MD: Things Sony should add
Hello, i've been thinking about some simple little things Sony might add to their decks. - With peak hold on, you can press the clear button to clear the peaks - With sleep timer on, you should have a display option with a countdown (Sleep: -29:13) - Name Date stamp (Or just time on the display) - Menu lock (when you don't want someone to make edits, or to change setup options) - A title that keeps scrolling on the display (just like my MD-MT15) Do newer decks have any of these functions (i own a MDS-JE520) Thanks. Greetingz, Joost de Meij * *My dutch homepage: * * HTTP://JOOSIE50.WEB.COM * *MiniDisc RULES! Check the T-Station site here: * * HTTP://WWW.T-STATION.NET/* * MiniDisc Community pages:* * HTTP://WWW.MINIDISC.ORG/ * * Don't mind the ad below :-) _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: thanks for help
Re the non-functioning Aiwa AM-F5: I tried running it on the charger the day it died--no response--no LED, no battery indicator, nothing. Usually run it from the charger when I use it at home or work, plugged into good old AC. Cigarette lighter and DC adapter still work--tried my portable CD player and it worked just fine. Plugged in the dry cell pack--nothing. Of course this 'disaster' happened the 2nd day of my 10 day trip :(. Every day I tried putting it on the AC charger in hotel rooms with no results :(. Got home, same thing, which is when, of course, I turned to the list. I hadn't attempted anything else with the unit for a few days. After reading your suggestions, I decided to try it on the charger again. Lo and behold, RESULTS!! The little battery indicator is on, the NO DISK and COVER OPEN LEDs were there. I have no clue. Could using the cigarette adapter (not one, I must add, one designed for use with the Aiwa---I've used it before in the car, but never for so long a time) have somehow overcharged the battery and it took this time to discharge down? Or is this supposition a violation of laws of physics and batteries? ;} I choose to believe that the collective psychic energies of the list empowered my poor old unit ;-}. Anyway, it's charging up now, and I will check it out when fully charged. And I promise not to use it on the cigarette adapter again. I also apologize for the bad temper of my request (ok, demand) for help. Like most of us, I get testy when ignored. Thanks again for the advice. Holly Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Study hard. Be evil. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: thanks for help
At 9/17/00 5:55 AM, HK Hill increased the world's knowledge by typing: And I promise not to use it on the cigarette adapter again. I'm glad to hear that your unit isn't dead. :-) Most adapters that plug into the cigarette lighter have a fuse in them. Have you checked it to make sure it's OK? Ed "What the" Heckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--+ | You don't get harmony when everybody sings the same note.| |-- Doug Floyd | +--+ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Other MZ-R900 New features
At 9/16/00 7:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] increased the world's knowledge by typing: Overall, I am very pleased with the R-900. I got a blue one. Cool! I also ordered the blue one. (Supposedly it will ship this Monday.) How does it look? I wonder which one will be the most popular. I haven't seen a good picture of the display anywhere on the web. It seems to be very small, but packed with information. Can you give a brief review of it? How well does it handle? In other words, how comfortable is it to use the buttons/jog levers while holding it with one or both hands? Thanks! Ed "What the" Heckman [EMAIL PROTECTED] +--+ | There is no greater burden than great potential. | |-- Charles M. Schultz | +--+ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Things Sony should add
Joost listed, | - Name Date stamp (Or just time on the display) among others. | Do newer decks have any of these functions (i own a MDS-JE520) All the JB9xx decks have date stamp, I am fairly sure. As to Name Stamp, if you're referring to Moji Stamp on Sharp portables, no Sony decks have it. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MDLP (Amended Comments)
