Re: MD: DC surges, a warning
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read through some Nissan and Mitsubishi manuals and you'll see differently. It's observed from an electronic point of view in that grounding static sensitive devices prior to doing anything else is definitely the best practice. Take a look at your deck's installation instructions. Every single brand that I've read from has explicitly noted that the ground lead should be connected first prior to doing any other connections. Adios, LarZ Guys, this is getting off-topic... Anyway, It's not always the negative pole of the baterie that's connected with the chasis. Sometimes it's the positive. To make sure, always consult your car's manual since the same trick doesn't apply to all cars. Cheers, Ralph - closed the subject? -- === 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 something 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: DC surges, a warning
Guy Churchill wrote: I have seen a Leatherman (one of those multi tool things) spot weld itself to the body of a car as the person cut through a wire and happened to have the handle part touching another piece of metal. This was with the +ve connected and the -ve disconnected. (made the person jump quite quickly too grin) The current that caused the Leatherman to spot weld didn't come from the battery, because it was disconnected. It most likely came from a stiffening cap or somesuch in the supply leads to an amp, and any combination of battery connections wouldn't have prevented it. -cb -Who's starting to wonder whether maybe you can draw a large current from one terminal of a battery. Certainly would require some upgrading of all the single pole switches in our cars! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MP3/Minidisc...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW - Memory prices are about to rise again apparently so your best off leaving memory upgrades etc. until after XMas. They already have. 128mb of PC100 is over 200 quid now - doesn't seem to have hit compactflash/smartmedia etc very hard at all though. 128mb PC100 == (s)dram == FABs in Azia (mainly Taiwan, you know the country hit by an earthquick) compactflash/smartmedia == flashram/eeprom == Intel/AMD/STMicroelectronics == Fabs in America/Europe and Azia. Impact of the Taiwan earthquick is small.) MD == TDK, SONY, Maxell, HiSpace.. etc.. Fabs all over the world ;-) Unless all MD manufacturing countries are hit by an earthquick, prices won't rise! Cheers, Ralph - writing his second off-topic mail today to md-l. -- === 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 something 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: DC surges, a warning
Tony Antoniou wrote: Take a look at your deck's installation instructions. Every single brand that I've read from has explicitly noted that the ground lead should be connected first prior to doing any other connections. This is an entirely different situation. When fitting a deck, you want to commonise the car body with the deck body before there is any chance of current flowing through any of the other wires. For example, if you connected the illumination wire first, and that somehow became live (some idiot switches on the car lights), then connected the memory backup wire, the memory circuitry would have almost 12V across it in the reverse polarity, due to the illumination bulbs conducting positive 12V to the ground side of the deck. The original discussion was regarding connecting the battery to the car, where accidental shorts are the only consideration when deciding which order to connect the terminals. -cb - about to give up on this absolutely futile and mostly off-topic argument - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: DC surges, a warning
Hi all, Okay Okay, I admit if you short *any* rechargeable cell it can throw back a helluva lot of amps, thus lead-acid batteries in cars poweriing a starter motor, or even nicad AA's exploding due to the power involved. I originally said the 12V could cause no harm, not imply the heat from a short circuit couldn't burn which I'll freely admit could cause fecking serious burns if someething like 1000A runs through a dodgy conection you're touching. Cheers, PrinceGaz -- "if it harms none, do what you will" Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://website.lineone.net/~princegaz/ ICQ: 36892193 - Original Message - From: Guy Churchill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11 October 1999 09:24 Subject: Re: MD: DC surges, a warning you haven't been injured, and no injury is at all funny, but I honestly think that to say a 12V potential caused it is madness. Even a 24v (?) boat battery In our workshop I have _seen_ tools physically welded to metal parts when accidental contact has been made between a positive source and a negative ... we are talking on 12V and 24V (truck) systems only. There is alot of power