RE: MD: Battery Question
Li-Ion batteries prefer to be topped up rather than completely discharged. Of course, they don't like being overcharged either, but that's not easily achieved given the thought that goes into designing the built-in chargers in today's equipment suited to these batteries. The rule of thumb with these batteries is that you don't let them run flat. If you've used it for a little bit, completely charge it anyway. Should your capacity reach 50%, charge it. The idea is, Li-Ion batteries last for 300 complete charge/discharge cycles. By topping it up, you can "cheat" the battery of its own death. Adios, LarZ --- TAMA - The Strongest Name in Drums --- -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Scott Legg Sent: Saturday, 11 September 1999 10:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:MD: Battery Question I've a Sharp 722 with a Lithium Ion battery. After using the battery, I plug it in to charge. Is this a good idea? I remember my dad having to use a battery conditioner to drain all the power from his old Motorola cell phone battery, but it was NiMH and fairly old. Does recharging after a few hours use cause battery memory? advTHANXance ~S~ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Battery Question
> I've a Sharp 722 with a Lithium Ion battery. After using the battery, I > plug it in to charge. Is this a good idea? I remember my dad having to use > a battery conditioner to drain all the power from his old Motorola cell > phone battery, but it was NiMH and fairly old. Does recharging after a few > hours use cause battery memory? advTHANXance Lithium-Ion is the opposite to NiMH - top it up often and try *not* to drain it all the way. Simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MZR37/55CG
> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1999 16:03:09 -0400 (EDT) > From: The artist formerly known as James Caran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: MD: MZR37/55CG > > Hello there folks, I need some input on the Sony MZR37. I am considering > buying one and I want feedback on how important the "mic sensitivity > switch", "jog dial" (that I suppose is obvious- ease of data entry), and > "erase button" (you instead use the "delete" under the edit menu.) My > primary purpose is live recording from a board and with mics on different > occasions. Is it worth the extra $100 for these features? Thanks for the > input... I have the R3 and the R37. My R3 was getting old, battery life really sucks and it's starting to have record errors, and at the same time my local sony store decided to have an honest sale and actually bring the R37 down to a good price. The mic sensitivity switch I say is useless. I took my R3 to go visit Cher when she was in town, and I got good sound. Just watch your record levels so you don't end up clipping. For anything mixed, I use line inputs. And watching the levels isn't that hard since you can monitor while you adjust levels. Too bad you can't adjust levels on the fly while recording though. I don't really miss the Jog Dial(tm). It was rather annoying since the only task it really grokked was titling. I couldn't use it to skip throught the tracks, so what's the point. It struck me as something that could break quite quickly. As it is, my cell phone has one of those accursed dials too. As for titling, the remote on the R37 isn't too hard to get used to: << / >> to scroll through the letters, pause for caps, + / - to move around, stop for enter, and "cancel" to abort. The menu was a bit more disconcerting, but since I pause a track and then delete it that didn't bother me too much. I miss the erase+record combo to blank the disc though. I don't think the mic sens, erase button and jog dial are worth $100. > - --p.s.- I, as a soon to be minidisk recorder owner am very interested in > the "End Search" debate. Feel free to give the opinions of the ACTUAL > TOPIC... :) Since I just ordered a big box of blanks from minidisco (which arrived here in Canada on the next business day) I'm not very worried about disc space. My r37 gives me about 3 discs off a set of NiCads. I usually carry 2 extra sets and 5 blanks, so I tend to have 5-7 minutes on the end of my discs, due to the material and the chances I have to switch "consumables". I used to work with tape, now I do CDs, so I have this habit of planning my recording before I burn. I keep my recorded discs locked, so it doesn't bother me. I actually like the ability to overwrite or append. I'm fairly ambivalent about the ES issue actually, just mildly in favor. Be Well, Chris -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.edmc.net/~wargames www.ualberta.ca/~ckuethe - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Battery Question
From: Scott Legg > I've a Sharp 722 with a Lithium Ion battery. After > using the battery, I plug it in to charge. Is this > a good idea? Sure is. Deep cycling (draining all the power before recharging) can significantly shorten the life of a lithium ion battery. Keeping it 'topped up' is the best way to get the most out of this particular type of battery. There's also no 'memory' effect to concern yourself about. There's an excellent and in-depth page that you can get to via http://www.minidisc.org that's about lithium-ion batteries. Soory, but I don't remember the exact links to follow. Rick. -+--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alienshore.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: recording safety?