James T. Resinger" wrote: I think I was prematurely enthusiastic about the sound quality of LP4. I still think it's pretty good, but I recorded some music that was a little more subtle--and demanding--than the orchestral music I used initially to test LP4. I recorded a song from THE BILL EVANS ALBUM, and I noticed that the piano sound was somewhat muddy and occasionally gritty in places. Funny, one of the tests I made in my hotel room where I reported the LP4 problems was Bill Evans, Live from the Village Vanguard. I have done some more tests. Piano is difficult for LP4. Also, material that has a lot of phase information, like the beginning of "Brown Eyed Girl" by Van Morrison. "The Prophets Song" by Queen, which has a passage that is a ping pong like stereo round, going radically from left channel to right channel with little background to mask noise, created some huge artifacts. Almost like pops. Other material sounds pretty good. It is really source dependant. I might use it for some mindless Pop material that I like to carry for light hearted listening, and delete any tracks that screw up. Eventually I think I will have to try it for a few months to know if it is going to be acceptable. A 320 minute disc is a real space saver, so I think it will be worth the effort. It's certainly good enough for airchecks, which was the primary reason for my enthusiasm. If you want a long mix for background music, LP4 will definitely suffice. I agree with Jim's comments. I did some ambient recording, walking around town and recording a meeting with a cheap stereo microphone. LP4 did a fine job with this and would be great for recording lectures or meetings. LP2 sounds fine, but I haven't done a real critical test yet. Regards, Leland - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Other MZ-R900 New features
Ed Heckman wrote: At 9/16/00 7:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] increased the world's knowledge by typing: Overall, I am very pleased with the R-900. I got a blue one. You can say what you want about your recorder. Sony SUCKS I have never owned a reliable Sony product (one exception)!!! Every damn piece of sh!t that I over paid for the Sony "name" died before its time!!! EVERY one (again one exception)!!! I own a top of the line portable Sony CD player with a digital output. I doubt that this player has 50 hours on it. Yesterday I wen to use it and the remote would not illuminate. Then you couldn't read the display at all. Thenthe remote it just stopped working period!!! Sony has the poorest quality control and reliability of any piece of electronics I have ever owned (with their only exception being their Trinitron technology. For some reason, their computer monitors seem reliable). In Consumer Reports Sony consistently ranks near the top in reader polls when it comes to consumer dissatisfaction with regard to reliability. I'm not going to waste everyone's time going over the dozen or so Sony "nightmares" that I have experienced because I have more exciting news to post in a separate e mail. They are almost the always first to come out with all kinds of new and exciting features and the first to have those features break! I'm considering (what a schmuck I am. I always swear I'll never buy another Sony product. Then they come along with something totally unique and I cave in, only to find weeks or months later that it is not working). Buying their new 12 unit large touch screen illuminated remote control. If I'm stupid enough to buy one (they cost about $170.00-that's a lot of money for a remote, but if it eliminates 6 remotes sitting on a coffee table with one very easy to use unit, it may be worth it) I bet you read about it failing a few months later. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony ReliabilityOther MZ-R900 New features
Sony Products I Currently Own: S7000 DVD Player (since 1997, perfect always) WebTV and Sony Keyboard (very reliable other than the fact WebTV as an ISP sucks (I have a real computer now, a Dell laptop) MDS-JA20ES MiniDisc Recorder (serviced once under warranty) Other Past Sony Products: TRV900 Camcorder-no problems MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder-junk MZ-1 MiniDisc Recorder-replaced several times by Sony MZ-R2-ditto MZ-R3 (don't remember what happened to it) MZ-E3 (gave it away) ZS-M1 MiniDisc AC Boom Box (piece of junk-replaced with a MDS-JA50ES by Sony) MDS-JA50ES MiniDisc Recorder (sold it) MDS-101 MiniDisc Recorder (sold it) 27 inch XBR2 Color TV (sold it, serviced for color tube problems-no Sony TV's currently-instead I have a Panasonic PT56WXF95 HDTV-very nice and very reliable) Probably other stuff I can't remember right now - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Things Sony should add