in these batteries and no mild acid burn can possibly explain the deep tissue swelling. Shorts have also caused much damage to a cars computer system and other electronics. When I don't have my multimeter handy, I test PP3s by sticking them on my tongue and judging the tingle, crude possibly stupid, but gives me a rough idea :-) I'm _not_ an electrcian, I _don't_ profess to be an expert (too long since even highschool physics) so I don't know the potential of a car/truck battery, but I guess no one would be game to stick their tongue accross the terminals. (anyone with a tongue that long, go see guiness book of records). If you can't use your tongue maybe just a wet handspan across the terminals (thumb to little finger) ... any volunteers. mmm? And yes I do know what it's like to be subjected to a 240V, 10A shock, (had an electrical appliance fall into a sink I was washing dishes in, shorted everything and I found myself on the floor pretty damn fast !!! - and counting my lucky stars I'm still alive after this NDE). I have also seen a 4.5V mobile phone battery start a fire by shorting. That was 650 mAh. ... surely a car battery is a lot stronger then that. Bottom line is you shouldn't play with electricty ... either mains or battery if you don't know what you are doing. L8R GC (who's off for ultrasound this afternoon to see if it helps, and shall be back on MD topic soon). - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: OT: OE5 message archive to CDR (was: Re: MP3 to MD (digital..not))
PrinceGaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My inbox has 9447 messages just now, ne1 know how I can archive them to a CD-R pls-- it's taking several seconds to open my inbox and I'd rather not delete all your messages. In your D:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ directory, you'll find some files with a .dbx extension. For example: the file inbox.dbx contains all the messages that are contained in the inbox directory of OE5. Just burn that file on CD-R. Just remember you can't read it from the CDR though, so, should you need to consult an old message, you'll have to rename the new inbox.dbx that OE5 creates, and copy the old one to your HD... Hope this helps. Luca - who had to burn all the .dbx files many times already - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Iomega CD Drive
Dave Mabry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to my sources at Iomega, it is made by Phillips. Stay away from it, then. Luca - I've had bad experiences with Philips CD-Writers - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Iomega CD Drive
There probably isn't a drive made that someone hasn't had problems with. My experience with this drive and my two friends' experience with Phillips SCSI drives are good. In general, most drives work pretty well as long as the computer they are connected to is working properly. Most problems that I have helped people fix with CD recorders are actually problems with other software on the hosting computer. Sciamano Nerazzurro wrote: Dave Mabry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: According to my sources at Iomega, it is made by Phillips. Stay away from it, then. Luca - I've had bad experiences with Philips CD-Writers - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Dave Mabry [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team NACD #2093NSS #42872 - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: DC surges, a warning
If you're touching the car body while attaching the positive lead, you've got such a high resistance that you're not shorting anything. Put your hands across a car battery's terminals and you'll see for yourself. Not with your hands, with a tool (eg spanner) Christopher Spalding Genius, generally excellent and gifted person. __ 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: DC surges, a warning
When I don't have my multimeter handy, I test PP3s by sticking them on my tongue and judging the tingle, crude possibly stupid, but gives me a rough idea :-) So do I, once we were doing a drama production with 10 radio mics, and I had guys backstage checking them for me, and they left it to one guy to test the batteries (standard 9v). After his tongue got too sore, he switched to using his gums, you shoulda seen the ulcers! It was very funny and this was the kinda guy who liked showing off his pain. btw if you insist on connecting a dozen PP3 batteries in series and end up electrocuting yourself, I accept no responsibility. Having said that, 117V AC at 60Hz is more dangerous than 300V DC I think. Do not rely on this as a DIY electrocution guide. Actually I'm pretty sure that it depends on the current as well as the voltage as to the danger of this, I don't know if its enough but car batteries are pretty high curren,t for 12V anyhow. Christopher Spalding Genius, generally excellent and gifted person. __ 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: Iomega CD Drive