Sorry John I think you are incorrect with your assumptions re 'time machine' function. On my JA3 it only works whilst it is in 'record-standby' mode. In this model and AFAIK, all Sony home decks, the laser is powered up and the disc spinning, unlike the 701, where nothing other than the record buffer is running ie no disc spin or laser power. Why they do it this way I don't know. I agree that it would be very easy to have the 'time machine' function in the portables and if it was implemented as per Sharp's 'rec-pause' mode and not like the Sony home deck TM mode it would work very well, and much longer than the Sony two or six second start we have now... GB - Original Message - From: John Chrapowicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, 11 September 1999 12:57 Subject: RE: MD: recording safety? > > Ralph wrote: > > | f you just press record on the Sharp 702, > | the unit goes into > | record-pause which is in fact a special idle mode. The unit > | does nothing in this > | mode. The disc doesn't spin, the laser doesn't warm up and > | the magnetic head isn't doing anything. > > Presumably the unit is still 'monitoring', and passing data through its > buffer so it can gain an instant start without having to wait for the disc > to power up. If this is the case, then this is very like the situation on > the Sony decks which allows you to have a 'Time Machine' function. This > leads me to ask why this feature is not more common amongst portables. > > Regards, > > John, - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Art Bell MiniDisc use on the air
It really depends on the player. My old MZ-R2 portable plays all tracks with no gaps, even in random play. My JA3 home deck plays tracks in order with no gaps, but inserts a second or two gap when playing in shuffle mode. With the amount of pre-play buffer in these things you would think it would be a relatively easy task to make them all play with no gaps GB > > * Keith Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 09 Sep 1999 > | Is there a way to keep each of the tracks, tight up against each other, so > | that when the unit is seeking to > | the next track for playback, there is NO silence gap? > - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Battery Question
I've a Sharp 722 with a Lithium Ion battery. After using the battery, I plug it in to charge. Is this a good idea? I remember my dad having to use a battery conditioner to drain all the power from his old Motorola cell phone battery, but it was NiMH and fairly old. Does recharging after a few hours use cause battery memory? advTHANXance ~S~ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Art Bell MiniDisc use on the air
Keith Rowland wrote about Art Bell, | Art uses his Sony MD unit to prerecord and then playback his commercial spots. | At each break, he simply sets up the "programmed play" feature to select the | spots needed for that half hour. He has all of the commmercial spots needed | recorded on one minidisc. | | Here's one problem that maybe those on the list could help us with. When | playing back a "programmed play list" there seems to be a 2 second or so delay | between plays of the tracks. This has caused uncounted number of flub-ups of | Art jumping in between the playback of spots, thinking the playback is over. | Is there a way to keep each of the tracks, tight up against each other, so | that when the unit is seeking to the next track for playback, there is NO | silence gap? There shouldn't be a silent gap unless there is silence recorded as part of the track. The read-ahead buffer is supposed to eliminate silence during seek time. If there are a lot of seeks in a very short period, yes, the buffer can be overtaxed and there may be a silence, but surely each commercial is at least fifteen seconds long, and we should hope that there are no seeks in the middle of any commercial (that is, each one is a contiguous disc recording), so that shouldn't be a problem. Keith, you never specified which Sony model Art uses. Also, it is unclear (at least to me) whether you're talking about a number of commercials to be played in succession during a single commercial break, or about commer- cials to be played during different breaks. You said "for that half hour"; how many commercial breaks are there per half hour? If there are more than one, and he programs all the breaks for a half hour at once, somehow, at the last commercial of each break, he's going to have to get the machine to go silent when it finishes that spot before moving on to the first spot for the next break. Is the machine a deck with Auto-Space, and is Auto-Space turned on? Auto- Space is a feature on playback that makes the machine wait three seconds between each two tracks it plays; it is designed for leaving spaces between tracks when you copy an MD to cassette. Can he program one break's commer- cials at a time and then program those for the next break while he's playing music again? Then he could turn off Auto-Space entirely. It would really help a lot of you tell us which model he's using, if you can find out. Thank you. | My guess would be to EDIT the ORDER of the tracks, so it's a continuous | playback, but the order keeps changing each hour and it's easier at this | point to program which one's he needs for each segment. No, that's too much trouble. It should be done by simply selecting the right track numbers to program. But make sure that the tracks themselves don't include any spurious leading or trailing silence. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Etymotic Earbuds?