Hi Hello, i've been thinking about some simple little things Sony might add to their decks. ... - Menu lock (when you don't want someone to make edits, or to change setup options) I've ALWAYS thought that this would be a great idea too! I'd like to have my MD deck out at parties or whatever - my deck (Sony 520) itself is pretty solid and the MDs themselves are too, and I'd rather have someone trash a NZ$5 MD than a NZ$30 CD. But I'm not too keen on some boozed person wiping all my MDs with a touch of two buttons or re-titling my favourite MD "Get it down ya!" !! richard Richard Lang - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony ReliabilityOther MZ-R900 New features
Rodney, That's not really a very good record for Sony! I feel that if you have 10 pieces of electronic equipment costing $200.00 or more you should expect no more then 2 to give you any problems in three years. I have had good luck with Panasonic over all. Much better then Sony (but that's not saying much). Sharp has pretty reliable. Aiwa is not too bad (before you go saying that Sony owns Aiwa, they make totally different products in different plants. I have personally never seen an Aiwa product that is a Sony Clone). Pioneer: Receivers have been good. 6 CD changers so so. Forget their Air Conditioners!! Phillips: mixed. RCA too complex to go in to. Older RCA is a different company than today. (I believe their TV are now made by Thompson). Most, but not all, brands of TVs are fairly reliable compared to other components. Panasonic has been good for me and their picture quality is good to. When it comes to picture quality (not reliability) Sonys are usually very, very good. I'm sure that their ultra high end XBR or (what is that FUX? ) digital flat screen TVs are amazing. I'll bat they are probably close to the stand that others are compared to. Larry Rodney Peterson wrote: Sony Products I Currently Own: S7000 DVD Player (since 1997, perfect always) WebTV and Sony Keyboard (very reliable other than the fact WebTV as an ISP sucks (I have a real computer now, a Dell laptop) MDS-JA20ES MiniDisc Recorder (serviced once under warranty) Other Past Sony Products: TRV900 Camcorder-no problems MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder-junk MZ-1 MiniDisc Recorder-replaced several times by Sony MZ-R2-ditto MZ-R3 (don't remember what happened to it) MZ-E3 (gave it away) ZS-M1 MiniDisc AC Boom Box (piece of junk-replaced with a MDS-JA50ES by Sony) MDS-JA50ES MiniDisc Recorder (sold it) MDS-101 MiniDisc Recorder (sold it) 27 inch XBR2 Color TV (sold it, serviced for color tube problems-no Sony TV's currently-instead I have a Panasonic PT56WXF95 HDTV-very nice and very reliable) --- - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MD. Alive and well!!!
I was checking out my local Circuit Shity today. I have good news regarding MD. I saw about 5 or 6 different choices in blanks (from about 3 or 4 different manufactures). They had a 15 pack of Fuji that sold for $30. That's pretty good for CC. I also say about 4 different portable MD recorders (3 Sony and one Sharp). I didn't see any decks. But I wasn't looking and I think that they were in the middle of doing something in their component section because most of the racks had empty spaces. I couldn't find one Onkyo receiver even though I know that they push them. A little off the topic. I heard a pair of 61/2" Polk auto speakers that really sounded great. But lets face it, in a car unless you are willing to spend thousands of dollars altering the interior and setting up special baffles for the speakers, don't expect too much no matter what you pay. Even them you still have to deal with road and wind noise. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Switchable bit length
My MDS-JA20ES allows you to switch the bit length between 24, 20 or 16 bits. This function has always puzzled me. Will this in any way effect the recording and playback of MDs or does this only come into play if using this machine as an external DAC for say, a CD player or DAT deck? Or am I missing the point of this function all together? Thanks, TB - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MZ-R900 Review up
Hey guys, Just want to let you guys that I finished up my R900 review, and have it up at: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~youn/mzr900.html Pretty much follows the style of my R90/831 page, spent most of the weekend writing it up, if anyone spots any boo-boos, please do let me know ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Cheers everyone, --Brian Youn-- The University of Texas at Austin Electrical and Computer Engineering, 5th Year - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Things Sony should add/Sony reliability
