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Question posted by rayers1964 on October 13th, 2015

How To Open Cd Trays?

the cd trays on my Sony RCDW500C recorder will not open when i press the open/close buttons for any of the five disc trays. What else can I do to get the trays to open?

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Answer #1: Posted by Odin on October 13th, 2015 11:24 AM
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Make sure the unit is running. Good luck!


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Related Sony RCDW500C Manual Pages

Operating Instructions - Page 1

4-246-076-12(1) Compact Disc Recorder Operating Instructions Owner's Record The model and serial numbers are located on the rear of the unit. Refer to them whenever you call upon your Sony dealer regarding this product. Serial No. Model No. Record the serial number in the space provided below. RCD-W500C/W100 ©2003 Sony Corporation
Operating Instructions - Page 4

...CD, CD-R, or CD-RW and leave the unit turned on for about an hour until the moisture evaporates. On condensation in the unit If the unit is brought directly from the center out. • If the disc...to a warm location, or is identical with your local power supply. In this Sony Compact Disc Recorder. RCD-W500C is connected to the wall outlet, even if the unit itself ; Should this ...
Operating Instructions - Page 5

... recorded to the Compact Disc (CD) standard. Recently, various music discs encoded with adhesive labels attached to the CD-R or CD-RW using normal speed Synchro-Recording only. Please be aware that among those discs, there are marketed by some that conform to a CD-R or CD-RW. - Old discs - If this happens, clean the CD as described in any conventional CD player. After finalizing a CD...
Operating Instructions - Page 6

... ends on the batteries to a digital component Connect a component such as digital amplifier, CD player, DAT deck, or MD deck through the DIGITAL OPTICAL IN/OUT jacks (S/PDIF square type... digital cord (not supplied). Audio connecting cords (supplied) (2) White (L) White (L) Red (R) Red (R) RCD-W500C/W100 ANALOG IN OUT L R Amplifier TAPE/MD OUT IN L R Tip With normal use the remote for...
Operating Instructions - Page 8

... beginning of RCD-W500C, press PLAY MODE repeatedly to adjust the volume. • You can connect headphones to resume playing. Press OPEN/CLOSE (or A) of the deck that tray, and remove or load a disc. • The DISC 1-5 button indicator lights orange when the disc is not currently playing to operate DECK B (the CD-R or CD-RW recording section). Press the button again or press H to the...
Operating Instructions - Page 9

... and folders on page 29. • Be sure to close the disc trays when the unit is not in DECK B. Notes on discs You can be no longer than eight characters. There are not compressed. There can play unfinalized CD-Rs or CD-RWs only in use a disc recorded in capital letters. Each folder can hear are several...
Operating Instructions - Page 11

... MP3 files. All MP3 files in the selected album on your amplifier and adjust the volume to the minimum. 2 Set your amplifier's input selector to close the disc tray. With the label side up , then turn AMS until the ALBUM SELECT indicator in the order of the disc number. continued 11 DISC 1-5 A (OPEN/CLOSE for RCD-W500C) and place...
Operating Instructions - Page 12

... the display is in DECK B. Go back to open that tray, and remove or load a disc. • The DISC 1-5 button indicator lights orange when the disc is turned on the remote). To Do the following: Stop playback Press x. Select the disc (for DECK A of RCD-W500C) Press one of the ID3 ver.2 tag. 12 Press OPEN/CLOSE (or A) of the current track or the...
Operating Instructions - Page 20

.... - You can only be altered even after finalizing it. You cannot make analog recording. Recording/Editing Before Recording About recordable discs • A recordable disc is 4 seconds. Audio CD-RWs are recordable only one time. The recorded material on a CD-RW can be played back on a single disc. • As this unit. This unit conforms to the Serial Copy Management System. •...
Operating Instructions - Page 21

... discs for RCD- Recording (page 24) Record in high-speed. You can also record in the Setup Menu to use a blank disc (that has not been recorded). When the play mode of recordings are possible, depending on the You cannot hear the sound selected disc in the while recording. Recording/Editing Types of Recording The following cases. - Normal speed Synchro- × W500C...
Operating Instructions - Page 23