Hi, I'm planning to buy the Etymotic Earbuds in the near future, but I thought I'd first check with you guys what you opinion is about them. Could you please tell me something about sound quality, durability, does it fit nicely in the ears and loudness. thanks in advance, Niels - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MXD-D3 and CD-Text
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === I just read the news that Sony anounced a new CD/MD Unit capable of copying tracks for tames normal speed to minidisc. I would very much like to know whether this remarkable piece of HIFI Equipment is capable of copying also CD-Text and if it has an optical IN. === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Jogging with MD
>> I have the Sony MZ-R55, and the advertised 40 second shock protection DOES NOT live up to its reputation. I ran into the same problem, and this is the solution that I came up with: I strapped the unit to my upper arm with a sweatband. You'll find that the MD player will be held snugly to your arm, and the motion of your arm is a lot more gentle that then swinging of your hips. This should also be fine for just about any activity you want to try. I have the same Sony MZ-R55 and its works just fine. May not be the most stylish solution (but after a fanny pack, it's not that bad); get a retro sweatband and it'll look damn good. ___ In my other life, I run the electronics section on Epinions.com (some dubious-sounding guy named "John Jones" mentioned it in a post the other day). Anyway, I'd like to invite everyone to come post reviews of their units on the site -- the masses out there need to know about MDs (both the good ones and the bad ones!). Also, you'll get paid every time someone reads your review. We're the experts on MDs; let's let others know about them. Links MD Section: http://www.epinions.com/elec_Portable_Audio-MD_Walkman Sony MZ-R55 (referenced in this post) http://www.epinions.com/elec_Portable_Audio-MD_Walkman/Sony_MZ_R-Sony_MZ-R55 Thanks tom - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Jogging with MD player/recorder
Hello from Texas, I am emerging from lurk mode to start a new thread. This is completely non-technical but essential user information. Does anyone go jogging with their MD player or perform any other high-impact aerobic activity? I have the Sony MZ-R55, and the advertised 40 second shock protection DOES NOT live up to its reputation. I use a "fanny pack" from CaseLogic designed for tape players and the player still skips when I'm jogging in time to the trance music (many beats per minute). I checked the MD Community Page archives and found out that strapping the fanny pack to your front waist prevents lateral movement of the MD player. This seems to work, at least for a 2-mile run with fast music, but the darn Sony earbuds keep popping out of my ears due to the pace. Can you provide some advice on using the MD format for truly mobile and frenetic activity? Is there a way to be comfortable while running with the player, yet stop the skipping? Is there a better pair of headphones (other than earbuds) that can hold up to sweaty activity? Thanks, Greg VP - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Y2K and MD
> http://www.unitedvisual.com/Y2K/SonyY2K.asp > > Portable recorders are compliant. The date stamp function works until 2089, > IIRC. And I don't think we will use the same technology anymore in 2089 so it will be enough... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Are MD decks preamplified?
Ralph Smeets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm... I've got a mini-system to. It's an AIWA and you can change the > sensitivity of the AUX/VIDEO or DAT/MD in... I used this feature to correct > the line-out level of my SB-AWE-64. > > So have a look in your mini-system's manual. > > Unfortunaly, I can't think of other ways to check your VCR/DAT input with > the equipment you have. But another way is to find a friend with a amplifier > and connect your MZ-R55 to it to see if the line-out of your MZ-R55 is > working fine. Or confince a friend of yours to come over with his CD-Player > and connect it to the VCR/DAT in. This way you can check that this input > is working right. > > Cheers, > Ralph -> If you trow your money out of the window, give me a call and I'll > be standing there! Hi Ralph! Unfortunately my system is 8 years old, and it shows. There's no way to change the sensitivity of the inputs, although as I said in another post, linking the headphones output of my walkman to the VCR/DAT input of the amplifier seems to work fine (at maximum volume on the walkman, and the usual volume on the amplifier). When I connected the R55 to the same input, it was still too low even with its volume at the higher lever (and AVLS off, of course). Now, if the headphones output of the walkman can be considered like any other line-out output, then I can be 95% sure that the VCR/DAT input on the amplifier works fine. Maybe the line-out of my R55 is broken, but I can't check it right now because I brought it to a Sony Service Point monday, because it was acting strangely (i wrote a message about it, but it was ignored by the md-list-eners) I'm gonna check again using the Line Out of my SB Live, and see what happens. Later! Luca -> who needs to be sure that the 'phones out is like any other line-out - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: R90 and end search