I don't understand why they name the drive as ZipCD. It's just an ordinary cd burner. __ TAKY CHEUNG Creative Services Digital Consulting Software Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.spider.net.hk/~taky -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Magic Sent: Sunday, October 10, 1999 5:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: Iomega CD Drive "J. Coon" wrote: DO you have any idea who makes the unit? I suspect someone makes it for Iomega, and will any other software work with it or are you stuck with the software that came with it? Iomega drives are not rebranded, they are manufactured by Iomega. You can use almost any software you like, as the drive comes with a device driver which is compatible with most Windows software. I know it works with Adaptec CD Creator Delux as this is the software I use with the unit at work. - - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 This is not a copy protection issue. It appears that the first disc of the Blue Öyster Cult "Workshop of the Telescopes" collection has the recording level set just high enough to cause occasional "drop-outs" in the digital MD copy. This happens on both my MD-MS702mk and MZ-R30. Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0d (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4AetTgl+vIlSVSNkRAlv8AJ9q5i+N6fsl/m57FthHg9KlGsvWngCgpZHO /IEtheeilV4ZanmkF0jX9VA= =XTza -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete. Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: OT: OE5 message archive to CDR (was: Re: MP3 to MD (digital..not))
Why not use the online archive? http://www.amulation.com/md-l-archive/ I only save the threads that I'm really interested in and search the archive when I need additional info.in the last 3 months on this list, I've only accumulated 75 messages that I really want to keep in my mailbox. --Ryan --- Sciamano Nerazzurro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PrinceGaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My inbox has 9447 messages just now, ne1 know how I can archive them to a CD-R pls-- it's taking several seconds to open my inbox and I'd rather not delete all your messages. In your D:\Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook Express\ directory, you'll find some files with a .dbx extension. For example: the file inbox.dbx contains all the messages that are contained in the inbox directory of OE5. Just burn that file on CD-R. Just remember you can't read it from the CDR though, so, should you need to consult an old message, you'll have to rename the new inbox.dbx that OE5 creates, and copy the old one to your HD... Hope this helps. Luca - who had to burn all the .dbx files many times already __ Do You Yahoo!? Bid and sell for free at http://auctions.yahoo.com - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: [Fwd: Recording from minidisk to CD]
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, Magic wrote: Richard Malcolm-Smith wrote: Magic wrote: does anyone have an idea what could be going wrong with this set up? Yes. Your expert knows sod-all about the PCI bus and video cards. This is a common problem with PCI sound cards, and is actually caused by video card drivers. It also aflicts ISA cards. It does? How very annoying... I thought it was just the PCI bus that was effected. I nthat case, could a similar problem be caused by an AGP card? The ISA bus is typically chained to the end of the PCI bus with a PCI-ISA bridge. Basically the ISA bus appears as just another device to the PCI bus. Anything that consumes all of the PCI buses bandwidth for a long period of time, or anything device that stays in its IRQ handler for too long will disrupt communication on the bus. The AGP bus is typically runs parallel to the PCI bus, so they don't affect each other. And software modems, which will usually disconnect. After all they are only a fancy soundcard that connects to a phone line. How do you tell the difference between a hardware and software modem? Will they both suffer? Anything that is labelled as a "Winmodem" or compatible with only MS Windows. Only the winmodem will suffer from bus disruptions. The modem now relies on the system's cpu to generate the carrier signal that keeps the modems connected. If a bus disruption occurs, thay carrier gets disrupted and the modems disconnect. With a normal modem, all of the signal processing and carrier generation is done on the modem itself and all the system cpu has to do is send the modem the data to transfer. If a bus disruption occurs, the modems stay connected, but stop transmitting or receiving data. -- Jason K. Fritcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