... deck in the display. Press OPEN/CLOSE of DECK B and place a recordable CD-R or CD-RW on SCMS, see page 20. • When copying a commercial music CD contains copy protection code, the unit automatically select the analog recording. Manual Track Making function - High-Speed Synchro-Recording You can easily make digital recordings from a CD to close the disc tray. Fade-in the Setup...
Operating Instructions - Page 24

... record only one disc, discs you did not intend to Normal speed. Press OPEN/CLOSE (or A) on the disc tray. When using the remote, set "Make Disc" in the Setup Menu to 3 of the DISC 1-5 A buttons for the best possible recording and "OPC" appears temporarily in the deck, the unit optimizes itself for RCDW500C) and place a CD on DECK A again to record. To stop after recording. CD...
Operating Instructions - Page 25

...want to record only one disc, discs you must finalize the disc. See "Finalizing a CD-R or CD-RW" on any CD players. Notes • When the play mode to "ALL DISCS" or "PGM" and program the discs you cannot perform Make-Disc Synchro-Recording. Then the following discs are recorded. (After Disc 5, Disc 1 is properly finalized, it cannot be recorded. Press OPEN/CLOSE again to...
Operating Instructions - Page 26

...information of the Serial Copy Management System (SCMS), you pause recording, a new track number is playing on DECK A, stop recording Press x. To resume recording, press the button again or press H. 3 Press INPUT repeatedly to analog recording.) • You cannot make digital recordings. In this , use SynchroRecording. (RCD-W500C only) • This unit uses the Serial Copy Management...
Operating Instructions - Page 29

... CD-RW compatible player for 5 seconds. • You cannot change the digital optical output level even if you do not want to DECK B. It enables you to play the disc on DECK A of a disc. FINALIZE H 1 Place a CD-R or CD-RW that "TOC" appears in the display, and recording starts. If a finalized CD is loaded, "TOC" does not appear. 2 Press...
Operating Instructions - Page 30

...disc contains CD-TEXT information stored on the disc before unfinalizing, it will not be able to play back the recorded tracks. • An unfinalized disc... unfinalized CD is loaded, "TOC" appears. 2 Press FINALIZE...disc while playing a disc on DECK A. During unfinalizing, "Unfinalize" appears in the display and the remaining time for finalizing (may not be erased when the disc tray is opened...
Operating Instructions - Page 32

... NAME EDIT/ SELECT YES Letter/number/ symbol buttons CLEAR x ./> m/M 1 Place a CD-R or CD-RW disc that has not been finalized in titles To enter a space, press 10/0. 7 Press a letter/number/symbol button to erase the incorrect character, then enter the correct one. 9 Press YES. appears in the display for a recorded CD-R or CD-RW with capital and small letters, numbers, and...
Operating Instructions - Page 36

.... Erase Ex-Change (RCD-W500C only) Fade In Fade Out Finalize Incomplete! Initialize Name Full! -NO DISCNo Name Explanation A blank CD-R/CD-RW you have just bought or a CD-RW you want to remove the disc before finalizing it, press OPEN/CLOSE again while "TEXT Edited" is displayed. You are trying to record or edit a finalized disc or CD. You are trying...
Operating Instructions - Page 37

... player. 37 Neither can you digitally record from other discs. Message C12/ Cannot Copy C13/ Rec Error C14/ TOC Error C41/ Cannot Copy Explanation You are trying to record is not an error. In this is excessively dirty (such as CD-ROM or VIDEO CD. • Remove the disc, and then insert a music CD for playback. The disc you record...
Operating Instructions - Page 40

... during play Below measurable limit DECK B (the CD-R and CD-RW recording section) System Laser Playable discs Recordable discs Frequency response Signal to change without notice. 40 Sony Corporation Printed in Malaysia projecting parts and control 430 × 108 × 399 mm ( 17 × 4 3/8 × 15 3/4 inch) Mass (approx.) RCD-W500C: 6.8 kg (15 lbs) RCD-W100: 6.0 kg (13 lbs 4 oz...

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