John Chrapowicki wrote, | Presumably this means that if you have just recorded, say, three tracks | sequentially on the disc, and then you 'delete' the middle one, then | pressing REC (without using ES) will continue recording from the end of the | third one. Not on my MZ-R3. After the second track was erased, it would start playing the track after the one you had deleted. If you stopped it then and pressed REC without ES, you'd overwrite from however far into the that track you had let it play before stopping it. If you delete the last track, it starts playing the last remaining track, so again, if you pressed STOP, omitted ES, and then pressed REC, you'd be overwriting the track that had preceded the one you erased. | If this is the case, then does this mean that the recording | continues sequentially and NEVER returns to use the free space formed by | deleting the 2nd track? I'd guess not: that rather (when you do press ES) it follows the logical sequence of which clusters to use next. I've recorded to the physical end of a disc on the R3 (my only unit with manual ES) and it does reuse available space from deletions after that, per the spec, almost. | You say it's only porties with "manual" ES, that can do what you described | above, but surely non-Sony portables can do PLAY-PAUSE-REC-UNPAUSE (like the | decks), which would produce a similar result? That will work on Sharp portables, so people who own them have said. How- ever, the Aiwa AM-F70 cannot overwrite at all; normally one can get around that by recording, deleting, resequencing, but if you have a hacked disc and need to overwrite to preserve the extra capacity, the F70 is not the recorder to use. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Art Bell MiniDisc use on the air
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Keith Rowland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 09 Sep 1999 | Is there a way to keep each of the tracks, tight up against each other, so | that when the unit is seeking to | the next track for playback, there is NO silence gap? Not really, no. Even when tracks are adjacent, the player does not know that. It still wants to seek to the start of the next track, regardless of where it might be, and that takes ~2 seconds. I do not know if you can use them, but there are tricks you can do with "virtual tracks". A virtual track is a kind of container. You can join many tracks together in a virtual track, and the player sees them all as a single track. Or at least that is how I understand it to work. Hope this helps a bit. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE32SeVgl+vIlSVSNkRAjm8AKCQok0kD47mB//kEGfVIy0kWA985ACcCDn3 nUa2V17L6+gVd0AmDBMW7Ac= =kiyM -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\ Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ unknown glowing substance which fell to PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ Earth, presumably from outer space. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: recording safety?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Ralph Smeets <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 10 Sep 1999 | Not totaly true. If you just press record on the Sharp 702, The original poster has a 722, which is a different unit. However, I know that it is not "safe" on at least some Sony models. So in the end, read your manual and if you are still not sure ask the manufacturer. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE32SXbgl+vIlSVSNkRAtX3AKCia6BBufuPsxY/oQgdKQJI7X3jiACgnT0r ENhjbDQIxfUIkLmc0fnVT0g= =IjIa -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>\ If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ away immediately. Seek shelter and cover PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ head. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: 722 UTOC Problems & Plug
Hi List, I'm very familiar with the plagued UTOC problems of the Sharp 702. I met a customer of mine recently who is having what sounds to be the exact same problem with a 722 he purchased from Hong Kong in Oct 98. Certain discs work fine in the unit, while others display the dreaded UTOC Error. He says it is sporadic, but from what I understand is that with the 702 it is only going to get worse. Anyone heard of similar experiences with the 722? Let me know personally or post it to the list!! Thanks!! Link Also, for anyone interested, I'm selling Sharp 702s, new, with Rebate, $200, actual receipt from an Authorized Sharp Dealer. E-mail me for details. Credit cards only, my Ebay username is o3baby, if you are weary of my validity... __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: recording safety?
Ralph wrote: | f you just press record on the Sharp 702, | the unit goes into | record-pause which is in fact a special idle mode. The unit | does nothing in this | mode. The disc doesn't spin, the laser doesn't warm up and | the magnetic head isn't doing anything. Presumably the unit is still 'monitoring', and passing data through its buffer so it can gain an instant start without having to wait for the disc to power up. If this is the case, then this is very like the situation on the Sony decks which allows you to have a 'Time Machine' function. This leads me to ask why this feature is not more common amongst portables. Regards, John, - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #350
I can't wait to read this E-mail -- but am currently away from my office to do so. I will be out today (Friday 9/10) returning on Monday. E-mails will be checked at that time. Thanks. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: R90 and end search
Shawn wrote: | Both a unit with "automatic" ES and "manual" ES behave identically. | When you press STOP, the optical block is parked at the | innermost "zero" position. | The difference being that with the "automatic" ES unit, the address of | the last position is not stored in memory anywhere. When REC is | pressed, the unit starts recording at the first free space. | The unit with "manual" ES keeps the last position in a small memory | space. When REC is pressed without first pressing ES, the unit moves | the optical block to the last remembered position and starts recording | there. If ES is pressed first, the last position memory is | cleared and the unit starts recording at the first free space. [I'm breaking my promise of not continuing this thread, but plenty of other people have given it 'artificial respiration' so here goes.] Thank you for explaining this Shawn. I didn't read your last post carefully enough and hadn't realised