Re: MD: headphones impedance vs battery life / yet another MS722 review
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, J. Coon wrote: Hi, Here's were my question comes: Sharp headphones are 32 Ohm, I have an old walkman Aiwa headphones whose sound I like too much (in fact i tried lots of walkmans back then to find the better sounding ones). But they're 200 Ohm. My electronic knowledge have some dust on top, and I was wondering if the battery life will be shorter. My mind says that as impedance is higher, AC current *voltage* will actually be higher, and battery life will be shorter. Higher impedance: higher energy loss also... The basic equation is V = ZI where V is the voltage, Z is the impedance, and I is the current. Power = I^2 * Z Increasing the impedance will lower the current, decrease power consumption, and the volume. That doesn't happen in the amp/transducer world, AFAIK. Here weren't working with DC, is variable Hz AC, and what actually happens if my memory serves me well is that current voltage increases, and power decreases. (hence my doubt). That's why amps tend to produce better sound when using higher impedances. greets, *---(*)---**-- Francisco J. Montilla System Network administrator [EMAIL PROTECTED] irc: pukkaSevilleSpain INSFLUG (LiNUX) Coordinator: www.insflug.org - ftp.insflug.org - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Problems with Aiwa FM-70 and digital recording
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This place is getting the MZ-90 very soon. Should I drop the extra $100 or $150 and replace my F70 with this unit? And can it handle automarking my digital source correctly? Nope... The only way around is an analog recording! I must yet see the first soundcard that sends out track-marks. BTW have you tried the following: - Push record on the F70. - Play track1 on PC and STOP the player after it's ended. - The F70 should now start a new track! - Play track2 on PC and STOP the player after it's ended. - The F70 should now start a new track! etc. NB: if your soundcard has a continues S/PDIF output, this doesn't work. Cheers, Ralph - talking about digital soundcards even when he has none -- === 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]
MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
My wife picked up a Sony MZ R-70 Mini Disc in Hong Kong this weekend. The salesmen gave her a bunch of extra cables. One of the cables he give her, he said it was the digital connect from the computer to the Mini Disc. The cable has on one end, a serial connection and on the other end, a Stereo mini plug. The cable reminded me of a digital camera connection. He told her that the mini plug should go into the optical port on the Mini Disc. So I connected the serial end to COM1 and plugged the other into the Mini Disc. In to MS-DOS I went and tried copying a wav file to the serial port. All I got was white noise on the Disc. So I started surfing the net for more information, hence my subscription to this list and this question. Can one copy from the PC to a Mini Disc via this serial / Stereo mini-plug cable? Thanks -- David Tedeschi Stranger in a Strange Land Chinhae Korea - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MD Equip Pricing
Hey all, My dad and I were talking about something last night while I was editing an MD I had just recorded on the good stereo. Anyway my dad had heard the sound quality before but he really noticed it this time. Anyway I need to know what models exist under $100 and how good they are as far as battery life. My dad intendsd to record an entire disc in mono to get the real long disc time, but still I want to get him something reasonably cheap and is a good model. Someone had talked about a Casio for $99. Best Buy sells an Audiophase MD portable for $99 and the Sony MZ-E11 was also $99. If anyone can let me know, I'd appricate it. I'd look but I'm too busy at the moment. -J.R. YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc QuestionWhat your wife bought = is the Sony's PC link. One end is a serial connection that connects to = COMX of your computer and the other is a S-link connection that connects = to the Sony Unit. It is used to CONTROL Sony's Minidisc = players/recorders. Sony bundles this with their GUI allowing you to = control your Minidisc player/recorder via the GUI. For example, you can = shuffle songs around simply by clicking and dragging the songs into the = desired location.=20 - Original Message -=20 From: David and Susan Tedeschi=20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:34 AM Subject: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question My wife picked up a Sony MZ R-70 Mini Disc in Hong Kong this weekend.=20 The salesmen gave her a bunch of extra cables. One of the cables he=20 give her, he said it was the digital connect from the computer to the=20 Mini Disc. The cable has on one end, a serial connection and on the=20 other end, a Stereo mini plug. The cable reminded me of a digital=20 camera connection. He told her that the mini plug should go into the=20 optical port on the Mini Disc. So I connected the serial end to COM1=20 and plugged the other into the Mini Disc. In to MS-DOS I went and = tried=20 copying a wav file to the serial port. All I got was white noise on = the=20 Disc.=20 So I started surfing the net for more information, hence my = subscription=20 to this list and this question.=20 Can one copy from the PC to a Mini Disc via this serial / Stereo=20 mini-plug cable?=20 Thanks=20 --=20 David Tedeschi=20 Stranger in a Strange Land=20 Chinhae Korea=20 -=20 To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word=20 "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife picked up a Sony MZ R-70 Mini Disc in Hong Kong this weekend. The salesmen gave her a bunch of extra cables. One of the cables he give her, he said it was the digital connect from the computer to the Mini Disc. The cable has on one end, a serial connection and on the other end, a Stereo mini plug. The cable reminded me of a digital camera connection. He told her that the mini plug should go into the optical port on the Mini Disc. So I connected the serial end to COM1 and plugged the other into the Mini Disc. In to MS-DOS I went and tried copying a wav file to the serial port. All I got was white noise on the Disc. So I started surfing the net for more information, hence my subscription to this list and this question. Can one copy from the PC to a Mini Disc via this serial / Stereo mini-plug cable? Thanks Hmmm, strange Sounds like a cable to title. Didn't it come with any Software? Cheers, Ralph - wasn't there a manual with it? -- === 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]
