Problems with a Sony Walkman D-EJ361

Hi,

Like the Title says , i'm having troubles with a Sony Walkman D-EJ361.
It sometimes reads Discs very Difficultly, this problem apeared not long ago, like 3 weeks ago (maybe, im not sure). The Cds stop for one
or two seconds from times to times, without any reasons, and continue for a time , before restarting the cicle. Somes cds work better on it than others , some cds won't even work on it (most of them are cd-rs , but my walkman is suposed to read them , and reads other cd-rs.) its not because of jumpings (well, i think..), my walkman is protected from those with the trademarked name ''G-protection'' (sometimes trademarks says nothing about quality...) i thought it was because of the cold, i take walks with it, and the temperature is below 0 whitout the wind, but why would it work more or less depending on the cd anyway? i've tried to clear the lens with rubbing alcohol, noticing a small difference, but it still bug often. listenning to music that stop from time to times is really anoying (Arghh!! it bugged when i wrote this!) , could someone who know why told me what's going wrong and if i can do something to destroy the problem?

Is it only me or Sony sells things that break for no reasons at all?

 

they do, 1 to 2 years max, use good media, do you use those no bran cdrs? or crappy fujifilm?

btw: sony cdrs suck, dont ever by them , i burned some crap for my dreamcast for it and wont read them anymore, only for like 1 month, but it reads all the other cdrs

 

Sony in general make products that break about 2 weeks after the warranty expires. It's a shame that their name goes almost unblemished, even though their track record sucks. My few Sony products I have are all gifts.

 

I haven't had problems with anything Sony. I have a Discman from 1996 that still works.

 

Does your CDPlayer do this ONLY when you're outside in the freezing cold??

If so, then it could be your lens fogging up. It happened to me once, all you gotta do is put it a warm environment to get rid of the fogging.

 

You are complaining only to Sony?

What about JVC, Kenwood, Aiwa... all P.O.S.

My girlfriend bought a Kenwood Mini System. After 3 weeks it wasn't able to read CD's. It went to maintenance 4 times (while it was under warranty!)

I heard bad things about JVC.... And won't even start on Aiwa.

Some friends of mine said terrible things about Toshiba as well (specially DVD players).

 

toshiba is good, aiwa sucks big time, panasonic rulz

 

Toshiba doesn't make anything well except cheap televisions and semiconductors, Hitachi/Maxell is the same.

Panasonic/Matsushita/National makes Sony quality stuff but with shit plastics. Pioneer makes some of the highest end stuff but have crazy prices. I think some people just have bad luck with Sony products.

Even if Sony products are occasionally iffy (not the case with anything of mine...), IMO they're almost always unparalleled in style.

 

Panasonic and Phiillips Magnavox are my favorite. The only Sony products I even own are their game systmes. Have never had a problem with my PSX, however my PS2 is messing up. I think I will need a new one. :smt009

 

Sony's game systems are pieces of crap (in terms of construction...I like the games though!). Well, the PS2 for sure.

In terms of electronics, I'd say that Nintendo makes good, quality stuff.

 

Have you guys literally gone through like 5 PS2s? I really don't think they're really that bad. If somehow more than two of a specific console, I'd think it were my fault... The only problems I've ever had with a Sony console (mine and my friends') is my PSX's open button, which works but was mysteriously ghettofied when someone borrowed it.

 

I think Sony items in general are cack and no I'm not talking about PS2. I have a Kenwood micro system and that broke twice in 1 year. First the MD wouldn't read discs then the CD laser blew. Now the LED display is dead. Pure shite. I'm never buying a Kenwood microsystem again.