Rat wrote, | This is not a copy protection issue. It appears that the first disc of the | Blue Oyster Cult "Workshop of the Telescopes" collection has the recording | level set just high enough to cause occasional "drop-outs" in the digital | MD copy. This happens on both my MD-MS702mk and MZ-R30. That doesn't compute. The CD player should still be putting out a digital signal, just as it does between tracks or during caesuras. Maybe there's something wrong with the CD player that it can't read those spots on the CD, or wrong with the CD at those places, or wrong with the MD platter at the places where those passages were to be written to it (if Rat was trying to record from the beginning of the CD to the same MD in the 702mk as in the R30). Rat, are you listening to the CD while you copy it? Can you hear the music through the CD player's DAC at those spots? Can you hear it through the MD recorder's DAC while it is recording the places where you get dropuots? It just doesn't sound logical that the CD player can send the data of an audible signal to its own DAC but the data of a silent signal to its digital output jack. Hmm. Maybe it can convert the PCM from the CD to analog audio, but it messes up converting it to S/PDIF? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David W. Tamkin) on Mon, 11 Oct 1999 | That doesn't compute. The CD player should still be putting out a digital | signal, just as it does between tracks or during caesuras. I know. That is what has me baffled. It makes no sense, but there is definitely something wrong, here. I suppose "dropout" is not entirely accurate. It feels (rather than sounds) as if the record level on the CD signal might be so high that MD recording circuit cannot deal with it, so it throws it out, leaving a "glitch" in the MD playback. It is difficult to describe something that is not there. The other thought I have is that because the CD in question is very "bass heavy" it is overloading the lower-end ATRAC time-frequency units. MP3 is susceptible to this (try listening to Prince's "Raspbery Beret" encoded with MP3), but I do not believe that ATRAC has this problem. | Maybe there's something wrong with the CD player that it can't read those | spots on the CD, I have had no problem with the CD player (Pioneer PD-F606, TOSlink directly into to the recorder) with the ~90 other MDs I have recorded this way. | or wrong with the CD at those places, This is what I believe might be the case, except that it sounds okay when I play it back through my amplifier. | or wrong with the MD platter at the places where those passages were to | be written to it (if Rat was trying to record from the beginning of the | CD to the same MD in the 702mk as in the R30). Same original CD and player, different recorders, different MDs, same problem. Though to be honest, it is worse on the 702mk. I originally thought it might be a problem with Sharp's ATRAC, but I had similar results on the Sony unit. Quite strange, indeed. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0d (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4AjGegl+vIlSVSNkRAv2dAJ4wdUJVNwR4F1gR1It/o5Y71leh4ACg5Osj uc1vji/peNwpiGtPs2UG3XI= =1Cfq -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ of skin. PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: Same original CD and player, different recorders, different MDs, same problem. Though to be honest, it is worse on the 702mk. I originally thought it might be a problem with Sharp's ATRAC, but I had similar results on the Sony unit. The Sharp 70x series have a known problem with some bass sounds, resulting in strange distorted sounds or clicks at critical passages. Sony units should not be affected by this, though... Maybe you have discovered a bug in Sony's Atrac algorithm? Bye, Hannes - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Iomega CD Drive
Stainless Steel Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You had a faulty individual unit. Philips CD mechanisms are generally better than Sony's. They are mechanically simpler -- one laser instead of the three in Sony mechanisms -- which makes them as a whole that much more reliable. I am guessing that your "bad experience" is with a particular model of HP CD writer. The problems there were not the CD mechanisms, which happened to be Philips mechanisms. HP underdesigned the cabinetry, which allowed the CD mechanism to overheat. When that happens the mechanism destroy itself. The fault was HP's, not Philips's. The problem is that my burner (HP7200i) will work OK (well, most of the times) if I use CD-RW media, but will *regularly* freeze while burning CDR's... The red light turns off, while the green one keeps flashing, the burning software freezes, and so does the computer itself. Do you know if these are the symptoms of what you say is the HP-related problem? I ask because I still have not found anyone who could help me, so sorry if this is off topic, but any help would be appreciated. Luca - if it's HP's fault, I'm not gonna spend a dime to repair my burner! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony MRZ55
