20 Most Recent Sony RCD-W500C 5-Disc CD Recorder Questions & Answers

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Do either doors open or is it just one? If just one, which one WILL NOT OPEN?

Make sure you're using CD-R AUDIO or MUSIC blank discs. It won't record onto data discs.

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There's a solution to the problem : the problem is one word..; '''Sony''. Throw the unit away as to my knowledge there is no company who makes discs that will allow a TOC (table of contents) to be written to the disc. All those Sony units were only designed to be accept Maxell CD-R Music Pro blank discs. They are unfortunately unavailable /no longer being produced. Step one: .Buy a Tascam recorder they accept consumer grade cds.. Step two: Boycott Sony as most of us who owned one of their standalone units didn't get two years of use out of it..including myself and most i've ever talked to about it.

The device has failed, it happens all to often, this is the exact symptom, problem? the laser light is most likely burned out.

What do you need?

Manuals are always a good place to start.

You ARE using a data disc. It's literal. RTM and see that it only uses blank media that say "Digital Audio" on them.

Web search "Sony RCD-W500C manual"

On questions like this it would help if we knew the manual was or was not consulted.

And if it was NOT, why.

C14 / TOC Error The unit did not read the TOC information. Insert other discs.

http://www.cdrfaq.org/faq02.html#S2-19

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"If you write data to a disc and leave the session open, the TOC -- which tells the CD player or CD-ROM drive where the tracks are -- is written into a separate area called the Program Memory Area, or PMA. CD recorders are the only devices that know to look at the PMA, which is why you can't see data in an open session on a standard playback device. CD players won't find any audio tracks, and CD-ROM drives won't see a data track. When the session is finalized, the TOC is written in the lead-in area, enabling other devices to recognize the disc.
(Something to try: write an audio track to a blank CD, and leave the session open. Put the disc in a CD player. Some players will deny the existence of the disc, some will spin the disc up to an incredible speed and won't even brake the spindle when you eject the disc, others will perform equally random acts. The TOC is important!)"

The manual suggest vibration may have interfered with the recording for the C13 error.

Check your email for the manual.

They are quite a few belts which drive deck a in this model. Make sure a cd isn't jammed.

HAVE YOU tried to open the tray by the pin hole on the front with a paper clip

What CDs are you using? Audio ones? This may be what you are looking for: http://www.clasohlson.com/uk/CD-R-Audio/38-3216?LGWCODE=383216000;83827;4797&gclid=CNuDpMaL4cMCFcvJtAodTDgASA&gclsrc=aw.ds

It doesn't require audio CDs, does it?

I think there are opto sensors around the carousel, these may be faulty as the machine needs to know what position its at.

Line Out from the CD player/recorder goes to REC IN on the tape deck

Unfortunately, you have to remove the screws that hold the top cover on the player, unless you can remove the ones still in place one at a time through the door. If you can remove all the ones still in position, you might be able to get the remaining ones by flipping the player over.