RE: MD: Things Sony should add
BEGIN QUOTE= - Menu lock (when you don't want someone to make edits, or to change setup options) ===END QUOTE=== If manufacturers added this useful feature, it can come in handy if the deck is deployed in a school or similar environment for students or others to listen to MDs on (MDs being the ideal medium for keeping music education, language-learning and other educational audio material on because it is hard to damage the discs). Also, in our church, we use MD as a "cart machine" for backing tracks during praise and worship and when we are between services; especially when we fellowship with each other after the service, we sometimes find little fingers discovering the controls on our MD deck. As a matter of course, we make sure that all discs are "locked-out" using the write-protect switch to prevent any problems with over-recording or unwanted editing. This feature can be implemented by use of a button on the remote control much like the C-LOCK mode on a VCR (which stops others from operating a VCR which is doing something like recording your favourite TV show). With regards, Simon Mackay - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: MDLP (Amended Comments)
BEGIN QUOTE=== Sorry, what's an aircheck? END QUOTE= An aircheck is used to describe the recording of a radio broadcast in an uninterrupted fashion (similar to recording a TV show with a VCR). The practice of recording selected songs off radio )a practice which many of us did using our "ghetto blasters" during the 80s to grab only those "crown jewels" - particularly-favourite songs - that we wanted off the radio) would not best describe an aircheck. With regards, Simon Mackay - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Interfacing MD Walkmans to OEM stereos in the trendy VWs
On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 00:20:39 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the tone of the list, I have heard many negative comments about vehicle builders like VW making it hard for us to hook up portable MD and MP3 players to newer factory-supplied car-audio setups. As I said before, this has caused fellow listmembers to downgrade to vehicle packages that don't match what they really want or stay away from certain desireable vehicles when the time comes around to change vehicles; just so they can have a cassette player to use with their cassette adaptor or a sound system that has a front-panel CD-IN socket. Does anyone know if there are any devices that allow an MD changer or MD Walkman to be hooked in to newer VW sound systems? I drive a current model VW Passat, which had the VW Gamma sound unit in (RDS receiver, full logic tape deck, with support for CD changer). I was always quite pleased with the sound from it, and the speakers installed as stock (4 front, 4 rear - 2 in each door). When I first bought an MD portable, I used a cassette adapter, which worked quite well - and I was happy with the results. Since, I've had a Sony Minidisc head unit fitted - by VW, and I'm happy enough with it, the sound is good enough, and it's easy to use. This supports a CD / MD changer, too. I understand the car is wired up, as standard, for a CD changer in the boot / trunk - whether this cabling would be OK for another vendor's changer, I don't know. However, there are some features from the stock stereo that I miss (GALA - the automatic adjustment of the volume, as road spead increases / decreases - stuff like that - I found it very useful), and the styling of the OEM unit looks considerably better in the car, than the Sony unit I have at present. So, silly 'though it may sound, I'm considering having the original head unit put back in, and using a cassette adapter with one of my portables again. But in reply to the general question over whether VW discourage owners from using MD - I'd say they make no particular effort either way - not tangibly different from any other manufacturer IMO. Neil ___ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MD: Sharp MD-SR70W(S)
My friend Maria, in Oz sent me this Email. I can't seem to find any info on this unit. Is it a new model? maybe just availble in Oz? Maria writ g'day Jim, have just had another look at the manual and machine to double check, yes, SHARP MD-SR70W(S), hope you don't mind me sending you an attachment, actually, the image makes it look inacurately thick. I've already deleted the 1 or 2 websites that I found it on, and it was hard to find information on it, think it's a faily new release. This one comes with a rechargeable Ni-MH battery, or uses 1 AA. My memory says that it records for 5 hours, plays for 7 on the battery, so far, have done all the work with mains power. There's no end search, to record, you play/ff the last track, press record, adjust the recording level, enter the syncho recording level, and when the unit hears sound it records, REAL NEAT! Not happy with current mic (it goes hmm), am playing around with recording levels and volume, but I still get some hmmm. Am looking forward to trying out your homemade mic design. thanks, for asking, nice reel, by the way, cheers, Maria -- 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]
MD: Sharp_MD-SR70
Some web sites that have it. http://www.minimaniax.de/products/recorder/sharp_SR70/index.php3 http://www.sharp.nl/main/listen/port_md.htm http://www.applianceshop.co.nz/productDetails.asp?productKey=1113categoryKey=46 -- 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]
MD: Betr.: Sharp_MD-SR70
