noise and just displays "Power Off" on the display.
Can someone advise how else I can eject the disc (I have tried holding down eject and so on). Or is it an expensive repair job.
I'm not sure if it is coincidence it happened when I put in the homemade DVD or not.
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Old 05-09-2005, 21:48
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Originally Posted by xboxcraig
I have a Sony RDR-GX3 DVD Recorder. The other day I put in a home-made DVD+RW disc, created on my PC, which I have used before no problem.
The machine kept making a noise as though it was trying to read it, but this carried on and after a few minutes I had to switch off the machine. Usually if it can't read a disc, it gives an error message.
Now when I switch on the recorder it makes the same noise and just displays "Power Off" on the display.
Can someone advise how else I can eject the disc (I have tried holding down eject and so on). Or is it an expensive repair job.
I'm not sure if it is coincidence it happened when I put in the homemade DVD or not.
This happen to me twice with the RDR-GX3 after which I changed it for the 210, according to Sony some shops received a bad batch.

Try this:
1) Unplug the unit
2) Plug the unit back in while holding down the eject button
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Old 06-09-2005, 20:01
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Originally Posted by max2
This happen to me twice with the RDR-GX3 after which I changed it for the 210, according to Sony some shops received a bad batch.

Try this:
1) Unplug the unit
2) Plug the unit back in while holding down the eject button
How did you change it?
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Old 06-09-2005, 20:04
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Originally Posted by xboxcraig
How did you change it?
I took it unit back to Argos, before the 12 months expired
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Old 06-09-2005, 21:12
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Damn, am outside my 12 months!

Tried your suggestion to no avail

Took the cover off to look inside, but the drive is covered by numerous boards.
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Old 06-09-2005, 21:21
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Originally Posted by xboxcraig
Damn, am outside my 12 months!

Tried your suggestion to no avail

Took the cover off to look inside, but the drive is covered by numerous boards.
Keep pressing the eject button, while powering the unit
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Old 07-09-2005, 17:45
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Originally Posted by max2
Keep pressing the eject button, while powering the unit
Do you mean hold down the button continuously (which I have been doing) or press and release repeatedly?
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Old 07-09-2005, 20:06
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Originally Posted by xboxcraig
Do you mean hold down the button continuously (which I have been doing) or press and release repeatedly?
Press and release repeatedly
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Old 07-09-2005, 22:05
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Tried that, looks like it's a visit to a repairer. Don't know if it's worth buying a cheaper model instead!
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Old 30-10-2005, 06:41
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Mine's stopped recording now, just a year out of guarantee. Plays ok though.

Didn't I read somewhere that the sale of goods act had been ammended? Regardles of the manufacturer guarantee, goods now have to be expected to last a reasonable life time and so therefore you could argue you would expect a dvd recorder to last between three to fice years.

Manufacturers agree that if something is going to be faulty it will either be at the beginning or the end of its lifespan with a long period of use in the middle. This is called the bathtub effect.
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