MD: Digital music survey
I was excited yesterday when Harris contacted me to participate in a poll about the future of digital music. Being an avid md user, I thought I'd get a chance to plug md for this nationwide poll. Instead, I found not ONE question about MD. It was all about MP3. It asked a question such as, "What devices do you use to listen to music," and MD was not even a choice. This survey took about 15 minutes to fill out, and there wasn't even one place where a respondent could offer any answer besides those already provided. Needless to say, I rated mp3 as poorly as possible. One question that stuck out to me was, "Which of the following digital music players would you be more likely to buy: One with 32MB memory for $149, a 64MB unit for $199, a 96MB unit for $239, or a 128MB unit for $269." There was no other option. I couldn't continue the survey without checking one of the boxes, even though I wouldn't buy any of them. I guess this could be interpreted 2 ways: Either the people making this poll think that md is out for the future of digital music, or else they are clueless. Anyway, I thought you might be interested to see just another way md is left out of the places where it belongs. -- David B. Fincher Assistant Professor Central Christian College of the Bible [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: headphones impedance vs battery life / yet another MS722 review
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I'm the happy owner now of a Sharp MS-722. All other MD equipment I have is Sony. But this time I saw very clear that Sony wasn't competitive in this area; first, slot-in mechanism is far more robust than the clam-shell one, second battery life can't compare. I'm also very fond of Sony pointless attitude, marketing lies, and prepotent behaviour. I've got a 702... main reason was the problems I had with Sony portables (4 walkmans -tape... yuks-, 1 discman. All lived just a little bit longer than a year...) The only portable that won't break and that is Sony is my CMC-Z1+ portable GSM phone... (of which most consumer magazines write you that the flip-down microphone will break very quickly...) I read a lot of reviews of almost every portable unit I came across. People cleared out that the typical 7xx problems (TOC problems, etc) were only on earlier models. Got my 702 for two years now. No problems at all. Discs recorded on my MDS-S38 can be edited on my 702 and visa versa. Sharp has done it's marketing rigth. They've integrated all electronics into one chip (that's what you call LSI) and that cut's the cost. So the 7xx was cheaper than it's equivelent. Result: more units where demanded than Sharp could deliver. Thus a production increase, less quality control and Sharp found themself with a lot of units returned. Finaly they got their stuff back together and the quality is good again. (This is MY analysis of the UTOC problem after beening for more than two years on this list! It's like the Malysian build 510 of Sony!) The only unexpected mis-feature I have found is the headphones sound; even when people said sharps sound greatly, i found the headphones to have a very harsh and unpleasant sound. Mids are unsanely boosted, and I (I know that is a very subjective area) don't like that at all. Is the only drawback I found on the sharp. I hate earbuds commonly found on other portables, so I don't mind too much, sony's would be worse. I tossed them away after 1 day. I replaced them with the 888's of Sony. Here's were my question comes: Sharp headphones are 32 Ohm, I have an old walkman Aiwa headphones whose sound I like too much (in fact i tried lots of walkmans back then to find the better sounding ones). But they're 200 Ohm. My electronic knowledge have some dust on top, and I was wondering if the battery life will be shorter. My mind says that as impedance is higher, AC current *voltage* will actually be higher, and battery life will be shorter. Higher impedance: higher energy loss also... could anyone clear that? I'm lost... greets, Well, U=I*R. U can't change!! So if you increase R, you decrease I. P=U*I, U doesn't change, but I get's smaller. Thus lower power consumption. 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 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: Problems with Aiwa FM-70 and digital recording
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Ralph Smeets wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This place is getting the MZ-90 very soon. Should I drop the extra $100 or $150 and replace my F70 with this unit? And can it handle automarking my digital source correctly? Nope... The only way around is an analog recording! I must yet see the first soundcard that sends out track-marks. BTW have you tried the following: - Push record on the F70. - Play track1 on PC and STOP the player after it's ended. - The F70 should now start a new track! - Play track2 on PC and STOP the player after it's ended. - The F70 should now start a new track! etc. NB: if your soundcard has a continues S/PDIF output, this doesn't work. Apparently, my soundcard has a continuous S/PDIF output. But, from what I've heard about the MZ-90, it can detect 2 seconds of silence in digital mode as well as analog, and that might do the tracks correctly? Jim - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Maxell MDs
