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I understand you have dozens of disks. But can you take one at random and format it?

That's easy. Does there exist another disk (new, preferably) that does NOT fail in the same way? I suppose you can rule out the recorder, but I have myself had weird troubles with an RH910 which is the almost-twin brother of the RH10.

Next question: are you CERTAIN it is the disk(s) at fault?

Nothing about warranty. But here... http://www.docs.sony.com/reflib/docget.asp?manualid=1045300

You won't find it. The proper (indeed almost the only) way to get into service mode is by button pressing. For many units, you can solder a bridge together, but this is rather a pain, don't you think? What unit are we talking here? What are you trying to adjust? Stephen

W7-32 works with SS 4.3 RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX (actually the fantastic Avrin download "Ultimate" installer). If it doesn't work for you, something is amiss. What this means is you only need to do anything referred to in this thread for W64. Stephen

Just tested W7-32. It works 100% like XP, as far as NetMD and HiMD is concerned.

I have documented elsewhere in this forum that recording direct to WAV files from a CD with Sonic Stage is not that great (because of Sonic Stage, which doesn't have a highquality, lowspeed ripper). Once I started using Atrac Advanced Lossless (under Sonic Stage) for ripping, I see (hear) most of the things you describe (I didn't actually try SP, but that's a good comparison point). The other advantage of AAL is that Sony didn't protect it with DRM, so uploads don't stop being usable when something happens to your PC - and no requirement to use the File Conversion Tool, of course. But yes, even MP320 is no good. I would say LP4 is as good as almost any MP3 - provided the bits are not squandered reproducing hiss and noise. Stephen

If you are running W7-32bits everything should work. If the ID needs to be added to some .INF file, then you must add it. The ID only gets you NetMD function, which has a. nothing to do with MP3 b. Nothing to do with HiMD But you won't need that ridiculous wow6432node thing down at the bottom. Either fix that INF file to remove all the 64-bit stuff, and delete that piece of the registry key, OR (maybe easier) add your device to the "standard" INF file netmd033.inf (I think). If you're not comfy hacking all that stuff come back to us and we'll try to guide you and/or post what you need. I don't think the REV_0100 part of the device id, check? (someone who knows better about this than I do please chime in). If so then it's already thinking your DH710 is being seen as an NH600. So maybe you just need to find the "standard" setup drivers to get NetMD functionality. You do NOT need NetMD to talk to a HiMD formatted disk as you have discovered. You can play back HiMD through the USB using Sonic Stage (assuming you don't want to upload). This will be as good as it ever gets. NetMD cannot be transferred to or played on the PC (except the RH1 allows you to transfer that format). I think DH710 is able to play MP3 because it's a second gen (they all started life with an MP3 sticker prominently displayed) HiMD.

Yes, it is. You've nothing to lose. Almost any remote from any subsequent unit will do, though. The design seemed to pretty much stabilise after the R900.

See this thread for the current state-of-the-art. It is designed to work for RH1 and someone claims to have got it going for N707. Good luck!

At the time the hack was written, probably the R900 remote was different from what came before it. It was the first MDLP machine. I tested it today with the RM-38EL. It worked.

Use an "ordinary" remote (LCD) like the RM-38EL. Follow the instructions on p.37 of the R900 manual. Stephen

There's actually a real 64-bit USB driver, written by Sony and released as part of another app by Sony Japan. Here's the thread: Let us know how you get on.

sorry to hear did you remove the battery to get out of service mode?

There's a guy in England who is more than capable of fixing most portable MD units. You can find him on ebay. Obviously you will need to make special arrangements about postage if you are not in the UK. What was the sequence of events? Was it working perfectly, then you tried to get into service mode to "hack" it; or was it because something failed that you tried to get in and change things?

I think you crashed them, to be sure If you simply followed the service manual, you are out of luck, as the first thing it tells you is to reset all the NVRAM settings. Unfortunately if you do this, there's no real simple way to recover because now you will need all kinds of equipment to recalibrate the device. And an alignment disk which even I (who have the equipment) do not possess. There's somewhere in one of the manuals a recipe for making an alignment disk, but I have no idea how reliable it is; in any event one will needs a perfectly working machine first, to make such a disk. If you can get into service mode there is some hope; but ONLY if you know exactly what you did, so that we can undo it. Generally the service mode stuff works, but if you save some invalid setting without knowing what you are doing, you have set yourself up for everlasting grief. Sorry. Welcome to MDCF!

What about here?

There's one on Ebay...

I have done some very nice live recordings with my SX-950 (12 hours or so of PCM without having to upload, is plenty). For vinyl I am pretty much at the place where the weakest link is the Vinyl itself, so it's more about what Sound Forge can do than comparing different hi-quality sound recorders. MD-292 (SP) is more than adequate.

Quick question Thomas: what is the version number? I have 1.0.00.04160 (in help file) 4.1.100.1332 (install file) 1.0.00.06210 (internal version number)

In my limited experience that is self-serving rubbish by the tech at Sony (not the first time a service centre has justified its charges wrongly). There is almost no difference between 37LT and 39LT. The former works perfectly. But there's a problem with contacts. The only difference is there's a HiMD indicator on the display of the 39LT, and you really do not need it. I've tried changing the model number (on a 700) in Service mode, and there really is no difference in functionality even with the radio attached. I don't think there's extra electronics in the 800. Bad buttons just mean bad resistances, means cleaning needed. The new remote you got is obviously "clean".

Try seeing if the screws (2) on the bottom are loose. This seems to give rise to a whole bunch of strange problems and affects how the door closes, for starters (one of your mentioned symptoms). Be careful, you can get them too tight as well as too loose. It might also be an idea to clean and/or abrade the terminals of the battery a little. Say with the point of a sharp knife, pin, screwdriver or equivalent. But it sounds like a closing-thing to me. Been there, done that.

The LE version lacks some of the expensive features in CoolEdit Pro. The ones I paid for. But that's not exactly a fair comparison. I still use CoolEdit for some functions eg FFT noise reduction, and looking at spectral analysis. But the inbuilt functions for cleaning up old recordings are actually better and easier to use than the equivalent functionality in CoolEdit (I haven't actually used Audition).

Sorry, Steven. I just spotted what it was you did that caused this catastrophe of yours. I think you managed to invoke a reasonably-well-documented bug in SonicStage caused by deleting multiple "untitled" tracks (see your post #7). I now take the precaution of labelling everything that I might want to delete. Just a single letter for the track title will do, call them "a" "b" "c" etc. Stephen