HI All, I've sent Shawn Lin a question regarding a problem that I'm having, and I'd like to open it up to everyone. Problem is the md recorder showing that it's recording. But when it is stopped, it takes a long long time to write the TOC. Then during playback, it won't play or the time counter advances slowly and no sound comes out. Taking the MD out and insert it back in will show it as being blank. I've also experienced once, where after recording, it plays through the tracks fine. But if I take the MD out and put it back it, it shows as blank. If I edit MD's that where recorded by good MD recorders, it will erase the darn thing. I've lost plenty of MD's this way already. Shawn Lin has said on his homepage that it's due to misalignment of the magnetic head. I've checked mine, it looks like it's at about the right place. Any idea what other causes? Or if anyone's experienced this and found a fix? Appreciate it, Allan - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #383
No, I really need a license for my pet fish, Eric. I've got a dog license for my dog Eric, and one for my cat Eric and I've got a license fr my pet bee Eric too Erica the half-bee. he had an accident Cyril Conolly ? Alexander :) -- | Alexander Dietrich | Norderstedt, Germany | | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: DC Surges
Item Subject: cc:Mail Text On Electric shock: The current does the dammage, but voltage overcomes insulation. Our skin is an insulator, and so is air. High voltage with no current cannot do much, but it can get past insulation. High current can kill you even at low voltages, but is not likely to if you have insulation (skin) to protect you. High voltage with current is deadly because it can overcome the insulation, jump gaps and then the current will burn what ever it is going through. Put a needle on the + - of your car battery and prick a finger on each hand and you will soon be dead (I have heard a 1.5V battery can also kill if used this way). - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Iomega CD Drive
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * "Sciamano Nerazzurro" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 11 Oct 1999 | The problem is that my burner (HP7200i) Say no more. The 7200 series has chronic overheating problems, especially the external units (no fan or not a sufficiently large fan). I believe HP recalled the entire series, but you should check with them for details. If you can, do something to improve air flow around and through the unit and see if that resolves the problem. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0d (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4Aleqgl+vIlSVSNkRAnK0AJ4nRLj4R+Fm+BZQYusdLuh9ACzMtgCfagdp 20E4tPQEmULj947CqSYC+sQ= =nWjk -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Happy Fun Ball contains a liquid core, Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ which, if exposed due to rupture, should PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ not be touched, inhaled, or looked at. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: This is not a copy protection issue. It appears that the first disc of the Blue Öyster Cult "Workshop of the Telescopes" collection has the recording level set just high enough to cause occasional "drop-outs" in the digital MD copy. This happens on both my MD-MS702mk and MZ-R30. Has anyone else ever experienced anything like this? If this is the same release of the album I have (Columbia label - 480949-2) it's not a volume issue. I've just copied it digitally from a Marantz CD-48 CD player to my Sony R55, and there are no drop-outs, distortions or clipping. -- Magic Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "A book judged by it's cover makes for a very shallow read." - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
Stainless Steel Rat wrote: * Magic [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 11 Oct 1999 | If this is the same release of the album I have (Columbia label - | 480949-2) it's not a volume issue. Nope. It is a 2-disc set, Columbia/Legacy C2K-64163. So I'm still not absolutely certain it is not a volume issue. 2CD set. CD 1 - 15 tracks, CD 2 - 17 tracks. Anubis (dog-like statue of ehyptian origin) perched on an alter with the BOC logo on it. CD 1 is yellow with a bloue middle, CD 2 is blue with a yellow middle. Even if the cover varies slightly I would expect the CD content to be the same. Volume issues would not cause drop outs anyway - the only thing that would cause drop-outs is an interruption in the S/PDIF output, or corrupted SCMS information causeing small fragments of the disc to be "unrecordable". -- Magic Location : Portsmouth, England, UK Homepage : http://www.mattnet.freeserve.co.uk EMail : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] "A book judged by it's cover makes for a very shallow read." - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony DHC-MD555 vs. JVC MX-WMD90 Which is better?