Larry wrote, S But it is much more likely the the Sharp will still be working 3 years S from now. You'll be one of the lucky one's if the Sony is. My R3 after 4 1/2 years and my JE500 and E40 after nearly four years are kenahorra still working, but let's not talk about the JE510s I went through. Richard wrote, L But I'm not too keen on some boozed person wiping all my MDs with a touch L of two buttons or re-titling my favourite MD "Get it down ya!" !! Perhaps you should bring a portable player to those parties instead of your 520. Also, open the discs' write-protects: the extra trouble to eject the discs, close the write-protects, and reinsert the discs might be just what keeps a joker from trying anything. It certainly will make it take more work than just touching two buttons. Finally, with a 520 you can clone the TOCs to scratch discs that you leave at home; if someone screws around with deletions or titles, you can restore the original information as soon as you get home. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MZ-R900 Review up
Fantastic in depth review... Thanks Brian. GB - Original Message - From: Brian Youn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hey guys, Just want to let you guys that I finished up my R900 review, and have it up at: http://www.ece.utexas.edu/~youn/mzr900.html - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Things Sony should add/Sony reliability
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: My R3 after 4 1/2 years and my JE500 and E40 after nearly four years are kenahorra [this is Larry writing in brackets: This is a hard word to translate into English-are many Kiddish words-It's sort of like saying "Thank God", but that really doesn't do it justice. That's as close as I can get since their really isn't an exact meaning in English] still working, but let's not talk about the JE510s I went through. Sure the law of averages will allow you to have several Sony units that are very reliable. But your 510 only strengthens my point. After they they fixed my MZ-1 2 times it worded fine. My son has it (I'm tempted to give him one of my newer units so that he will not destroy my MZ-1 because I really believe that working models will be worth something in the future). It not just that it will be old. It is the uniqueness of the unit. Off topic again: Do you realize that there is NO word in English that can be used to describe the relationship between the parents of the husband and wife. Thin about it. They are not in laws to each other. But in Yiddish there is a specific word that describes the relationship. Thanks to the comedian Mike Myers, Yiddish has become an "in thing". I wish I was fluent it it. I understand a little and speak even less. A lot of neat expressions. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Other MZ-R900 New features
las wrote: I own a top of the line portable Sony CD player with a digital output. I doubt that this player has 50 hours on it. Yesterday I wen to use it and the remote would not illuminate. Then you couldn't read the display at all. Thenthe remote it just stopped working period!!! I suggest you buy some batteries for it once in a while. -- 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: Sony ReliabilityOther MZ-R900 New features
I have had a Sony R30 for about 3 years and it's still going strong, and so is the Sony receiver, Sony tape deck and my Sony portable CD player that I got about the same time. OTPH, I recall a lot of UTOC errors with Sharp MD, and the Sharp ATRAC bug that occurs consistantly when recording a French horn solo. (Might have been another horn) Rodney Peterson wrote: Sony Products I Currently Own: S7000 DVD Player (since 1997, perfect always) WebTV and Sony Keyboard (very reliable other than the fact WebTV as an ISP sucks (I have a real computer now, a Dell laptop) MDS-JA20ES MiniDisc Recorder (serviced once under warranty) Other Past Sony Products: TRV900 Camcorder-no problems MZ-R55 MiniDisc Recorder-junk MZ-1 MiniDisc Recorder-replaced several times by Sony MZ-R2-ditto MZ-R3 (don't remember what happened to it) MZ-E3 (gave it away) ZS-M1 MiniDisc AC Boom Box (piece of junk-replaced with a MDS-JA50ES by Sony) MDS-JA50ES MiniDisc Recorder (sold it) MDS-101 MiniDisc Recorder (sold it) 27 inch XBR2 Color TV (sold it, serviced for color tube problems-no Sony TV's currently-instead I have a Panasonic PT56WXF95 HDTV-very nice and very reliable) Probably other stuff I can't remember right now - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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: Other MZ-R900 New features
Jim Coon I suggest you buy some batteries for it once in a while. Jim, what have you been smoking?? There are no separate batteries for a wired remote control. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 17 September 2000