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Some other as well: http://www.sharp.com.sg/01_newpdts/np_01aud9.htm http://www.epinions.com/elec-review-6DE0-1141B9B2-39571E2F-prod5 Some web sites that have it. http://www.minimaniax.de/products/recorder/sharp_SR70/index.php3 http://www.sharp.nl/main/listen/port_md.htm http://www.applianceshop.co.nz/productDetails.asp?productKey=1113categoryKey=46 -- 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] Get your own free, private space on the Web at http://www.intranets.com. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Mike Myers
SMART-*SS I'm not sure in this case that "creative" is an accurate word. Get your own free, private space on the Web at http://www.intranets.com. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sharp MD-SR70W(S)
Jim quoted Maria, | There's no end search, to record, you play/ff the last track, press | record, adjust the recording level, enter the syncho recording level, and | when the unit hears sound it records, REAL NEAT! If you really have to play or FF to the last track first before you can record into open space, then that *is* manual end search, and it's even worse than Sony's one-button implementation. I would guess that that isn't neces- sary, and that like other Sharp portables its end search is automatic. Larry wrote about Mike Myers, Unless a person has been in outer space with no communications with earth what so ever since "Wayne's World", "Church Lady", "Coffee Talk" etc., it is impossible not to know who he is. It was Dana Carvey who played the Church Lady. Myers's other SNL characters included Dieter from "Sprockets," Simon (the lonely boy who drew in the bath- tub), and theater critic Cucumber Jones, as well as Wayne Campbell [opposite Carvey as Garth Algar] in "Wayne's World" and Linda Richman in "Coffee Talk." (Actually, he started "Coffee Talk" playing a male host named Paul Baldwin.) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: Interfacing MD Walkmans to OEM stereos in the trendy VWs
1. Display - capital letters only (uses CD/calculator-like display rather than dot matrix, probably because the CD headunits use the same face) but a real shame when you use lower and upper case a lot, doesn't scroll and you can't get remaining time in a track. (minor gripes really) It will scroll, but Autoscroll is disabled by default - go through the menu items till you get to A.SCRL and turn it on. It then scrolls the track or disc name past once when it changes (then stops on the first 8 characters to stop it annoying you). Not having remaining time is annoying, but most of my discs are titled and I'd rather see them than the time. hth, -- Simon - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Mike Myers
Oh, please, let's not start that again... From the Internet Movie Database: If having a lot of credits is indicative of artistic worth, then Chuck Norris is a great actor. Hint: Chuck Norris is *not* a great actor. = Jeffrey E. Salzberg, Lighting Designer http://www.suncoast.quik.com/salzberg = - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: md-l-digest V2 #760
James Jarvie wrote: All this talk of in-dash MD players makes me so depressed. No way I'm ever going to get one (took me years to get my wife to let me get the CD player). Oh well, still enjoy the MDs thanks to the aux in. I think that a portable MD recorder is just fine. You have the wired remote (which on some units like the Aiwa F70 and 80 are backlit when used on external power). If you have an Aux on your receive (all the Aiwa car Receivers that I know of still include them) you are set. Buy some 80 minute blanks and compile a bunch of songs that you like. Even of you are going on a long trip, having to change an MD every hour and 20 minutes doesn't really seem like that much of an inconvenience to me. Besides, sooner or later you are going to have to make a pit stop. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sharp MD-SR70W(S)
"David W. Tamkin" wrote: Jim quoted Maria, | There's no end search, to record, you play/ff the last track, press | record, adjust the recording level, enter the syncho recording level, and | when the unit hears sound it records, REAL NEAT! If you really have to play or FF to the last track first before you can record into open space, then that *is* manual end search, and it's even worse than Sony's one-button implementation. I would guess that that isn't neces- sary, and that like other Sharp portables its end search is automatic. I think she just got the unit and hasn't read all of the manual yet. -- 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: Mike Myers
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" wrote: Oh, please, let's not start that again... From the Internet Movie Database: If having a lot of credits is indicative of artistic worth, then Chuck Norris is a great actor. Hint: Chuck Norris is *not* a great actor. WHAT? Blasphemy! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Mike Myers