Anybody has any experience or idea abuot these 2 units? Sony DHC-MD555 and JVC MX-WMD90 Which one is better?' Thanks - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Found a CD that cannot be digitally recorded on MD
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 * Magic [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 11 Oct 1999 | If this is the same release of the album I have (Columbia label - | 480949-2) it's not a volume issue. Nope. It is a 2-disc set, Columbia/Legacy C2K-64163. So I'm still not absolutely certain it is not a volume issue. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.0d (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE4Am4Bgl+vIlSVSNkRAnZqAJ4w6KL2sp7NVu2HIVWhTDigH8CyMACgxA6F 6RKgYluHdXIXdPPVYyIvP7E= =vdA3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Rat [EMAIL PROTECTED]\ Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types Minion of Nathan - Nathan says Hi! \ of skin. PGP Key: at a key server near you! \ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Song DHC-MD555
===BEGIN QUOTE=== Guys, I saw this unit in Fry's selling $699. It said on the box sometihng like controlling the unit using PC and software. . Anybody has any idea on that? I tried to look around the internet to find more detail for this unit. No luck yet. ==END QUOTE== If anyone has bought this bookshelf system -- the Sony DHC-MD555, could they please type or scan in the user manual and put it up on the MD Community web site Simon Mackay PSS. As user manuals are put up on the MD Community web site, could the links page be updated to point out the fact that the user manuals are on line. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Applications of MD Data2
BEGIN QUOTE=== I've been a proponent of extending considerably the recording time of minidiscs for quite a while now. I'm not talking about getting 80 minutes from a disc but how about several hours? With Sony's unvailing of the MD Data2 format which is a 650 MB variant of the original 140 MB minidisc, I am excited that my wish may become a reality. See the MD Community Page for details. DAT has long been a standard in live recording and archiving anything acoustic. The implication of an MD with greater storage capacity, and its implication on the DAT community has been discussed here and on the DAT list several times. If Sony can make this technology feasible, then MD can become a standard for live recording and thus open new markets. ==END QUOTE= By supporting an Audio MD variant of the MD-Data2, Sony could release a "disc-based" recording alternative to DAT which has a selection of recording modes, ranging from 74 minutes of stereo linear-PCM audio for CD mastering to 296 minutes (nearly 5 hours) of stereo ATRAC audio or 492 minutes (just over eight hours) of mono ATRAC audio. This would lead to a very flexible Extended Density MiniDisc catering to concert recording, conferences, muzak applications, listening devices (surveillance), in-flight entertainment, and even having more time to pack variety into our "choice cuts" compilation recordings. When used with changers like the Sony MDZ-65 or the Sony DHC-MD555, you could have a huge collection of music on tap, especially if you use the shuffle-play mode. With regards, Simon Mackay - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sony MZ-R55 Line out Levels
Hey there folks, I have a three week old Sony that I am extremely happy with, except for this oone little thing: The Line out leves are completely cranking. It actually started about a week after I got the unit, I have been using it constantly, recording with mics and using the optical cable. One day I was in my car, using a tape adapter coming from the line out (analog of course), I started getting distortions on a recording made optically that had not had problems in the past. I switched the plug to the headphone output, and then it was fine. Later at home, I tested the same line output with a stereo using an RCA cable and recieved the same hot distored signals. It wasn't completely distorted, but enough that it was quite noticable. One of the reasons I bought the damn Sony is because it had a separate Line out, so this is very annoying as you would probably imagine. Luckily, I bought the recorder at Circuit City, and got a three year guarantee from them. Before I go return/exchange my Sony, does anyone have an idea on why it is suddenly distorting? Thanks, and I hope all of you are enjoying your units as much as I am enjoying mine! (how's that for an ending thought?) ;) -=James --- James Caran e-mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Home: (516)423-8184 Univeristy of Vermont GRADUATE :) Acting Web Guy, http://www.hyannissound.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] having a rough day?-- http://www.hamsterdance.com having a rough day that is someone else's fault?-- http://www.dogdoo.com/ Enjoy... - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony MZ-R55 Line out Levels
The artist formerly known as James Caran wrote: year guarantee from them. Before I go return/exchange my Sony, does anyone have an idea on why it is suddenly distorting? Probably it is broken. -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Iomega CD Drive 80 min?
I just stopped by Best Buy and picked up a ZipCd. They also had some blank CD-R that 80 minute, 700 mb. I hope this unit will work with those babies. I guess they are comming out with the 80 minute MDs so we can record the 80 minute CDs. Anyone know the history of these? -- Jim Coon Not just another pretty mandolin picker mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] If Gibson made cars, would they sound so sweet? My first web page http://www.tir.com/~liteways/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
