Re: MD: Sony and their damned "end search"...
Of course you'll get no argument from me, Timothy. Nothing in the instructions for Sony portables with manual end searching warns a user to put the hold switch on, press the END SEARCH button, open the write-protect, or just remove any disc first when leaving the unit unattended. The last two would not have helped when manual end searching ruined a track on my R3 because my finger slipped and pushed REC instead of EJECT (I'd been editing the disc, so the write-protect had to be closed), and I doubt that the hold switch would help when an R55 goes into poltergeist record mode. Manual end searching came in with the MZ-R2. Its manual touted default recording from the current point as a feature, for surely it is what people will usually want to do (!); afterward it discussed pressing the END SEARCH key in order to append instead of overwriting as an available function for the rare occasions when one might want to do such an odd thing. I was quite glad to see that the R900 not only has automatic end searching selectable (yet not the factory default; admitting error is as hard for engineers as for lawyers) but also has REC and EJECT well separated from one another, operating in different directions on different faces of the unit. In fact, EJECT is all by itself, so if you miss it you can't possibly press or slide something else instead. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony and their damned "end search"...
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Consider buying one of the newer models, with configurable end searches. ml >Well, I just found that my MZ-R70 wrote silence over about an >hour of material because the record got inadvertantly pressed >as I took it (and it's Severed leather case) off of my belt for >the night... > >For some reason, maybe low battery, it stopped short of wiping >the entire disc, but since these tracks were a compilation off >of LPs, it will take an afternoon of work to replace them > >Sony could say that there are many ways to prevent inadvertant >erasure, but each of them involves it own kind of frustration. >One way to deal with the prolem is with the "Hold" switch, which >would be a good solution since I always use the remote EXCEPT >for one thing: pressing stop to charge the battery. (It complains >if hold is on.) The "wriite protect" tab is another possible solution, >but I get annoyed at getting "protect" messages from my home deck >when I DO want to change the disk. > >The correct solutuion, which Sony FINALLY implemented, but not >soon enough to fix my recorder, is make the record start position >selectable. An even better solution would be to do what everyone >else does and just eliminate "End Search" entirely. > >Sorry to rehash this old discussion thread. But I just had to do >something to lower my blood pressure after wiping out all that work. >I am generally a loyal Sony customer, but this type of thing makes >me want to throw the MZ-R70 in the trash! > > >- >To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word >"unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Sony and their damned "end search"...
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === I contend that someone at Sony should be publicly flogged and be forced to wear a scarlet letter "S" for stupid. Or maybe a kick me sign Timothy Stockman wrote: > > Well, I just found that my MZ-R70 wrote silence over about an > hour of material because the record got inadvertantly pressed > as I took it (and it's Severed leather case) off of my belt for > the night... > > For some reason, maybe low battery, it stopped short of wiping > the entire disc, but since these tracks were a compilation off > of LPs, it will take an afternoon of work to replace them > > Sony could say that there are many ways to prevent inadvertant > erasure, but each of them involves it own kind of frustration. > One way to deal with the prolem is with the "Hold" switch, which > would be a good solution since I always use the remote EXCEPT > for one thing: pressing stop to charge the battery. (It complains > if hold is on.) The "wriite protect" tab is another possible solution, > but I get annoyed at getting "protect" messages from my home deck > when I DO want to change the disk. > > The correct solutuion, which Sony FINALLY implemented, but not > soon enough to fix my recorder, is make the record start position > selectable. An even better solution would be to do what everyone > else does and just eliminate "End Search" entirely. > > Sorry to rehash this old discussion thread. But I just had to do > something to lower my blood pressure after wiping out all that work. > I am generally a loyal Sony customer, but this type of thing makes > me want to throw the MZ-R70 in the trash! > > - > 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]
MD: Sony and their damned "end search"...
Well, I just found that my MZ-R70 wrote silence over about an hour of material because the record got inadvertantly pressed as I took it (and it's Severed leather case) off of my belt for the night... For some reason, maybe low battery, it stopped short of wiping the entire disc, but since these tracks were a compilation off of LPs, it will take an afternoon of work to replace them Sony could say that there are many ways to prevent inadvertant erasure, but each of them involves it own kind of frustration. One way to deal with the prolem is with the "Hold" switch, which would be a good solution since I always use the remote EXCEPT for one thing: pressing stop to charge the battery. (It complains if hold is on.) The "wriite protect" tab is another possible solution, but I get annoyed at getting "protect" messages from my home deck when I DO want to change the disk. The correct solutuion, which Sony FINALLY implemented, but not soon enough to fix my recorder, is make the record start position selectable. An even better solution would be to do what everyone else does and just eliminate "End Search" entirely. Sorry to rehash this old discussion thread. But I just had to do something to lower my blood pressure after wiping out all that work. I am generally a loyal Sony customer, but this type of thing makes me want to throw the MZ-R70 in the trash! - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