Hi All It has been stated many times on this list, that you only hear negative experiences regarding hardware. What are the "groups" experiences with Maxell blanks? Are there any positive reactions? -- Grant Instruments Tel: +44 (0)1763 260811 Fax: +44 (0)1763 262410 http://www.grant.co.uk - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Problems with Aiwa FM-70 and digital recording
Evil Jim followed up, | New observation: When there is silence, the MD will actually pause | between getting tracks. It will not actually make a track mark, however. | So, if I record 10 seconds of digital silence, I can not hear that silence | later as the MD paused itself. Then Synchro is working, at least. | Even if I pause the music for 20-30 seconds, then resume, it stays | on the same track. Well, you're getting digital silence there, not losing digital lock. When you pull out the cable and reinsert it, you do get a new track. | Even if I stop the digital output, so the MD player reads "No | signal", then start it back up, the MD player stays on the same track. | This is _not_ right. Is there something wrong with my MD player? Depending on the source, stopping play may or may not interrupt the digital output: it might just send out the digital representation of silence instead, which, as you've seen, doesn't get you into a new track. I'm not sure how to read the last question: there is no problem with your *unit*, but you could see the situation as a problem with your *model*, be- cause that's how the F70 behaves. I've found the same thing with mine. But here's a thought: if you press FF (which, during recording, serves as the manual track mark key) during the pause, won't you get a new track? True, you have to be there to do it. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MD Equip Pricing
JR Moore asked, | My dad intendsd to record an entire disc in mono to get the real | long disc time, but still I want to get him something reasonably cheap | and is a good model. Someone had talked about a Casio for $99. Best Buy | sells an Audiophase MD portable for $99 and the Sony MZ-E11 was also $99. All of those are playback-only models. They don't record. AFAIK there is no MD recorder currently available in that price range (unless you're buying it used). The least expensive, I guess, might be the Sharp MT-15? - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Maxell MDs
Richard Chamberlain (not that one) asked, | It has been stated many times on this list, that you only hear negative | experiences regarding hardware. What are the "groups" experiences with | Maxell blanks? | Are there any positive reactions? I've never had any difficulty with them, but I've not really recorded on them and rerecorded and edited and rerecorded as heavily as I have on some of my Sony or TDK blanks. Still, some of them have been put through their share of use, and I've had no problems. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Problems with Aiwa FM-70 and digital recording
Evil Jim followed up further, | In this case, I'm actually interupting the digital signal by | shutting off the digital output from my soundcard. So, this isn't digital | silence, this is the complete absence of signal. Are you positive? Perhaps the soundcard outputs silence when it has no signal, as my CD changer and MD decks do, as long as they are turned on. It must, because whatever procedure you mean by the words "shutting off the digital output" doesn't get you a new track, but disconnecting the cable did. Try turning your computer off -- now *that*, like disconnecting the cable, is sure to shut off the signal to the recorder. | If I have to, I'll just edit the tracks and put splits in the | silence I insert inbetween tracks. But the whole idea of buying digital | output for my computer was to make xfering to MD easier, not more | difficult. And, if I need to purchase a new MD to make it easier, I will | (given my trade-in plan...) I'm not sure the R90 will behave any differently; you might need a Sharp model, then. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Problems with Aiwa FM-70 and digital recording
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Eric Woudenberg wrote: | When recording mp3's, regardless of | whether I put a space of up to 5 seconds of silence inbetween tracks or | not, the MD will not place track marks. | Right now, I've tried it with all the signals from my computer | muted, except for the wav output and Toslink output. The MD is set to | synchro record, and auto track marking. The description of AUTO MARK in the F70 manual says that it listens for resumption after silence only when it is recording analog input. For digital input, AUTO MARK means to follow the track marking information in the input, which, when you play computer files out through a soundcard, is nonexistent. Until somebody writes S/PDIF generating software that makes proper use of the subcode bits to let a receiving device know when a new track begins, you're out of luck. For now you know your options: make an analog transfer with silence between tracks, make a digital transfer and later separate the tracks manually, or transfer one track at a time while you pause the recorder between tracks. What about somehow getting the sound card to briefly stop emitting the S/PDIF signal (i.e. turning digital output off and on again)? I'll bet the AM-F70 will start a new track after it loses digital input sync. New observation: When there is silence, the MD will actually pause between getting tracks. It will not actually make a track mark, however. So, if I record 10 seconds of digital silence, I can not hear that silence later as the MD paused itself. So why is it not going to the next track? The Sync and Automark are on (I'm trying this again as I type, and reading the settings of the MD player.) Even if I pause the music for 20-30 seconds, then resume, it stays on the same track. Even if I stop the digital output, so the MD player reads "No signal", then start it back up, the MD player stays on the same track. This is _not_ right. Is there something wrong with my MD player? If I pull the Toslink cable out, then it makes a new track when pulled out, then another when put back in. Note: On a sharp 702 player, this whole digital synch recording works perfectly. That's why I asked about the Sony MZ-90. Maybe it behaves... -Jim - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
