My NW-HD3 recently got knocked off of a desk about 3/4 meter high, while turned off and since then, whenever I've tried to turn it on it gets to the:
W.
Walkman
Screen and sits on that screen for a while whilst beeping for a short period at which point it turns off again. I have no idea how to resolve this and if anyone has any ideas I'd like to hear them.
Any help much appreciated.
Oh and also, if anyone could point me in the direction of firmware updates for my model as i can only seem to find HD5 updates on the sony website. I think i have the problem which was on the original HD3s whereby it gets confused about which track its trying to play and also cant read songs quite often and I heard there was an update which had to be done.
try sliding built in batt switch off then on again. If that don't work, sounds like somethings disconnected or broke. Don't open it up yourself. That will void the warranty
Send it in to Sony. Say it was alright one day. Then the next day it just became like that. Do not say you dropped it
Beware though that Sony may charge you £75 for any fix not under the warranty. Thats the standard charge I'm afraid.
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Send it in to Sony. Say it was alright one day. Then the next day it just became like that. Do not say you dropped it
Beware though that Sony may charge you £75 for any fix not under the warranty. Thats the standard charge I'm afraid.
You could also check your serial number against those listed on this site here and if you're lucky, you might be able to say it's just one of the affected units and increase the chance of a free repair.
No promises though, but worth checking in case your serial number matches.
This happened to mine. Sent it back to Sony and got it fixed for free. I can recommend a silicon rubber case which I bought on ebay designed to fit the HD3 exactly. It's like a condom for the HD3! This should give you a bit more protection for the next time you drop it. Here's a link:
Mine's just gone belly up as well, (cause - dropped 10 cm onto my desk)
Have just sent it off to Sony for a repair.
When i described the fault they new straight away that it was part of the recall and advised that the repair would be free of charge. Good customer service, very easy and best of all a freepost address to send it to.
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