Re: MD: Don't look at the sun

1999-08-11 Thread J. Coon
I had a science teacher in high school that did just that. She didn't even know she had damaged her eyes until the next day when she tried to read something. Play is safe, don't do it at all. It is never safe to look at the sun. Simon Gardner wrote: Just a word of caution to the list

MD: Neato MD labels

1999-08-11 Thread CVoris1
I recently purchased some Neato MD labels and so far, I think they're wonderful. However, I find that since I store most of my MDs in Case Logic folders, which will not hold the MD in its slip case, I either wind up making a label for the case that I don't really need, or else just wasting

MD: TOC cloning and IR eye

1999-08-11 Thread MiniDisc Trading Spot
Yesterday i made TOC cloning with my new JE 730 I cloned a 80 mins long track from a 80 mins long disc onto a 74 mins disc. Then i had to overwrite that track, cause when i delete that track on the cloned disc, it would be reset to 74:59 mins. So i overwrote that track, and recording stopped at

RE: MD: JB Hi Fi, Richer Sounds and JR Music World -- was RE: 80 minute MD's in Oz

1999-08-11 Thread Simon Mackay
=BEGIN QUOTE Are they really the same chain? I never realized they were. I really enjoy JR Music, and was thinking of ordering an item or two from them by mail order (i'd ordered from them 2 years ago, but back then I was living in

MD: CD-ROM with Digital out

1999-08-11 Thread Simon Mackay
Hi everyone! I have a Creative 8x CD-ROM which has terminals on the back for some sort of digital out. If I wired those across an RCA socket, would that provide the kind of SP-DIF digital signal expected by a consumer-grade digital recorder or outboard DAC with coaxial sockets. On the other

MD: Dead 701 / Buying from Transco.co.uk

1999-08-11 Thread Keith Wilson
Dead 701 === My 701 finally went back to Dixons yesterday, and the shop assistant mentioned that if it cannot be repaired, then they will give me vouchers to the price of what I payed for it (250ukp appx). Now the big question is... should I get the 722? I liked the sound on the 701 and

Re: MD: Don't look at the sun

1999-08-11 Thread Grega [imenc
Cheers, Ralph - who thinks it's save to watch the sun without any protection since it's the end of the world today.. Oh well, I'm still here along with MD equipment and it's 15 minutes after the eclipse?! Ralph, where did you get this one?

Re: MD: Don't look at the sun

1999-08-11 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cheers, Ralph - who thinks it's save to watch the sun without any protection since it's the end of the world today.. Oh well, I'm still here along with MD equipment and it's 15 minutes after the eclipse?! Ralph, where did you get this one? Hmm, well,

MD: MDX-65 problems...

1999-08-11 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
I'm having problems playing discs in an MDX-65 changer. I have it connected to a RM-X69RF controller. Right now its sitting on the workbench running from a 12VDC bench supply. The audio output is connected to a powered speaker. When it is running, the display indicates normal operation. I can

Re: MD: CD-ROM with Digital out

1999-08-11 Thread Richard Malcolm-Smith
Marc SPARC wrote: you need this very simple circuit: http://www.stack.nl/~leon/spdif/index.html I have just connected the output of my creative DVDrom to an RCA plug and it works great.. Why does it stall? a very scratched disc? causes the computer to hang? try a better OS...I'd suggest

Re: MD: CD-ROM with Digital out

1999-08-11 Thread Graham Baker
My CD Rom (Panasonic?) has 2 small pins on the back of the cct bd for digital out. I couldn't find a suitable plug so I soldered a length of coax cable directly to them and terminated the other end with an RCA plug. It plugs directly into the coaxial input on my JA3-ES and works great - track

Re: MD: CD-ROM with Digital out

1999-08-11 Thread Marc SPARC
Simon Mackay wrote: Hi everyone! Hi Simon. I have a Creative 8x CD-ROM which has terminals on the back for some sort of digital out. If I wired those across an RCA socket, would that provide the kind of SP-DIF digital signal expected by a consumer-grade digital recorder or outboard DAC

Re: MD: CD-ROM with Digital out

1999-08-11 Thread Marc SPARC
=== = NB: Over 50% of this message is QUOTED, please = = be more selective when quoting text = === Graham Baker wrote: My CD Rom (Panasonic?)

