RE: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-26 Thread Gary Sargent
> > The more annoying thing I find is the fact that the machine > needs about 2 > seconds to 'recover' when yuo change case. Meaning if you > change case and > start 'typing' on the remote, the first few characters won't > go in because > the Md player is still doing something.HOw many

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-23 Thread John S. McLachlan
The more annoying thing I find is the fact that the machine needs about 2 seconds to 'recover' when yuo change case. Meaning if you change case and start 'typing' on the remote, the first few characters won't go in because the Md player is still doing something.HOw many butchered titles I f

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-23 Thread CVoris1
In a message dated 7/22/99 3:22:35 AM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (re. entering an apostrophe when titling from a Sony remote) > I use: NUM,9,>>,>>,>>,>>,>>,>>,>>,>,NUM, which is a > pain. In case you missed it, try this instead (courtesy of David Tamkin): Left paren

RE: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-22 Thread Simon Mackay
=BEGIN QUOTE I won't sign the statement that these characters are missing, perhaps they are defined in the system, but not implemented in the units. Maybe it's a situation similar to the former DCC titling. The home units only gave you the possi

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-22 Thread David W. Tamkin
I had suggested: T> Quicker way to enter an apostrophe on a 520, 920, or W1: left parenthesis T> from the remote, scan left (to move the cursor back over the parenthesis), Guess I should have said "under the parenthesis." T> search left or AMS left (to change the character), and finally scan

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-22 Thread David W. Tamkin
Clay Voris asked, | Here's another question: Why does Sony put the comma on the remote for | titling, but not the apostrophe? What's even crazier is that the 25 key provides an apostrophe on the JE500 and the JE510, and it was changed to a comma on later models! Yes, sometimes it was a pain t

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-22 Thread CVoris1
In a message dated 7/21/99 9:42:35 PM US Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Quicker way to enter an apostrophe on a 520, 920, or W1: left parenthesis > from the remote, scan left (to move the cursor back over the parenthesis), > search left or AMS left (to change the character

RE: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-22 Thread Simon Barnes
> Clay Voris wrote: > > Here's another question: Why does Sony put the comma on the remote for > titling, but not the apostrophe? > Good point! I use: NUM,9,>>,>>,>>,>>,>>,>>,>>,>,NUM, which is a pain. simon -

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-21 Thread CVoris1
Here's another question: Why does Sony put the comma on the remote for titling, but not the apostrophe? In the 3 weeks or so since I bought my JB920, I've found that I've used the apostrophe many more times than the comma, but it's much harder to access (you have to scroll through the number

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-21 Thread Ralf Kuchenhart
meeder wrote: > I was just wondering... Why are the characters Ö, Ä, Å, Ë, etc. not included > in the MD format, it's not a big problem but it is a little irritating that > I can't title some tracks and/or discs. I won't sign the statement that these characters are missing, perhaps they are def

Re: MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-21 Thread David W. Tamkin
Remco Meeder asked, | I was just wondering... Why are the characters , , , , etc. not included | in the MD format, it's not a big problem but it is a little irritating that | I can't title some tracks and/or discs. There are even some ASCII characters missing: [ \ ] ^ { | } and ~.

MD: Why are there some text characters "missing" with the MD format

1999-07-21 Thread meeder
I was just wondering... Why are the characters Ö, Ä, Å, Ë, etc. not included in the MD format, it's not a big problem but it is a little irritating that I can't title some tracks and/or discs. Remco - To stop getting this list send