Simon Barnes wrote:
I think the Sony DOES have a power saving mode, and it's always on. When I
listen to the motor of mine while it's playing, the motor runs for 10
seconds, then shuts down for 45 seconds. The first 5 seconds, the motor is
speeding up, which implies that it is reading at 11
I think it's rather that the motor spin-up time is slower. Motor speed
itself would not seem to have a direct relation to power
consumption. On the Sharp MD-MT831 the top end motor RPM (400-1350rpm)
is actually higher than on mainstream units (400-900rpm), I've always
assumed this was to
All this talk about the MZ-R90 taking forever to:
a) read the TOC and start playing, and
b) write the TOC
has made me come to the preliminary conclusion that the MZ-R90/91 spins the
disc at a lower rate to save power.
Won't this affect shock protection? I would imagine that this would cause
It would be impossible for the R90 to actually spin the disc slower.
If it did, it would not have enought headway to fill the buffer and play
music. What it does, is slowly spin up the disc (smooth
acceleration) instead of starting it of at full speed. That saves
battery juice. So what you
