Trying to record on a minidisc player but it keeps coming up saying D-in Unlock but I'm unsure how to do this?

Question

It's a large mini disc player player/recorder in a university radio station.

Answer 1

this could be a interrupted input to the digital input as mentioned above but it also could be the DRM (Digital Rights Management) circuit kicking in.

If you are Playing a Digital Source with Copyright information on it you CANNOT make that a direct Digital-Digital Copy due to DRM restrictions you can only do these Via the Analogue conversion to strip the DRM and also reduce the signal quality.

This is a restriction built into all digital recorders thanks to the music industry I had this with a minidisk/Digital Audio Cassette min-DV/CD/DVD system ages ago and abandoned all formats except CD/DVD as a result of it!

Answer 2

ok, if its not a lock issue, perhaps this:

just found the link below for someone that had the same problem as you. They found that their PC/Mac was out-putting at a higher sample rate than the MD could cope with.

If that's not it, there are a number of other suggestions on the link! :-)

Also found this on another link :

When "D-IN UNLOCK !" blinks

… The program source is not connected to

the [DIGITAL INPUT 1] or [DIGITAL IN 2]

terminal even though you have selected

[DIGITAL 1] or [DIGITAL 2] with the

[INPUT SELECTOR]. Either make the

digital connection or select [ANALOG]

with the [INPUT SELECTOR] and perform

analog recording.

… This message also appears when the

digital signal input is interrupted during

digital recording. To continue recording,

restart the digital program source.

Answer 3

check all connections, leads etc, also check the input record settings:either analog/optical/digital IN.. and switch to the correct one. if it was a 'copy-protect/drm' issue, it would say 'no-copy' in display..  cheers