MD: MiniDisc Weekly News for 30 January 2000

2000-01-30 Thread MiniDisc Community Pages Weekly News
MiniDisc Community Pages News for 25 January 2000 o Tony Wang contributes an informative [1]JVC XM-P5 MD player review as well as pointing out [2]MiniDiscWeb.com, an MD web retailer selling popular portables and accessories. [1] http://www.minidisc.org/jvc_xmpx5_review.html

Re: MD: DIY Microphones

2000-01-30 Thread J. Coon
"J. Coon" wrote: > Magic wrote: > > I've built a pair of DIY mics for doing a bit of recording with my MD.. > > > > Ok, here's my questions: > > > > I know that by increasing the value of the capacitor I can reduce the bass, > > but is there a way to boost the treble slightly? > > If you cou

MD: MDS-PC2 review (long)

2000-01-30 Thread Timothy P. Stockman
This review is in two parts: (1) the MDS-PC2 deck and (2) the PC Interface. Physically, the front panel of the MDS-PC2 is slightly larger than a half-height 5.25 floppy drive. Along the left side is (from top to bottom) the Power button (standby/operate), the IR sensor for the remote, a mini-p

Re: MD: Sharp 702 battery won't charge

2000-01-30 Thread Stainless Steel Rat
* "brynmore williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 30 Jan 2000 | I always thought that it's the opposite that's true: if you don't deep cycle | you'll shorten the battery life. True for Nickel-Cadmium and Nickel-Metal Hydride cells. And they should not be deep discharged every cycle. While dee

RE: MD: Sharp 702 battery won't charge

2000-01-30 Thread Rick Pali
From: brynmore williams > > Deep cycling is something that shortens the > > lifetime of lithium-ion batteries. Get a new > > one and keep it topped it in the future! > > I always thought that it's the opposite that's true: > if you don't deep cycle you'll shorten the battery life. That's true w

RE: MD: Sharp 702 battery won't charge

2000-01-30 Thread brynmore williams
> > My 702 will not charge it's dead battery. Unit is > > probably 2 years old. At least 90% of the time I > > run the battery down completely before recharging. > >It might still be working if you didn't do that! Deep cycling is something >that shortens the lifetime of lithium-ion batteries. G

Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-30 Thread Magic
From: Brent Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2000 2:35 AM Subject: Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530 > So, when they are retransmitting the signals off of satellite, or wherever > they get them, they use this feature to cut out the commercials

Re: MD: MD's Future

2000-01-30 Thread Magic
From: Eric Woudenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2000 8:30 PM Subject: MD: MD's Future > Anyway, why not address the problem constructively: what changes does > Sony need to make? As if we didn't already know the answer to that one GET RID OF T

RE: MD: Sharp 702 battery won't charge

2000-01-30 Thread Rick Pali
From: Ken Cotton > My 702 will not charge it's dead battery. Unit is > probably 2 years old. At least 90% of the time I > run the battery down completely before recharging. It might still be working if you didn't do that! Deep cycling is something that shortens the lifetime of lithium-ion batte

Re: MD: Using a Timer with Sony MDSJE530

2000-01-30 Thread Ian
Many thanks to those who gave me advice on this. As a result of the reassurance given here I purchased a 530 this weekend and it does exactly what I want. Thanks, Ian - To stop getting this list send a message containing just th

RE: MD: sharp 831 pc link... !!!

2000-01-30 Thread Peter Pan
yeah, so could the person who has one, open it up and do a diagram of the insides so we can make one ourselves that would be bitchin... -end.of.message.-- -