Weber Hsiao wrote: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc QuestionWhat your wife bought = is the Sony's PC link. One end is a serial connection that connects to = COMX of your computer and the other is a S-link connection that connects = to the Sony Unit. It is used to CONTROL Sony's Minidisc = players/recorders. Sony bundles this with their GUI allowing you to = control your Minidisc player/recorder via the GUI. For example, you can = shuffle songs around simply by clicking and dragging the songs into the = desired location.=20 Ralph Smeets wrote: Hmmm, strange Sounds like a cable to title. Didn't it come with any Software? Cheers, Ralph - wasn't there a manual with it? Thanks. To answer the questions: No software came with it. Nor reference to anything about connecting to a PC via software or using a S-Link in the manual. The cable was in a seprate plastic bag and Kodak was written on it. Dave - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Maxell MDs
Maxell discs... If they have a metal shutter they are A-OK. It they have a plastic shutter, stay the hell away!! Poetry! Cheers, Link __ 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]
MD: Help screen for MD recorders
How come no one ever thought of incorporating a help screen on a minidisc recorder? Things like removing a track mark, or moving a track on a portable aren't as intuitive as they should be on several of the units. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Boosting digital input
This may be a silly question, but I hate to assume; when I digitally copied a CD, I found it was recorded at a very low volume, so I kept boosting the input volume on the MD recorder until it was still undistorted, and recorded a much louder MD from the CD. I would imagine that there will be no difference in noise (such as the original tape hiss that recorded along with the music on the original CD), that everything would be boosted equally, but does anyone know differently about this? Thanks! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Digital music survey
I guess this could be interpreted 2 ways: Either the people making this poll think that md is out for the future of digital music, or else they are clueless. IT just goes to show how people want it faster. Speed isn't everything. People are dumb. Face it, even with IQ's above normal, we're all dumb. Some people would rather download 30 minutes of bad quality music and go rather than take time day before a trip, take that evening, record some music to a MD and just relax while the whole process is going on. I do that, even as I type this, I got some John Prine going onto MD on the good stereo (yes, this JVC has real nice, clean tape/MD output, too bad it's not digital tho. Now I wish I could get my universal remote to operate the MD deck J.R. --too much time on his hands, reconfigures the stereo for fun. YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MZ-R91 Problems
Hi I don't know if anyone can help me with this problem but it's starting to really worry me. Last night i recorded my mates band with my MZ-R91. The night before I made sure that i did a full charge of the battery so that everything would be sweet. Anyways, i start recording and put the MD unit underneath the sound desk which was elevated (the guy doin sound is a good mate so i knew it would be safe there and i could sit back and enjoy the show). Anyways about 40min later after the shows over i go to get the unit and the record light isn't on. It recorded the first 3 and a bit minutes of the show and then just stopped??? That really pissed me off.. i've got no idea why it stopped, as i was keeping an eye on it and no one even went near it. After i got home, i dumped the bit i managed to record to my hard disk, and using the same battery i managed to record straight for 35 minutes. Next thing is that before i started recording i turned off Mega Bass. After the show, the Mega Bass setting was back on what it was on before i turned it off. So even now, if i turn off Mega Bass, wait for the unit to power down, then start the unit playing again, Mega Bass is back on the setting it was before. I'm really baffelled and worried about this. Do i ring Sony in Australia about this? I bought it from MiniDiscWeb in Hong Kong and it's got an international warranty. Or is there some mode i can use to reset the 'internals' of this thing (i've got no idea about test modes or anything like that. Any help you could offer me would make me eternally grateful. Thanks in advance. Jason EOM NOTICE - This message contains information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. It may also be confidential and/or privileged. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Help screen for MD recorders
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, J. Coon wrote:
How come no one ever thought of incorporating a help screen on a
minidisc recorder? Things like removing a track mark, or moving a track
on a portable aren't as intuitive as they should be on several of the
units.