RE: MD: Don't look at the sun

1999-08-11 Thread Regis . PRIQUELER
well, somebody called Paco Rabano (I hope I write it right), predicted the end It's Paco Rabane and he had predicted the destruction of Paris of the world today. It had something todo with spacestation Mir falling on Paris Ralph - According to Nostradimoes,

Re: MD: 79p Md's

1999-08-11 Thread Richard Anderson
I wrote: -- I rang head office, they confirmed that the cheap 79pence MD's are Samsungs, not Hi-Space, and they do not have any 'yet'... The also apologised for the mis-leading add, saying 'it won't happen again'hmmm I

Re: MD: sharp 702 ( yet again )

1999-08-11 Thread Andrew Hobgood
its test mode that I was hoping some of you could answere for me. First of all is there anything even semi usefull or entertaining that you could use Sure... I've used my '702 test mode to change the bass boost settings to higher values. =) /Andrew

Re: MD: mdh-10 question (fwd)

1999-08-11 Thread Ralph Smeets
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- I'm not sure if this is common knowledge or not, but I haven't been able to find the answer anywhere... I've heard that it is not possible to title audio MDs from a Windows PC, but you can from a Mac. Is this out dated

Re: MD: 79p Md's

1999-08-11 Thread PrinceGaz
I rang Newcastle Richer Sounds today and they also said HiSpace blanks are now UKP0.87, and that Samsung discs will be UKP0.79 when they are in stock, which they said will be two weeks. Still those HiSpace are pretty damn cheap and must leave you Ozzie guys wishing you hadn't sent "Neighbours"

MD: portable and desk MDs buying selection

1999-08-11 Thread Aileen Chen
Hey, i bought a MDBUNDLE 5 that came with a JE-320 and a MZ-EP11. It was kind of cheap, and I dont really need high quality stuff because I dont live off of MDs. But I found the bundle to be nice. - To stop getting this list

MD: Old Portable MD Recorder

1999-08-11 Thread Ashley Keith Gopaul
Dear Everyone I would so much like to get a portable MD Recorder but I live in South Africa and to get one from here costs about $650. I also don't have the money to buy one online. I was wondering though, if anyone would be kind enough to maybe give me their old MD portable that's not in use?.

MD: T-Station Minidisc Site

1999-08-11 Thread Andres Mino
T-Station Minidisc Site Word is out that there is a new MiniDisc site out called T-Station, which you can check out at http://www.t-station.net/. Its a very nice looking site with some good content. - To stop getting this list

MD: MS MD?? (was: sharp 702 ( yet again ))

1999-08-11 Thread Steven Brooks
Kinda reminds of the Microsoft Office 98's ability to self-diagnose and self repair. Imagine a MS MD player where the "splash screen" starts, (and probably in the results in test mode) it would flash: WELCOME PRAISE BILL GATES (shudder) ;-) Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: MD: MS MD?? (was: sharp 702 ( yet again ))

1999-08-11 Thread PrinceGaz
From: Steven Brooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Kinda reminds of the Microsoft Office 98's ability to self-diagnose and self repair. Imagine a MS MD player where the "splash screen" starts, (and probably in the results in test mode) it would flash: WELCOME PRAISE BILL GATES (shudder) ;-)

Re: MD: T-Station Minidisc Site

1999-08-11 Thread Ian McFarlane
*cough* blatant word-for-word rip from my site *cough* But no problem, I don't mind, as long as you visited, heheh :) Ian McFarlane [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mdw.e-s-m.com ICQ: 603920 - Original Message - From: Andres Mino [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August

Re: MD: sharp 702 DEFECT error

1999-08-11 Thread Eric Woudenberg
Hi Dan, Sorry to hear about your '702 problem. I haven't heard about this one specifically, so I'm forwarding it to the MD mailing list in the hopes that someone else might be able to help give you an answer. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: sorry, this seemed like the easiest way to get an answer

Re: MD: MD / Burton Snowboards

1999-08-11 Thread Eric Woudenberg
Hi Ben, Thanks for the note, sounds like MD is becoming more than just a niche! I'm forwarding this to the MD mailing list. Rick Hey, Whats up! I am long time follower of the page. I have a bit of news I guess. My new Burton Snowboards catalog for 99-2000 came yesterday and many of they new