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Those of us with 100+ GB of ATRAC might argue that point. The solution is quite minimalist. Don't use Artist Names. Or set an entire album to be by one artist (you can always make a new "Artist" consisting of several artists together) At least SS allows you to keep tracks ordered by the order they were added (or rearranged to). No other librarian will permit that. When you want to transcribe a SS folder to/from some other medium, it's helpful to prefix by <nnn-> complete with leading zeroes. This forces an order but the leading zeroes make sure that dumb software and hardware which only knows about alphabetic string sorting will get it right. When transferring from files, SS knows the <nnn-> notation and hides it in the SS display of information. Play with it - you'll be surprised. Just try to remember that SS file storage is managed by a database.

Don't sort by Artist. It's an option over on the left pane. Use "Album"

1. Does PCLK-MN10 is good for Windows xp? Yes, 2.01E (and 2.01J) update came out for Windows XP. Actually it's not much different from the previous version except **possibly** supporting more hardware. 2. Is there any difference between Japanese version or English version or is it one for all language? Depends if you read and understand Japanese. We have the English versions here on our website. 3. I know there a few M crew models, PCLK-MN10, MN20, PX3, available. PX3 is something else. The MN10 and MN20 are identical, except for software. Maybe this page is helpful: http://minidisc.org/part_Sony_PCLK-PX1+PX2+PX3.html 4. Are they Sony MD HiFi models specific? The hardware will work in every case, however the software is not guaranteed to recognize the M700DVD (see the chart in next link). There should have been a disk with that unit, you would be well advised to check with the person you bought it from. If you get that disk, we should upload it here. I don't think there is any difference between MN10 and MN20 despite what you may learn from this chart, the difference is almost certainly the software. Beware the chart at http://minidisc.org/sony_pclk_compatability_chart.htm It refers to a number of models which do not work with PCLK, except for the Japanese version (of the MD deck). Namely JB940, MXD-D5C, and possibly others. The MXD-D40 and MDS-PC3 definitely DO work with PCLK-MN10 in all versions (of the decks). 5. Any advice for me if I am trying to use M crew? Stick to 32- bit Windows. It won't work with most copies of Windows 7 and later as they are 64-bit. It can be used under 64-bit in a Virtual XP box, but you will lose the ability to rip from the computer's CD drive, which is a good part of the usefulness of this software.

Hahahah. If you did that for the NetMD, be aware that the response of the decks to NetMD is annoyingly slow. But that's a great deck by all accounts. According to guru Jim Hoggarth the difference between JE780 and JB980 is negligible.

I don't always have time to write essays, sorry. It's all there in previous posts but i don't have the time or inclination to summarize right now. The underlying point is that if the power has slipped it's often completely unnecessary to redo everything else. If someone did a servo alignment when the power wasn't up to snuff then yes it may be necessary for the full Monty. Baby steps.....

The service manual always spells it out precisely. Before you start be advised NOT to do a so-called 911 Reset.

Yup, just don't give anyone the idea that they can get optical out FROM the walkman though

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I'm not Steven either. Stephen To answer your question, the PLAYER "knows" that an MP3 is a digital format. Sony is wedded to the idea of *no digital copies* as they own about half the world of recorded music (well maybe only 10% but it's a huge stake). So the player outputs the audio in a form you cannot record. You can buy an SCMS stripper. You can use the computer to convert and copy via NetMD. Frankly if you're starting with MP3 I don't see that recording in SP buys you much of anything.

Right on. I was just about to make a comment along the lines of "You have to deliver the charging voltage, whatever that may be, to a battery/portable unit of varying resistance. Therefore an unloaded voltage of 4.9 may be about right once you get the battery and are passing close to the max current). There's some interesting articles in Wikipedia about this. Another factor not mentioned is that wall supplies (which are generally not switching) are often rated 100-240V (Japan has only 100V 50Hz for most of the country and 90V in some of it). So perhaps one might expect the same adapter (if it is indeed that, I didn't look) to produce higher voltage when plugged into 220 than 110. The obverse of this particular coin came when I took a charger rated specifically 110-120 volts and plugged it, unthinking, into a 230V supply whilst on holiday in Europe. BANG! The adjustment I referred to has to do with setting the levels a) of the mainboard supply b. used by the charging circuits to determine start or stop charging. For this you need a regulated power supply (big heavy lump with lots of dials usually) and access to Service mode (we can help with that). This frequently improves many of the characteristics of a portable MD player such as the screen contrast, ability to charge properly, and (maybe) recording ability. The correct way to deal with that is to do an "overall servo adjustment" where the automated testing cycle sets all the parameters (except power) for you. But the observation about the service installed (probably incorrectly, as SB doesn't run in Win64 - it needs to be actually DE-installed) is an excellent one. Thanks.

Yeah but under what value load? More later... I'm on the road. Any battery that puts out more volts than the target "charged" voltage of a rechargeable battery will be ignored.