Yakumo

 

I'm gonna have to contradict that - my back-from-the-dead Tecra 510 laptop is still working perfectly fine. I bought it a year ago for 10e from a clearance store, later I heard they came from the Army where they were badly mistreated (ie thrown with) by the decommissioning people. Slapped in a new HD (held into position by a piece of Al-bran carton ) and FDD, found a battery in a junk bin somewhere, and it runs like hell. As a matter of fact, I had it over at a friend yesterday to install Linux, but at 2am it still wasn't done, and I had to go home... so I biked home through the cold with the thing strapped to my bike, and *still installing Linux* :smt043

 

no, not only . and if i can remember well, it all started when i was inside my house.

It's my second ps2 i have now, and the time between my first broke and i buyed the second is long , i fear i would bought a third one if my second was buyed directly after the death of the first one.... i saw some interesting web site that tells you how to make your ps2 DRE-free, but i can't tell you if it really works , my power suply fried while trying to reanimate the beast.


http://faqs.ign.com/articles/390/390535p1.html
http://faqs.ign.com/articles/387/387912p1.html
and the most accurate (and with pictures!):
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paedia/hardware/ps2.ars/1

 

I'd keep in mind that most electronics today are sold at near-disposable prices compared to the past. An Atari 5200 cost $250 back in 1982, which is something like $440 in today's money. Also, most of the audio components made in the 70s and 80s cost a lot more (in ABSOLUTE currency terms, let alone adjusted) than most of the things out today, and a good amount of it still actually works.

 

I pulled my PS2 to its doom, off a 3 foot height. :smt043

Unfortunately, I paid $140 for it to be fixed, and it stopped working around 3 or 4 months later. :smt067

Dirty repair people. :smt067

When I got another PS2, I was careful not to even sneeze near it. :smt083 :smt083

 

All MUCH cheaper than Sony too!

Pioneer really has pricing no more insane than Sony's... at least not on their 'consumer' level stuff.

Right, but aren't the numbers they're sold in ALSO astronomical compared to back then, making the costs overall lower?

The best piece of electronics I ever had was a Mitsubishi S-VHS deck that I bought when I was 18 after my house was robbed, and I got a fat insurance check. It was $750 USD. That was back when I was a big anime fan and even subtitled stuff (can you say fast forward/rewind a MILLION times? ) Also duped about 5000 tapes and LDs with it. That thing was on 24/7 for 5 years until it started acting up, and even then I think the guy I gave it to got it fixed for $100.

EDIT -- $100, not 500. Whoops

 

jajajaja is funny because is true, that happened to me and my friend xD damn ps2....

 

I had a really bad Toshiba laptop once. Toshiba probably didn't make a thing inside it.

 

I wouldn't be surprised - IIRC, the Taiwanese company Asus makes Sony's laptops these days. I think they make the iBooks too.

And on the subject of Sony stuff, I too don't think they're the best around, but personally haven't had many problems. My old PlayStation started playing up after about 3 years, but sticking it sideways on the shelving unit in my bedroom fixed that. :smt023

That's the only Sony product I've had that's gone arseways. I've had a tape Walkman since 1996 with no probs, my MP3 CD Walkman I got 14 months ago and use at least 10 hours a week (I'm using it right now!) still works OK, and my €280 micro hi-fi is still bitchin'!

And about their CD-Rs - I don't know about the ones they sell in the US, but the more expensive ones they sell in Europe are made in Austria (the same place where they make all the PAL PS1/2 games!), and they're damn good!

Besides all that, haven't really got much other Sony stuff. Though I have had a Hitachi 14" TV for nearly 10 years and the picture quality is SCARILY good for its age - better than my 4 year old Panasonic 14" which has also made an annoying buzzing sound ever since I bought it.

I think the big problem in general these days is that cheaper stuff using older technology (like smaller CRT TVs and VCRs) is getting to the point where the big companies don't even bother making them themselves. Look back 15+ years ago - every Japanese brand VCR was made in Japan. By the nineties they started making more in the UK and Germany - still respectible countries. Now, though, Philips VCRs are made in China, JVCs are now from Indonesia (and they're god-awful!), and so on.

There's just so much crap being made by (or should I say for) the big corporations now - you don't know who to trust!