Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems (why won't this show up???)
--part1_10.ce5eca7.2832c0bb_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I am not judging anybody or anything, I am just saying that the r900 is almost the same thing. I was wrong when I said the r900 was bad. Although I had never tried or even seen it, I've read reviews and I know what I am saying since I have the r90. --part1_10.ce5eca7.2832c0bb_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HTMLFONT FACE=arial,helveticaFONT SIZE=2I am not judging anybody or anything, I am just saying that the r900 is BRalmost the same thing. I was wrong when I said the r900 was bad. Although I BRhad never tried or even seen it, I've read reviews and I know what I am BRsaying since I have the r90. /FONT/HTML --part1_10.ce5eca7.2832c0bb_boundary-- - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems (why won't this show up???)
--part1_31.14ba7ff8.2831e642_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm sure the r90, which I have, is no different than the r900 except for more features, and my r90 has problems (although not serious) --part1_31.14ba7ff8.2831e642_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HTMLFONT FACE=arial,helveticaFONT SIZE=2I'm sure the r90, which I have, is no different than the r900 except for more BRfeatures, and my r90 has problems (although not serious)/FONT/HTML --part1_31.14ba7ff8.2831e642_boundary-- - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems (why won't this show up???)
This email was delivered to you by The Free Internet, a Business Online Group company. http://www.thefreeinternet.net --- Just like Apollo 11 was the same as Apollo 1, even though Apollo 1 burnt up and Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Don't judge a whole company based on one product. -- Stuart Howlette There are many questions in life, but is the right answer only correct because the majority believe in it? [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://minidisc.sphosting.com http://minidisc.sphosting.com/personal/ -- - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 2:54 AM Subject: Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems (why won't this show up???) --part1_31.14ba7ff8.2831e642_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I'm sure the r90, which I have, is no different than the r900 except for more features, and my r90 has problems (although not serious) --part1_31.14ba7ff8.2831e642_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HTMLFONT FACE=arial,helveticaFONT SIZE=2I'm sure the r90, which I have, is no different than the r900 except for more BRfeatures, and my r90 has problems (although not serious)/FONT/HTML --part1_31.14ba7ff8.2831e642_boundary-- - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
re: MD: MZ-R90 problems
--part1_4b.b8013f2.283067f1_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Huh? The email has inserted ! marks and gaps in sentences. Sorry about that Here is a complete paragraph (hopefully it comes out that way) I got an MZR90 in December of 1999, and have had some mysterious problems with it. First of all, I would put a fresh new rechargeable battery in and it still blinks LOW BATT even though it is fully charged. I either have to use the AC adapter to start up the unit or use a dry battery. Although a minor problem, it still is very frustrating to have to carry around the battery case when going on my recording sessions with my microphone. Secondly, the battery life seems to have diminished greatly. Now I cannot record on a fully charged battery for more than 1 hour! However, it may be time for me to get a new battery. I also have an MZ-R55 (bought in Mar. 99) and I can use batteries in it but it is hard to tell whether it is the battery or the unit because it dies after 30 minutes of use. Thirdly, once a mysterious problem happened (with the r90). I was recording a cool track from the radio. I finish and hit stop. The recorder flashed data save and toc edit, as usual, then flashed low batt. But when I rebooted the unit, there was no track there! The time remaining indicated that it was recorded, but I couldn't get to the track! It also recorded over some of the last track on the disc, even though I pressed the end search. Also, ff/cueing was really slow on that track, and it would stop at 1:20 (although the song continued to play for about 30 sec) and it was one of my favorite songs, also! I also put the disc in my r55 to check out the source of the problem. The R55 did the same thing: I couldn't get to the track, and ff/cueing was slow, too. I deduced that the problem was the disc, and not the r90, although it wrote bogus information to the disc. So I lost about 4 min. of time on the disc. But that's not all. I used the same disc to record two of my favorite songs (using the r90). Even though there was about 14 min. left, the rec light still flashed even though there was enough space. Afterwards the thing locked in data save mode! I left it for an hour or so, guessing it was just slow. But it was still flashing, and I assumed it was going to stay so I canceled it. End of songs on disc. Well, at least most of them. To describe it, it was horrible. I lost several parts of my fav. songs. There was no track, I lost all available space on the disc, and little snippets of the songs I recorded (I mean like split-second snippets) were scattered around the disc, and several fake track marks were added, AND I lost many parts of the songs already on the disc. It is VERY difficult to explain but the bottom line is that the songs on the disc were ruined. So I recorded all I could of what was left to another disc (with the r55, I did not want to risk another problem occurring) and took the defective disc and recorded several songs on it my other recorder. The R55 showed the correct information, the songs were written correctly, however the TOC was still messed up. Then I used it to erase the whole disc and now I use it for microphone recordings (instead of rap music). I guess this is one of those phantom problems that just pop up out of nowhere. And this wasn't the first time I've had a problem like that with the r90. I think it has done little things to my discs (however correctable) in the past but this one was the worst of them all. Since then I've been saving my money to get a new unit in case this one should break. (I've been looking at the MZ-R700, the 900 is bad and is too expensive) Just thought I'd share a little experience...any comments are appreciated. --part1_4b.b8013f2.283067f1_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit HTMLFONT FACE=arial,helveticaHuh? The email has inserted ! marks and gaps in sentences. Sorry about that BR BRHere is a complete paragraph (hopefully it comes out that way) BR BRI got an MZR90 in December of 1999, and have had some mysterious problems BRwith it. First of all, I would put a fresh new rechargeable battery in and it BRstill blinks LOW BATT even though it is fully charged. I either have to use BRthe AC adapter to start up the unit or use a dry battery. Although a minor BRproblem, it still is very frustrating to have to carry around the battery BRcase when going on my recording sessions with my microphone. Secondly, the BRbattery life seems to have diminished greatly. Now I cannot record on a fully BRcharged battery for more than 1 hour! However, it may be time for me to get a BRnew battery. I also have an MZ-R55 (bought in Mar. 99) and I can use BRbatteries in it but it is hard to tell whether it is the battery or the unit BRbecause it dies after 30 minutes of use. Thirdly, once a mysterious problem BRhappened (with
Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems (why won't this show up???)
