Apparently all the planets have to align properly to enable music transfers on the Sony NetMD. Today I encountered yet another problem. Because the Sony NetMD is not compatible with Macintosh, I burned some of the songs I had purchased from the Apple Music Store to a CD. I then placed the CD into my PC to use the Sony software to upload the songs to the NetMD. That works just fine with commercial CDs. Doesn't work with a custom-made CD though. The software chokes after about 15 seconds. Once again, I blame the lawyers.