Matshita UJ-820D

[IsLondonCalling]

Hi, I have just bought a A115Z, and everything is fine except for one thing, i can not play some audio CDs. They are normal audio CDs, not CD-Rs, but when i put them in the drive i get a load of noises for half a minute then nothing, and it does not think theres a CD in there. Any ideas?

[tellingd]

What CD's exactly are we talking about here - are they copyright protected in any way?

[kee-lo_]

Ugh, the amount of complaints about the A series is starting to creep up. Puts me off.

As DT said, is it Copy Control I really hate DRM

[IsLondonCalling]

one of the cds is, but the rest are just bog standard cd audios. Its weird becuase they work fine on other laptops and pcs

[kee-lo_]

What are you using to play them?
Windows Media Player, iTunes?

[IsLondonCalling]

nothing, becuase when you put the cd in it comes up with nothing, you try and explore the drive and its blank

[kee-lo_]

Really?
Try Windows Media Player and see if anything does happen.

[IsLondonCalling]

i have, iTunes, Real player none of them work becuase they all think there is no CD in the drive.

[kee-lo_]

Oh I see.

Go to VAIO-Link and see if there's a firmware update

[IsLondonCalling]

yeah, tried that. The problem is that its a Panasonic drive, not only a panasonic drive, but a panasonic drive that panasonic has forgotten about, there is no support for this model whatsoever, no updated firmware nothing, why cant sony put there own drives in there own laptops?