[epithetless]

A couple weeks ago, I made the decision to pick up one of Sony's d-ne500 mp3 CD players, and though I'm generally pleased with the little thing, I've noticed something strange: The player occasionally makes what I'd describe as a temporary mechanical "jamming" noise (it sounds like something inside is stuck and clicking/stuttering as it tries to move). It doesn't happen every time I play a CD, but when it does occur, the player is usually trying to move to a different group of songs (although today it happened twice in the middle of two different songs -- the player stuttered, the music cut out for a second or two, the player made some other CD read noises, and then the music resumed again). I've been mainly playing ATRAC3plus CD-RWs, along with a few ordinary CDs. Anyways, I'm a bit concerned. Is this something others have experienced? Should I send it in to Sony for repairs?

What a pain. I purchased the player new off ebay, so unfortunately exchanging it isn't an option.

Actually, I could probably get away with an exchange if I knew of a store that actually sold these (I've seen the silver ones at RadioShack, but mine's black). Has anyone seen black d-ne500's in-store?

 

[nismo96]

I bought my black DNE500 from Walmart. I never had the issues that you've described, so it sounds like a bum unit. You can have Sony fix or replace the PCDP if it's still under warranty.

 

[Omari149]

I Had the silver version and mine had the exact same problem and plus it kept leaving these scratch rings on my CD's, but I exchanged it for a Panasonic SL-SV570, the pana sounds way better, If you do decide to toss the Sony get the Pana SL-SV570.

Since you did buy it from Ebay I would save up some money and buy a different model from a diffierent company, Because SONY doesn't really fix cd players they just look at them and tell you there's nothing wrong with it, I had another sony that had a laser problem and I sent it to Sony and they said nothing was wrong with it luckily the warranty was still valid and I didn't have to pay a dime to send it there.

My point is don't waste your time and money on getting that model fixed or replaced. Mine developed that problem after a month of use. It's not even worth sending it to sony.

 

[fr4c]

huh.... sony's been going downhill with their products lately. probably to make up all the loses in the portable department because they're too stubborn to change their proprietory media requirement (atrac).