Hello again, I have a correction, I actually have a Sony MZ-R70. To reiterate what I said earlier, I used it to record a concert. While playing back the concert, at about 3/4 through, the minidisc seems to pause for no reason for about 5-10 seconds then starts playing again. Is the minidisc defective? They were Sony minidisc's so I figured they were good quality, and I just bought them recently. One other problem I have had with it: I was recording a live concert which was 2 hours in length. When I switched to a fresh minidisc after recording for about 70 minutes, I also switched to a brand new battery. The battery worked fine for about 5-10 minutes (and the display showed a fully charged battery), but then the power cut off completely and the screen went blank. I removed and re-inserted the battery several times and the same thing would happen each time, including once in a while showing the battery icon as being low power (remember this was 5 minutes after the battery had been shown as having full power). This scenario has happened to me twice with my minidisc recorder. My friend suggests that I have a defective Minidisc recorder, and it is somehow overheating, leading to this strange activity despite brand new batteries. Any ideas? I have heard good things about the MZ-R70 so I am surprised I am having so many problems. (I use a lapel microphone with its own battery while recording, plugged into the LINE IN input. It is a $40 microphone. Could it be the problem, since it was so cheap?) Thanks for any help. Please reply in email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]