Re: MD: reading the manual is no guarantee (was Sony MZ-R50)
finny [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unless I am missing something, its seems to me that if you had hit eject like you intended to do, instead of record, there wouldn't be a problem. Why should the manual have instructions on "don't press RECORD instead of EJECT unless you have just hit END SEARCH"? While this is really a different issue, it should be pointed out that if you try to eject by simply feeling for the button on the MZR50, it's very easy to accidentally hit record instead since the buttons are right next to each other, shaped exactly the same, and slide the same direction. What David was pointing out is that End Search is doubly bad because in addition to problems when you purposely record, there is also a chance that you can accidentally record (plus the reports of "spontaneous" recording on some Sony porties). So reading the manual isn't the end-all solution to the end search problem. - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: reading the manual is no guarantee (was Sony MZ-R50)
On Sat, 27 May 2000, David W. Tamkin wrote: But there was a second time that manual end search bit me, and it could have happened while I still had no other MD hardware: I was doing some edits in the R3 and, having completed them, wanted to eject the disc. I missed the EJECT slide and slid RECORD instead, ruining the first couple seconds that followed the point of the last edit. (On a unit with automatic end search, that slip would have been non-destructive; it would have written into avail- able space, and then I could simply have erased the accidental recording.) Now, who would have expected that? Yes, I had read the manual, but all the manual said was to press END SEARCH before appending new material; nowhere did it say to press that key before ejecting a disc. Unless I am missing something, its seems to me that if you had hit eject like you intended to do, instead of record, there wouldn't be a problem. Why should the manual have instructions on "don't press RECORD instead of EJECT unless you have just hit END SEARCH"? fuzzymike - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: reading the manual is no guarantee (was Sony MZ-R50)
You must be a Sony engineer. G The point is, when a person is going to record, they should only have to hit RECORD, and the END SEARCH should not even have a function in record mode. 99% of the time, when a person is recording something, they have no intention of recording over the material they have already recorded. Most companies are smart enough to recognize that and take it into account, but not SOny. finny wrote: On Sat, 27 May 2000, David W. Tamkin wrote: But there was a second time that manual end search bit me, and it could have happened while I still had no other MD hardware: I was doing some edits in the R3 and, having completed them, wanted to eject the disc. I missed the EJECT slide and slid RECORD instead, ruining the first couple seconds that followed the point of the last edit. (On a unit with automatic end search, that slip would have been non-destructive; it would have written into avail- able space, and then I could simply have erased the accidental recording.) Now, who would have expected that? Yes, I had read the manual, but all the manual said was to press END SEARCH before appending new material; nowhere did it say to press that key before ejecting a disc. Unless I am missing something, its seems to me that if you had hit eject like you intended to do, instead of record, there wouldn't be a problem. Why should the manual have instructions on "don't press RECORD instead of EJECT unless you have just hit END SEARCH"? fuzzymike - 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: reading the manual is no guarantee (was Sony MZ-R50)
finny wrote: I guess I was just confused as to what the complaint was. I agree, end search is a pretty strange thing, and I have recorded over stuff by accident as well. WHich is why I prefer to do my recording with a home deck, since the reocrding and editing features are so much easier to use, and the TOC only updates when you want it to... Decks are great, I had a Sony 510 and a Sony 520. Put they sure are a pain in the butt to lug around to make a live recording. -- 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]