"J. Coon" wrote: "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" wrote: Oh, please, let's not start that again... From the Internet Movie Database: If having a lot of credits is indicative of artistic worth, then Chuck Norris is a great actor. Hint: Chuck Norris is *not* a great actor. WHAT? Blasphemy! Guys, you are supposed to at least make an attempt to tie this stuff in with MD G. Does anyone know if Chuck Norris owes a mini disc recorder? I'll bet Mike Myers has one :). There are so many ways to measure the talent of an individual. My son is an actor (no you haven't seen him on TV or in any movies, but he has done summer stock-he's basically a stage actor and teaches theater at a fancy college prep school). If large numbers of people find Chuck Norris movies (and his TV show) entertaining, then while he may technically not be a "good" actor, it does have the talent to entertain. I have seen him in a lot of movies that I really enjoyed (even if I didn't walk away learning the meaning of life from them). As for Mike Myers. It's not just his comedic acting ability (btw, I confused Myer's with Dana Carvey-Carvey did church lady, sorry) but his writing and general creative talent. Myer's has created several "institutions". Austin Powers (which by the way I was very disappointed in. I really didn't see what all of the fuss was about (Give me "Blazing Saddles" any day) is probably almost as well know as James Bond. Larry (who is copying his new Kingston Trio CDs to MD as we speak) - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Mike Myers
las wrote: If large numbers of people find Chuck Norris movies (and his TV show) entertaining, then while he may technically not be a "good" actor, it does have the talent to entertain. I have seen him in a lot of movies that I really enjoyed (even if I didn't walk away learning the meaning of life from them). Some of those guys don't act at all... They just play themselves. Could John Wayne act? he always played John Wayne and the people loved him and so did I. What about Jim Carney? I saw him in The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber. I thought he was great. However, after a while his is just playing Jim Carney, and I haven't seen any of his other movies 'cause I got tired of seeing Jim Carney all the time. Austin Powers (which by the way I was very disappointed in. Is that ever an understatement! Its as bad as watching the Ghoul, a guy that used to play the after hours B grade movies on late night TV back in the early 70's. He wore a mop on his head, sunglasses with one lens out. the only thing he had going for him was the TV station didn't have to pay him much, and there was on off button on the TV. Larry (who is copying his new Kingston Trio CDs to MD as we speak) I did that with my Jim Kewskin Jug Band CD. I gotta get around to copying my LPs next. -- 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: Mike Myers
Would you guys please stop this ridiculous and grossly off-topic thread?! (Somebody was going to say it; it might as well be me.) JCRD - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Mike Myers
"J. Coon" wrote: Some of those guys don't act at all... They just play themselves. Could John Wayne act? he always played John Wayne and the people loved him and so did I. I hated him. Not only did not not enjoy his movies, I didn't like the man. There was a Playboy interview with a REAL actor, Ed Asner, about 20 years ago. If you had read the article you'd see why I hate Wayne. But this is not the proper forum for that. What about Jim Carney? I never heard of him. But I did see a guy named Jim Carrey in those movies :). I saw him in The Mask, and Dumb and Dumber. I thought he was great. However, after a while his is just playing Jim Carney, and I haven't seen any of his other movies 'cause I got tired of seeing Jim Carney all the time. He runs hot and cold. Austin Powers (which by the way I was very disappointed in. Is that ever an understatement! Its as bad as watching the Ghoul, a guy that used to play the after hours B grade movies on late night TV back in the early 70's. He wore a mop on his head, sunglasses with one lens out. the only thing he had going for him was the TV station didn't have to pay him much, and there was on off button on the TV. Larry (who is copying his new Kingston Trio CDs to MD as we speak) I did that with my Jim Kewskin Jug Band CD. I gotta get around to copying my LPs next. These albums were not available on CD until very recently. I had them all on vinyl, but lost two of them in a fire. So this was a big deal for me. I have been trying to one particular song that is on one of them for 20 years! That reminds me about MD. People are making a great fuss about CD, MD and what ever sound quality. When I was in my teens and twenties I had the time to sit down in my family room and just listen to music. Sound quality was very important to me then because that's what I was doing. I usually don't have the luxury of doing that very often. If I get any free time I usually watch a DVD now a days. So most of my music listening is done while I am driving. I guess I should invest more money in my car stereo. I have just had a 1990 Pontiac Am quad four restored. Up until now I didn't have a car that I felt was worth putting a good system in. I really love home theater though. Before I bought a Dolby Pro Logic receiver (about 18 years ago) I "hot wired" the two rear speakers using a stereo receiver. Believe it or not, it actually sounds pretty good. You don't get a front center channel. But the ambiance sound is picked up in the rear. If anyone one is not familiar with "hot wiring", you take the positive lead from the right front speaker and attach it to the positive terminal on the rear right. The same with the left. Then you attach the right rear negative to the left rear negative. Larry - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Mike Myers
Chill man.. You gotta relax a little.. How come you are so stressed..? Didn't get any lately..? Would you guys please stop this ridiculous and grossly off-topic thread?! (Somebody was going to say it; it might as well be me.) JCRD - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Get your own free, private space on the Web at http://www.intranets.com. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
