[slinkelist] Sony CX-270 woes

[GBR gregroberts.com]

your configuration is correct. however, the best solution (which I have
found, running 3 changers) is to run ALL CD changers through a balanced
outboard mixer. That way the single "CD" input on the receiver receives
ALL CD signal inputs. This disrupts the Sony system "intelligence"
somewhat, but I find the CDJ advantages to far outmatch the Sony slave
solution... remember, the Sony solution is for users who do NOT have
computer/external control over their libraries.

-Greg

Ron Tugender wrote:
> 
> Making a CX-270 work with CDJ/Slink-e is certainly a chore!  I sent my
> CX-270 to Sony for a repair after it had built up an imposing list of
> problems (forgetting loaded CDs, going into incessant "spins" through the
> carousel, etc.) and just got it back.  The repair center replaced its
> C-board (main logic board) which is about the most extensive repair that
> doesn't affect the changer mechanism.  So, logical function wise, it's about
> as new as it can be.
> 
> First the good news.  The problems I've had getting artist, title and track
> memos loaded from CDJ onto the CX-270 have ceased, now working flawlessly
> for a collection of about 145 disks.  I've never been able to get more than
> about a half-dozen slots worth of memo data loaded before the CDJ/270 dialog
> would get out of whack and CDJ would start writing garbage over the memo
> areas.  I've done 3 successful loads, one of about 130 disks worth, all
> correctly.  That's a big step up.
> 
> On the downside, I notice that the CX-270, which is slaved to a CX-350, will
> still get into an "endless seek" mode where the carousel will spin and spin,
> and the CX-270 will be pretty much unresponsive to CDJ until I manually hit
> the STOP button on the CX-270 front panel.  I don't know what prompts these
> episodes, but I've read sprinkles of other users' comments that slaving a
> CX-270 to a CX-3xx is a troublesome combination because of S-link command
> "competition" between CDJ and the CX-350.  Users' comments suggest that the
> CX-270 and CX-350 be connected to separate Slink-e ports to eliminate this
> competition.  I've previously resisted doing the separate Slink-e
> connection, because then the CX-350 would lose its ability to control the
> CX-270 in manual operation.
> 
> To see if it would resolve the "endless seek" problem on the CX-270, I
> disconnected the CX-270 from the CX-350 and plugged it directly into a
> separate Slink-e port instead.  Upon restart, CDJ immediately recognized the
> CX-270 on the separate port and all seemed otherwise ready to go.  But when
> I attempted to play music from the CX-270, no sound came out.  I have the
> CX-270's audio outputs daisy-chained through the CX-350 so they can come
> into my amplifier through a single CD input, so it appears that when the
> CX-350 does not "see" the CX-270 as a slave on the S-link bus, it will not
> pass through the daisy-chained audio output from the CX-270.
> 
> Does this sound familiar to other users who daisy-chain Sony changers?  Is
> there a way to play music from a "slaved" player if the audio outputs are
> daisy-chained but the S-link controls are not?
> 
> Thanks,
> Ron
> 
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