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  1. FORMAT ERROR DISC

    in Minidisc

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    Hahaha I think they are both right, your unit was trying to access this disk in NetMD mode, reset the default to HiMD. Menu->Options->Disc Mode. (NOT the Record Mode, which is a separate thingy).

    I think something like this happened to me exactly once.

    When you hear that endless seeking, it's probably a great idea to stop the machine doing anything at all. I actually ended up pulling out the battery. It was a "regular" disk, so then I took it over to the deck, where I erased all the tracks from it. Can't do that on a 1GB disc, can we?

    Kyle's idea of writing something random to it that is not music sounds just the ticket.

    Which reminds me, Kyle, maybe it's time to dig into that whole issue......

    Stephen

  2. Which Sony NetMD player has these features?

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    You can probably get a 3V adaptor in any drugstore - I bought 2 at 14$ apiece. Ask the sender to discard the adapter as it will cut down on postage costs.

    (the adaptors were this one... I took the precaution of supergluing it to 3V after purchase!)

    http://www.londondrugs.com/Cultures/en-US/...mp;ProductTab=3

    The other thing you can do is go to the individual ebay sites around the world; you will find lots more stock, but you will also have to convince the seller to ship to N. America.

  4. Which Sony NetMD player has these features?

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    There are way too many to list unless I understand your constraints. If you search Ebay you will find dozens of the ones I listed (not always obvious unless you look at the details of each listing).

    1. do you need USB?

    2. do you need radio?

    3. do you need MDLP?

    My suggestion: look in the equipment browser, they are arranged in time order. First Sony added MDLP. At a certain point in time, Sony put USB in everything. At some time after that, they introduced Type-S for LP2 (probably LP4 as well but I don't care). I think it was in that order but even if i got it wrong, you get the idea.

    E-anything is a player only.

    I'd be happy to advise you offline, send me a PM.

    Cheers

  6. Sonic Stage 4.3 Suddenly Stopped Working in Vista

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    OK, roll it back a ways..... can some Vista afficionado tell us, isn't that message just a good old GPF? Ie something crashed or couldn't be found. If so, which?

    IF it is "couldn't be found" (my specialty as it happens), try downloading depends.exe from MSDN. You can find depends here:

    http://www.dependencywalker.com/

    This should give clues on missing modules.

    If the crash was a simple ERROR (gpf) try to identify the module in question and whether it has changed recently.

    One way or another, given that OP seems to imply it worked before (and we know it supposed to work on Vista), now it's time to try rolling back to the last system restore point (or the one before that....., etc etc etc). Presumably something got automatically updated in a way that SS didn't appreciate.

  8. "IPod Police"

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    Somehow I don't foresee the Canadian Border Service doing anything like that. We are now set for an election, and nothing that is politically unpopular will get acted on by the current government. It's quite clear that the majority of Canadians want nothing to do with Bill C-61. Scan some of the earlier messages for some background. Google "C-61" in News and you will see what I mean.

    No worries mate.

  9. Remote for NH1 that inserts track marks?

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    I don't see what the big deal is.... there is a Tmark button on just about every recorder. And the easiest way to do it is to pause at exactly where you want, then Tmark.

    Of course the "rehearsal" system that the decks have is echoed on the most sophisticated ones (eg RH1) but it isn't that critical at least to me.

    Just my $0.02

  11. Error code: 0000601e when attempting to combine tracks

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    Have you actually followed the procedure to join tracks on the Minidisc player itself? It is kind of hard to find, but for the RH1 it is on page 48.

    It works for just about all portable players except when there are restrictions (eg 2 different format tracks, tracks downloaded from PC, etc). Stuff you recorded yourself should not be a problem. The idea is to pause playback at a track mark, and press track mark. This will toggle the track mark, removing it if you are actually at a mark already (if you aren't, it will create one, this dividing the tracks).

    I might cheat (if it was me) and use a deck with optical out, since the whole disc gets played in one long stream. I realise you don't have that option, but maybe someone could do that for you.

  13. Can you add a track mark from the computer?

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    OK, you obviously know more electronics than I do. Will that same setup work on other units? I just now noticed Avrin's update to the #5 post in this thread (mea culpa).

    (my only challenge was that some driver must be needed to communicate - but your point is that the driver consists of the various standard block and usbstor drivers, nothing specific to MD, which I have observed and agree with).

  15. Can you add a track mark from the computer?

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    That doesn't quite make sense (yet). What is happening when a USB power supply (I have one for my GPS unit incidentally) is plugged into the RH1, then? There's no question it knows the difference (from being plugged into a computer). However the cable is a standard USB cable.

    Also I challenge the statement that a HiMD unit "doesn't actually use any driver". I think you might be saying that it doesn't use any identifiable or add-on driver. But it undoubtedly uses something. How else can the unit tell the difference between PC and powersupply?

    Seems to me that disabling some component in Windows might exactly trick the PC into the effect we want. Perhaps even just plugging into a powered USB hub might do it?

    Notes added:

    1. it looks like USBSTOR.SYS is the component that is insisting on getting installed. However I rebooted the machine and noted that even the ROM BIOS of my Thinkpad caused the RH1 to go into "online-to-PC" mode.

    2. Is there a difference between the connector on the Sony supplied powersupply and a normal USB port? Or perhaps the PS is providing a different voltage so that the RH1 knows which is which?

    Sounds like more fun with the charging parameters.

  16. Can you add a track mark from the computer?

    in Minidisc

    Posted

    Ah, ok. There's a way of getting USB power to a unit without invoking the driver, though.

    If you can avoid the proper driver getting installed, I should imagine that might get around the problem.

    For instance, the RH1 comes with a PS that has a USB connector on it, and runs fine. So do some of the other units though I don't actually own one. You can buy a USB powersupply for cars too.

    I would think that renaming all relevant drivers on Windoze would have the effect of turning the 'puter into a giant wall adapter, right?

  22. Cannot save in WAV format

    in Software

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    Check SS and see where the .WAV files are kept. 63 minutes is at least 500 MB maybe more like 600. If the default configuration is to put the .WAV files to some device or partition that doesn't have this much space, you might just have a problem. Look under 'Tools->Options->Location to save imported files'.

    It's also possible you need to defrag though I would be surprised. Something is stopping the transfer.

    The other (more disturbing) possibility is that you have errors on your disk that happen to get hit when you create the large file needed. Better back up soon.

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