This page describes the bits available in the service menu of Sony portable Minidisc players.
USE THIS INFO AT YOUR OWN RISK !!!
The bits indicated in red are dangerous to set in my opinion, since they disable a lot of functions and make it hard to get back into the service menu again. Bits indicated in orange are less dangerous, but can be annoying and it is useless to change them.
(Numbers are in hexadecimal format)
| MZ-N510 (00 8 V1.600) | MZ-R700 | MZ-S1 (00 5 V1.300) | MZ-N910 (?? ? V1.400) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defaults | 61=00, 62=20, 63=01, 64=00 | ??? | 61=81, 62=10, 63=01, 64=00 | 61=F0, 62=65 | |
| 61 | 80 | Causes battery to indicate more power. Adds menu OPTION/POWER/PwSave. This sometimes causes the NetMD recording session to fail and may also cause trouble with the battery not getting charged fully. | untested | ||
| 40 | Adds menu USEFUL/AU OUT for line-out | if set, the 'Output Mode' Menu will appear | |||
| 20 | Changes menu SOUND to S-OFF, S-EQ and V-SUR | if set, the 'BASS' Menu change to 'Sound' | |||
| 10 | Adds menu DISP/TITLE | untested | |||
| 08 | No effect | if set, the 'MIC Sens' Menu will appear | |||
| 04 | Reduces menu EDIT to move and erase only. Adds menu DISP/T-MODE when playing. Removes menu P-MODE/TrPlay (bookmarks). Removes all options from menu R-SET. Screws with menu service entry!!! | if set, the 'TIME MARK' Menu will appear | |||
| 02 | Enables katakana editing | if set, it's possible to title tracks with Japanese Kana character set | Enables katakana editing | ||
| 01 | Sets output to max. Disables all menus. Disables volume buttons (when in service mode, use remote to navigate menus) | ? | |||
| 62 | 80 | not available | not availible | ||
| 40 | Adds menu P-MODE/PGM and PGM(group) | if you set all 3 bits, you will get all possible playmodes, else you will miss some of them | |||
| 20 | (set to 1 by default). If you disable this bit, it disables the TrPlay (bookmark play) feature. Although the TrPlay command still appears in the P-MODE menu, you can no longer simply bookmark tracks by holding down the PLAY key. | ||||
| 10 | No effect. | ||||
| 08 | Removes EDIT menu. menu OPTION/AVLS is now called EAR-G. If bit 0 is set, USEFUL options renamed to P-INFO MTimer and SpCtrl | ? | |||
| 04 | No effect. | ? | |||
| 02 | No effect. | ? | |||
| 01 | Adds menus USEFUL/P.D.M. MTimer DPC | if set, the 'M-TIMER' and 'PERSONAL' Menu will appear | |||
| links |
More 510/610 hacking fun Part 2 (final) - Modified hack for the mz-nf610 Modified hack for the mz-nf610 (possibly the 510 too) Sony MZ-N710 to N10 |
More Info about the wild Hack for MZ-R700 | Working hack for the MZ-S1 with no apparent glitches!!! | More 510/610 hacking fun | |