I have a Sony RCD-W500C cd recorder and when i try to finalize it... About 3/4s of the way to complete it stops and shows incomplete! Why am I having these problems and what do they mean? And while trying to make it work it shows TOC reading... What does that mean as well? I appreciate any help you can give me. Mike : )

could be bad dvds. if you have a tv top dvd recorder they are bad about going bad, because theres not enough vent holes, recorder gets to hot, burns up. i put more vent holes in top of my case. your best bet is to get dvd rw's they work better. then take your pc and copy your shows on a regular dvd . then reuse the rw's for your next job.

Changers are notoriously unreliable. You might be dealing with poorly made media or if it happens all the time it could be that the sled positioning motor has to be cleaned and re-greased as something is stopping it from being allowed to finish a TOC write.
First I would look for complaints on the Internet to see if other are having this problem and the solution may be posted.
Otherwise the unit will need to be serviced.

its old an needs 2 be cleaned an updated. www.sonyrcd-w500update

It won't make digital copies of digital copies. Read about SCMS in the manual.

Register and download the manual for free at retrevo.com

http://www.retrevo.com/support/Sony-RCD-W500C-manual/id/423ag417/t/2/

Set Post Gap to OFF (Page 34)

Hi, Try downloading the manual in PDF format from the following location. All the explanations are included. http://www.google.co.il/search?aq=1&oq=RCD-W500C&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=rcd-w500c+manual
Regards, Icom1

The message in the manual implies there was vibration during the process. Isolate this unit form any air- or surface-borne vibrations and speakers while recording.

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

Check your email for the manual.

You can finalize a CD-R anytime you want to but it won't PLAY in a CD player until you do. It will play in another CD recorder, though.

Hit finalize, then "yes".

Higher laser power is needed for high speed dubbing - does it work ok at normal speed? If so would point to a failing laser. Sony charge a lot for these but in the US there may be a fixed fee out of warranty repair cost.