at all that a "manual" ES unit actually stored the physical address of the last postion of the optical block. I had assumed it simply defaulted to writing from the physical start of the disc, unless you pressed ES in which case it just searched for free space (like the automatic operation on the decks). Now that I fully understand it, I agree that it does work like a tape ;-) Presumably this means that if you have just recorded, say, three tracks sequentially on the disc, and then you 'delete' the middle one, then pressing REC (without using ES) will continue recording from the end of the third one. If this is the case, then does this mean that the recording continues sequentially and NEVER returns to use the free space formed by deleting the 2nd track? | So "manual" ES takes up more resources by requiring an extra small bit | of memory to save the last position memory. Yes, compared with "automatic" ES. | Only an MD portable with "manual" | ES can start overwriting at the last position that playback was last | stopped, even if that happens to be the middle of a track. Yes, and that makes Sony portie recorders even more dangerous than I realised. I thought that if you pressed REC without ES, then they would only ever overwrite stuff recorded at the BEGINNING of the disc. Thus, on a previously recorded disc, you would aIways be aware that you were overwriting something.I also thought that pressing ES invoked a search for the next free space, (which would probably use more processing/battery power than defaulting to recording at the physical start of the disc). Thus, this would have equated to searching for the 'logical end' of the recording which would not necessarily be the same as the physical end. Thanks to your clear explanation, I now see that the Sonys actually default to recording to the physical position of wherever the optical block was stopped (be that in REC or PLAY mode). You say it's only porties with "manual" ES, that can do what you described above, but surely non-Sony portables can do PLAY-PAUSE-REC-UNPAUSE (like the decks), which would produce a similar result? However, that is a sequence which is not the default and is far less likely to be done by accident !! By the way, you can now tell by this that I have no personal experience of using ANY brand of portable recorder ;-)I do own a player though, (Sony E30) which does continue PLAY from where you stopped, like a tape (which can be useful). In general I feel that for RECORDING, though, defaulting to the last physical position on a random access media is pretty unintuitive, especially if you've prior experience of a deck or a Sharp portie. With a disc, you've got the inherent feature of potentially utilising all the free space (and not at the expense of overwriting), which most users want IMO, so why not use it? Regards, John --> (Now firmly in the anti "manual" ES camp ;-) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Are MD decks preamplified?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi Ralph, thanks for the answer. > Unfortunately I can't connect the CD Player to the ampli via other inputs > than the CD. That's because it's a mini-system and it has proprietary > connectors, except those I listed (phono and Vcr/Dat)... > Can you think of any other way to check what's wrong? > > Luca > -> don't want to throw my money out of the window :-) Hmm... I've got a mini-system to. It's an AIWA and you can change the sensitivity of the AUX/VIDEO or DAT/MD in... I used this feature to correct the line-out level of my SB-AWE-64. So have a look in your mini-system's manual. Unfortunaly, I can't think of other ways to check your VCR/DAT input with the equipment you have. But another way is to find a friend with a amplifier and connect your MZ-R55 to it to see if the line-out of your MZ-R55 is working fine. Or confince a friend of yours to come over with his CD-Player and connect it to the VCR/DAT in. This way you can check that this input is working right. Cheers, Ralph -> If you trow your money out of the window, give me a call and I'll be standing there! -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then some- thing happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: R90 and end search
Hi all and specialy John Chrapowicki and Shawn Lin, I must say this ES threath is one of the most interesting ES threats ever. Finaly it's not just I'm against and I'm for and I'm neutral, but it tries to find answers on what End Search is! Thanks! Cheers, Ralph -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then some- thing happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: recording safety?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > * "Scott Legg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 09 Sep 1999 > | Is it safe to leave a unit in 'record mode' for any amount of time? > > While it is in record mode, the recording head is "warm" and the laser is > operating at a higher power level than playback. In the short term this is > not much of a problem, but in the long term it can reduce the total life of > the unit. Not totaly true. If you just press record on the Sharp 702, the unit goes into record-pause which is in fact a special idle mode. The unit does nothing in this mode. The disc doesn't spin, the laser doesn't warm up and the magnetic head isn't doing anything. Conclusing: Record pause is totaly safe and doesn't reduce the life-time of a Sharp 702 anymore than idle mode (but not off) Cheers, Ralph -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then some- thing happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: More MD Advertising
> Stainless Steel Rat wrote: > ... an MZ-R55 (or was in an E33? ) floating above the handle bars of a mountain bike "floating" is about right - if the MD were actually fixed to the bike, it probably wouldn't work very well, and might soon get trashed by the vibration. Much better fix it to the rider. simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
