topic Re: Matshita UJ-820D in PCs & Accessories

Matshita UJ-820D

IsLondonCalling — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:39:00 GMT

Hi, I have just bought a A115Z, and everything is fine except for one thing, i can not play some audio CDs. They are normal audio CDs, not CD-Rs, but when i put them in the drive i get a load of noises for half a minute then nothing, and it does not think theres a CD in there. Any ideas?

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

tellingd — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 12:47:00 GMT

What CD's exactly are we talking about here - are they copyright protected in any way?

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:27:21 GMT

Ugh, the amount of complaints about the A series is starting to creep up. Puts me off.

As DT said, is it Copy Control I really hate DRM

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

IsLondonCalling — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:47:57 GMT

one of the cds is, but the rest are just bog standard cd audios. Its weird becuase they work fine on other laptops and pcs

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:49:16 GMT

What are you using to play them?
Windows Media Player, iTunes?

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

IsLondonCalling — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:55:21 GMT

nothing, becuase when you put the cd in it comes up with nothing, you try and explore the drive and its blank

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 13:58:27 GMT

Really?
Try Windows Media Player and see if anything does happen.

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

IsLondonCalling — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:04:22 GMT

i have, iTunes, Real player none of them work becuase they all think there is no CD in the drive.

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:07:27 GMT

Oh I see.

Go to VAIO-Link and see if there's a firmware update

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

IsLondonCalling — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:11:35 GMT

yeah, tried that. The problem is that its a Panasonic drive, not only a panasonic drive, but a panasonic drive that panasonic has forgotten about, there is no support for this model whatsoever, no updated firmware nothing, why cant sony put there own drives in there own laptops?

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:13:57 GMT

Hmm thats not good.
Have you tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it?

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

IsLondonCalling — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:16:37 GMT

yeah, i guess what i need is someone else thats had this problem and fixed it, but i guess no one has been able to fix it

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

kee-lo_ — Thu, 02 Sep 2004 14:36:49 GMT

Hopefully...

I'll have a think and come back to you.

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

masadanona — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:03:56 GMT

Ok, here I am. I had the same problem and reported it in this forum on August 20.
After several phone calls with sony support, they told me, that it´s a hardware problem and the will fix it.
So I send my A115M to france 4 days ago. I hope it comes back in a few days.

mfg
mamusp

Re: Matshita UJ-820D

kee-lo_ — Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:05:20 GMT

Can take up to a week... usually less