At 9/21/00 6:36 PM, David W. Tamkin increased the world's knowledge by
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What I'm wondering is whether, if you turn manual end search off (which I
guess can be seen as turning automatic end searching on), does the old
shortcut to track 1 on Sony portables (END SEARCH, PLAY, STOP, PLAY
I asked,
T What I'm wondering is whether, if you turn manual end search off (which I
T guess can be seen as turning automatic end searching on), does the old
T shortcut to track 1 on Sony portables (END SEARCH, PLAY, STOP, PLAY if I
T remember right) still work?
Ed answered,
H Yes it does.
At 9/22/00 3:57 PM, David W. Tamkin increased the world's knowledge by
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H I also noticed that the recorder remembers the last recording mode used.
H Last night I recorded a rehearsal using LP2. Now, even if I change the
H disc, it retains the LP2 mode. I suspect this is also true of
From: "Ed Heckman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just confirmed it. It does remember the last recording mode for all 4
modes, not just LP2 and stereo.
Interesting, I assume the end-search option is stored in the memory
backed up by a little internal battery along with the clock. Easy
enough to test,
The old Gazbag asked,
| One quick question which has probably been answered somewhere, does
| it have program play (and if not, why not, Sony?)
Brian Youn mentioned it in his review: yes, with twenty slots.
Brian also told me something odd about it: if you set single-track and repeat
on,
At 9/22/00 6:42 PM, PrinceGaz increased the world's knowledge by typing:
I wonder whether other things may be similarly held whilst "power
is unavailable", such as the recording mode, manual record level,
display choice (title, time played, disc remaining etc), or are
they not classed as "setup
I just received my new R900 today. Yippee!
Now for some quick thoughts on it.
At 9/18/00 3:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] increased the world's knowledge by
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I think the blue looks nice. A little more green in it than the blue on the
R-50. Slightly irridescent.
Definitely. I would call
From: "Ed Heckman" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And of course, the first thing I did to it was to set End Search to
automatic! ;-)
So am I correct in assuming that when set to auto end search, the
only use of that button is to move the play position to the end of
the disc? Nice to have, yes, but a bit
At 9/21/00 4:44 PM, PrinceGaz increased the world's knowledge by typing:
So am I correct in assuming that when set to auto end search, the
only use of that button is to move the play position to the end of
the disc? Nice to have, yes, but a bit OTT for a dedicated key?
The End Search button
Gaz asked Ed,
| So am I correct in assuming that when set to auto end search, the
| only use of that button is to move the play position to the end of
| the disc?
Ed has mentioned that it is used in titling. What I'm wondering is whether,
if you turn manual end search off (which I guess can
From: "David W. Tamkin" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
| Is there an LP2 mono
| available on it or any Sony deck (940?), and given that LP4 relies
| on joint-stereo encoding- LP4 mono is not possible?
It seems that the bit that distinguishes stereo from mono in SP mode is used
to distinguish LP2 from
PrinceGaz -- "In perfect love and perfect trust..." wrote:
I only wish they'd implemented an LP8 mode for dictation, lectures, or
(my wish) audio books, still LP4 five hours on a "standard" disc will keep
me happy provided it is at least as good as a decent 64kbps MP3. Maybe
the day my
From: "las" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What will an 80 minute Md give you? 5 and a half?? 6?
Larry
Well one of my discs of Tolkiens' Lord of the Rings length came to
2h29m56s, just two seconds short of the theoretical maximum SP mono
time on a 74 disc, presumably an 80 (80m59s) should allow as much
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"Shawn R. Lin" wrote:
Heheh, I have to agree
At 9/18/00 3:21 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] increased the world's knowledge by
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I wish Sony had not dropped the disc capacity and play
location meter that is on the R-50. That was handy, but was dropped on the
R-90 (R-55?). Perhaps I was the only one who used it.
You aren't the only one
For Larry, I must say, the unit is working great so far. Completely
reliable, as I reach the end of week one of operation :)
Believe me, I don't want you to have any problems with it. As someone who was a
mini disc sales person, the worst thing in the world that I wanted to see was
defective
Going back and forth like a bunch of little kids that are not getting their way
regarding the reliability of Sony is senseless. The number of people is statically
insignificant.
I think that the consumer reports survey is more reliable. Before anyone says,
consumer reports just has it in for
At 9/16/00 7:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] increased the world's knowledge by
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Overall, I am very pleased with the R-900. I got a blue one.
Cool! I also ordered the blue one. (Supposedly it will ship this Monday.)
How does it look? I wonder which one will be the most popular.
I haven't
Ed Heckman wrote:
At 9/16/00 7:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] increased the world's knowledge by
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Overall, I am very pleased with the R-900. I got a blue one.
You can say what you want about your recorder. Sony SUCKS I have never
owned a reliable Sony product (one exception)!!!
las wrote:
I own a top of the line portable Sony CD player with a digital output. I
doubt that this player has 50 hours on it. Yesterday I wen to use it and the
remote would not illuminate. Then you couldn't read the display at all.
Thenthe remote it just stopped working period!!!
I
Jim Coon
I suggest you buy some batteries for it once in a while.
Jim, what have you been smoking?? There are no separate batteries for a wired
remote control.
Larry
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Oh, never mind...
las wrote:
Jim Coon
I suggest you buy some batteries for it once in a while.
Jim, what have you been smoking?? There are no separate batteries for a wired
remote control.
Larry
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Hi Leland,
Thanks for the informative post.
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