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 10 September 2000 o Thank You Sony! End-Search can be permanently automated on the MZ-R900. Japan-Direct posts [1]MZ-R900 closeups and quotes from its user manual as follows: ``How to Set Rec-Posi: If you wish to avoid overwriting the currrent contents of an MD, do the following procedure. All new material will then be recorded from the end of the current contents. 1) While the recorder is stopped, press the jog lever, flip the lever repeatedly until "Rec-Posi" flashes in the display, and then press the lever again. 2) Flip the jog lever repeatedly until the "From End" flashes in the display and then press the lever.'' The Japanese section of the manual notes that these settings are retained even if the power is cut (oddly, the English section of the manual incorrectly translates this point). Overwrite recording is done by first positioning with Play-Pause at the overwrite point. [1] http://www.japan-direct.com/R900.htm o Pareen Gandecha kindly scans the [2]Denon DMD-1000 user operation manual. [2] http://www.minidisc.org/denon_dmd1000_manual/3.html o Kheops shows off the CaseLogic [3]12 and [4]24 MD totes, in fall fashion colors. [3] http://www.kheopsminidisc.com/case_logic_mdw12.htm [4] http://www.kheopsminidisc.com/case_logic_mdw24.htm MiniDisc Community Pages News for 11 September 2000 o Get em while they're hot! Zach Zartel finds [1]Mercata.com is offering a [2]20% discount to new customers, letting you get a [3]Sony MZ-R37 for around $126 plus shipping (deal is good only for those who register by September 15th). Search for "minidisc" for all their MD deals. [1] http://www.mercata.com [2] http://www.mercata.com/cgi-bin/mercata/mercata/v2/pages/editorial.jsp?name=100+Free+Mercata$bnr_id=100_promoste_id=homepage_ctr [3] http://www.mercata.com/cgi-bin/mercata/mercata/v2/pages/details.jsp?OID=21266 MiniDisc Community Pages News for 14 September 2000 o Bjoern spots a computer-connectable [1]infrared MD titler (scroll down in page for English description) offered by [2]ue-consult, a German electronics company. [1] http://home.t-online.de/home/hifiaalen/ue_mdt.htm [2] http://www.ue-consult.de/ o T's tables has photos from [3]recent MD brochures for the Sony MZ-R900, MZ-E900, and MDS-PC3, and Sharp MD-MT66 units. [3] http://members.nbci.com/md_data/index.htm o Tao Pan finds an EETimes article covering the [4]SoundsGood MP3 module add-on for the Handspring Visor. It is also usable as a standalone portable digital audio player. [4] http://www.eet.com/story/industry/systems_and_software_news/OEG2907S0071 MiniDisc Community Pages News for 16 September 2000 o Laszlo Lieszkovszky describes how he installed an [1]auxiliary input into his car stereo to connect his portable MD unit. [1] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#car_radio_addon o Taeyong Shim creates the [2]MDWorld MiniDisc page (in Korean), which covers a variety of MD topics. [2] http://cafe.daum.net/mdworld o Kelvin writes an in-depth [3]MZ-E60 review. [3] http://www.minidisc.org/sony_mze60_review.html o Trent Nelson has put together some [4]multimedia slideshows which use audio recorded with a Sony MZ-R90. [4] http://www.sltrib.com/fly o Craig Simons discovers the [5]LifeView CatchSound, a USB to TOSlink audio adapter. [5] http://www.lifeview.com/PRODUCT/sound.htm o [6]BuyItOnline/KheopsMiniDisc has [7]1 [8]2 [9]3 "$10 off a $30 order" coupons. [6] http://www.buyitonline.com/kheopsminidisc/ [7] http://www.buyitonline.com/coupons/coupons.asp?couponid=4792JCK [8] http://www.deal-finder.com/coupon/1762.html [9] http://www.buyitonline.com/coupons/coupons.asp?couponid=5305ZPW MiniDisc Community Pages News for 17 September 2000 o [1]Eric Whitney takes the MDCP's editorial reins for 3 months. As ever, Minidisc related sightings, reviews, tips and comments sent to [2][EMAIL PROTECTED] are welcome! [1] http://www.minidisc.org/who_we_are.html [2] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] o We start an [3]MD newbie FAQ. [3] http://www.minidisc.org/very_faq.html o Eric Feinstein finds [4]MD useful for transcribing music. [4] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#transcribe o Sam Brown notes that two MD units can be used as a [5]Poor Man's Multitrack recorder. [5] http://www.minidisc.org/trick_tips.html#multitrack Minidisco... Feel The Love http://www.minidisco.com/ - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Other MZ-R900 New features
Oh, never mind... las wrote: Jim Coon I suggest you buy some batteries for it once in a while. Jim, what have you been smoking?? There are no separate batteries for a wired remote control. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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]