This is something that's been bugging me for a long time!
First some background: I bought an MZ-R50 sometime last year, and I've
been quite satisfied with the unit in every respect, except for the
headphones and the UI. In addition to that, I'm a total gadget freak and
computer nut.
I've always wondered why nobody's thought of taking some hints from the UI
that Nokia uses on their cell phones. Imagine an MD walkman, but with a
UI like a Nokia 6188 or 6190. I'd have a numeric keypad to enter track
numbers to play, or titles when editting, in addition to the up/down
arrows and buttons to use on screen commands ("SoftKeys" as Nokia calls
them). I think an MD player could do without the talk and end buttons,
but maybe have play/stop/ff/rw/pause/record instead. ;-)
Just some ideas that I'd like to see in the UI:
- First and foremost, a dot matrix display is essential to make everything
else usable.
- When you press up or down, it would bring up a track list, showing the
track titles and playtimes. Pressing Enter or Play would play the
track. Ideally, this would function identically to the phone book on my
6188.
- A playlist editor could be done in a similar fashion.
- When done right, a numeric keypad is actually a pretty easy way to enter
titles, much easier than the jog dial on my R50!
- The UI could also allow for a digital graphic equalizer. I think this
would rock! At the very least, I'd like to see a Mega Bass control with
more than three settings - there are too many times that I want it half
way between Min and Max.
Of course, it is essential that it have a simple UI that can be used when
"blind", meaning either in the dark or through clothing. There are many
things that MUST be able to be done without going through a menu.
I think that the portable MD manufacturers could take some really big
hints from cell phone makers (especially Nokia) to make their products
better. I have to admit that my R50 is fairly easy to use, but how
exactly do I move a track around again? ;-)
/rant
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Re: MD: Maxell MDs
Hi All It has been stated many times on this list, that you only hear negative experiences regarding hardware. What are the "groups" experiences with Maxell blanks? Are there any positive reactions? I've had problems with the plastic shutter Maxell's. They didn't record properly and exhibited a "stuttering-like" effect as though the disc was getting physically jammed and stopped spinning, then momentarily freed itself and then jammed again and so-forth. The problem seemed to relate to the discs since several other types of disc recorded fine subsequently. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Help screen for MD recorders
Dave Kimmel wrote: - When you press up or down, it would bring up a track list, showing the track titles and playtimes. Pressing Enter or Play would play the track. Ideally, this would function identically to the phone book on my 6188. This feature is nice. I have this feature in my car stereo, Sony CDX-C90. It has a dot matrix display, and while playing an MD (in my MDX-65 MD changer), if I press the LIST button twice, the screen divides into 3 columns. The 1st column just has the number and elapsed time of the current disc and track. The 2nd and 3rd columns are divided into 5 rows and shows the titles of 10 tracks on one MD. You can press the up down arrows on the remote control to select the desired track, and press ENTER on the desired track and it will start playing it. It's pretty cool, pressing the LIST button just once will do the same thing, but instead shows the disc titles of each of the MDs in the MD changer. It does the same thing with CD-Text encoded CDs as well. The C90 and MDX-65 is a pretty nice combo. Sony could easily implement that into an MD portable or even home deck. - When done right, a numeric keypad is actually a pretty easy way to enter titles, much easier than the jog dial on my R50! Sony MZ-1 had this feature, but that portable was the size of a brick. -- Shawn Lin http://www2.cybercities.com/g/gmwbodycars/ __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