Rechargeables are fine for playback. I would however use an alkaline every time, especially if you want the machine to last. Another fix is to carefully adjust the power supply (in the service routine for the unit) so that even with the lowest voltage from a rechargeable (around 1.1 volts) things still scrape through. I don't doubt what you say about Simple Burner, but the resident part of that program is, as far as I know, removed when SonicStage runs. I'm not sure what you mean by a "NetUSB Service". How did you detect that, and what was the way you removed it? It's indeed possible that PC->NetMD transfer is affected by "ghost" drivers in the same way that MZRH1->PC is affected, which is that the system wastes time polling the driver for a unit that's not there. It's a while since I used SB since it doesn't run on Windows64. If you're talking about an actual service (SB service) running that affects recording, WELL DONE for a very astute observation!!!! In the HiMD portables, the problem is a lot less bothersome as in all cases except the NH1 (I'm speaking ex cathedra here, and I may well be wrong but certainly someone confirmed that it helps to have a Li battery in the unit) the unit can draw some or all of its power from the USB. So NetMD with them is more reliable, basically because HiMD can use a lot more power anyway (look on the sticker on the bottom of every HiMD unit!). This assumes you understand that every HiMD machine is really two different machines logically - one that reads and writes legacy (Net)MD and one which uses the higher density format. Those two machines present different USB id's on the vBus. All in all a complex picture. At least your N707 has an AA battery which can be alkaline.

Use the best battery you can AND plug in the external power supply. If you don't, there can and will be significant variations in power during transfer which can lead to drop outs. You really should have an internal battery. Its presence stabilises the power in the unit. NetMD does not take power from USB.

Sonic Stage does use folders, it's true. I will check this observation as it does seem weird. The contrary is true. Tracks on an md get a folder named with the disk even if there are no folders. The docs say something about all unregistered tracks being considered to be in the last group on the disk. So all tracks are in a group.

Don't use it (the group function)? 10 minutes later..... after looking at the manual, it's clear. In multiple places you will see the statement that pressing the GROUP button for 2 seconds or more will toggle the group function on and off. Why on earth would anyone actually want to disable this? The problem (IMO) with group function is not that there are folders (groups) but that they can not be nested, ie there's only one level of structure possible on a MD.

Iff made in one of the HiMD fornats. If they were made in SP or MDLP then only the RH1 will do. Doesn't matter which machine MADE the recording.

Nice ski slopes you have in Bedfordshire! I hate to sound like a good ol' grump, but you really do need to read what's already on this site. You're doing all the right stuff (assuming the driver is the 64-bit one from our downloads section) EXCEPT you have to turn off driver signing enforcement to avoid the error you are getting. F8 on boot is the easiest.

No idea, Philippe - perhaps characters that looked like the regular ones but were not in the regular character sets. Jason, there is NO NetMD support in the M100MD.. the PS/2 interface doesn't begin to carry enough data to send music through it (originating from USB). I actually prefer the M-Crew interface for the purpose of editing. Neither (USB nor PS2) style of connection will permit transfer FROM minidisc to PC, except with Hi-MD or MZ-RH1 (for legacy uploads). It is not so hard to get the hardware, you can look in Japan on Yahoo market.

Absolutely not. There is no NetMD support except via USB. CMT-M100MD uses the PS/2 interface and has no USB port. If you want that functionality in a bookshelf unit, you can buy the CMT-M333NT or CMT-M373NT. Why on earth are you asking this? I checked your previous posts and you already have a CMT-C7NT which has the same deal as these latter two. I had to clean up your posting as there was something very wrong with the text, it couldn't be edited.

For replacement belts you can either look on Ebay for the "right" one that some smart person has figured out and will charge you $5-10 for, eg http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sony-MDS-JE440-MDS-JE640-Drive-Belt-/331534999705 or you can try some Orthodontic rubber bands. The quality of these last is a bit variable at best, but it may solve your problem. If you know someone in that occupation (or a patient) they can be almost free! http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2047675.m570.l1311.R1.TR5.TRC2.A0.H2.Xorthodontic+r.TRS0&_nkw=orthodontic+rubber+bands&_sacat=0

We'd have to swap the power boards (ugh!) as mine is hardwired to 115 (ish). My point is that an amp with optical input is way cheaper than you might think. I paid only about $250, and the results are amazing.

Are you sure this isn't the insert/eject mechanism failing because of a bad belt? That's the commonest error on all these machines. $10 for a new belt, presto!

I think if you output to a heavy duty amp (I have 3) that takes optical input and upsamples it to something like 176 or 192 (from 44.1) you're laughing. In this case, I really don't think the DAC buys you anything at all. Just my opinion. The 640 is a reliable unit, EXCEPT for the belt that operates the open-close mechanism. But this is the same for many models across the range including the 940. Not too hard to replace, either. Is your 940 switchable voltage or hardwired to 230V? If the former, I would definitely be interested in a swap.

No more bids on that item in Oxford. Remember you should get TWO LIP-8's with it.

Functionality: 1. MDLP 2. PS/2 control (only if I succeed in my little project - the Japanese models can do it but the US/UK model will have to be modified) For myself, I like to upload the recording, work on it with Sound Forge (to get rid of crackle and pop and rumble etc etc) and then save forever on a hard disk (or CD). Usually I upload SP to Atrac3+ (256kbps), and edit that. You can upload MDLP using the MZ-RH1 (or MZ-M200). Results are excellent, IMO. Especially if the starting point was a broadcast stream. I can't find the reference to ATRAC3 vs ATRAC (SP). Maybe later.....