This email was delivered to you by The Free Internet, a Business Online Group company. http://www.thefreeinternet.net --- I've been looking at the MZ-R700, the 900 is bad and is too expensive ::SNIP:: MZR-900 bad? How did you come to that conclusion? It was the best minidisc purchase I have made so far, so unless you have it or tried it, as the proverb says, dont knock it till you've tried it - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems
Jens Thomas wrote: Hi My MZ-R90 started playing up recently by skipping (jumping a lot and cutting out - just like a scratched vinyl LP). Luckily it was still under Ive had no real problems with mine but It has skipped on my a bit even when I am just walking. My r-30 never did this and it did not have a fantastic 40 sec memory. Other differences I noticed and did not like. r-30 faster to read/write TOC and was almost instant. r-90 slower to read/write TOC slower to start playing the 1st track after inserting a disc. wayyy slower to try to search 20 seconds into a track you would nearly be better off to wait 20 secs. r-90 mechanical sounds are louder. The r-30 also "seems" to have a better output from the headphone socket. I used the same earbuds on both the r-30 and the r-90. (AVLS off in both cases) when the r-30 volume was only half way up it was the equiviliant of the r-90 at top volume. Bryan http://bullets.gothic.ie - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems
My MZ-R90 started playing up recently by skipping (jumping a lot and cutting out - just like a scratched vinyl LP). Luckily it was still under It has skipped on my a bit even when I am just walking. My r-30 never did this and it did not have a fantastic 40 sec memory. r-90 mechanical sounds are louder. I think the reason for this is the r-90 sometimes uses a 'power-saving' mode which spins the disc up, reads up to 40 seconds of data in advance and spins down again. A short while later it will spin up again to read in the next chunk of audio data. Problem is, if you're out walking and you jog the unit when it's trying to spin up and read in the next chunk, it will take a while to find the right place on the disc again, meaning it might not have got around to reading in audio data before the previous 40-second memory has been used up!! A bit crap, if you ask me. I think there's a way to disable this 'mode' - i *KNOW* that Sharp units have a similar setting and you can enable it (for better battery life) and disable it (for SENSIBLE usage of the antishock memory, i.e. offering 40 seconds of SKIP PROTECTION rather than just using it as a crummy battery-life-preserving buffer). I don't know how to disable it on Sony units, unfortunately. Could somebody please tell me / us how to disable the power-saving 'feature' - assuming there IS a way to disable it? I too have an MZR90 and I've started noticing it on my unit now. If it wasn't for the fact that I physically hate the sound of Sharp ATRAC compression I wish I'd stuck with my MT831! Dave - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MD: MZ-R90 problems
I'm getting kinda tired of my MZ-R90. I noticed the problems of the slow . It skips when I am just walking, the battery door doesn't stay closed, it never charges fully/properly, and the volume is never loud enough. Should I send it back to International connection.com? Think they would exchange it for a R900? Does the R900 take care of any of these problems? Thanks, Nathan White [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 4:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: MD: MZ-R90 problems Jens Thomas wrote: Hi My MZ-R90 started playing up recently by skipping (jumping a lot and cutting out - just like a scratched vinyl LP). Luckily it was still under Ive had no real problems with mine but It has skipped on my a bit even when I am just walking. My r-30 never did this and it did not have a fantastic 40 sec memory. Other differences I noticed and did not like. r-30 faster to read/write TOC and was almost instant. r-90 slower to read/write TOC slower to start playing the 1st track after inserting a disc. wayyy slower to try to search 20 seconds into a track you would nearly be better off to wait 20 secs. r-90 mechanical sounds are louder. The r-30 also "seems" to have a better output from the headphone socket. I used the same earbuds on both the r-30 and the r-90. (AVLS off in both cases) when the r-30 volume was only half way up it was the equiviliant of the r-90 at top volume. Bryan http://bullets.gothic.ie - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
