Found my MZ-R500 I had as a teenager but it no longer works
Found my old player in storage today along with all my old MiniDiscs! I was so excited to listen to them again, but unfortunately my player is apparently no longer working.
At first it did not detect any discs at all, but after cleaning the lens off with a puff off compressed air and a little alcohol on a q-tip, its able to detect that there is a disc, but not actually read it.
Instead, it just seeks the playhead forward and backwards like this and then eventually the display just says “ERROR”
The disc itself is spinning and the read-head and gears move freely.
I’d really love to get this working again and would love advice!