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You DEFINITELY need to install the 64-bit driver.

Did you install a driver for NetMD 64-bits?

Sounds like some weird artifact of the USB buffering then. What kind of Windows? I might expect this from 32 bit XP box running under 64 bit or under MacOS. I have a new external 3.0 usb drive that seems to reset the whole usb subsystem periodically. So some other usb device may mess you up. Are your tracks by any chance on an external usb drive?

Yes, provided u understand that SonicStage will have to convert them. In a way you are right, the DIRECT playback of MP3s only really works right with the RH1. The second gen machines (RH10 and so on) don't do a very good job of playing MP3 directly.

First question: Are you absolutely certain that three tracks make it to the disk? I.E., can you take the disk out, turn everything off, insert the disk (preferably into another unit) and see those three tracks? If not, then you are witnessing a mirage of sorts, arising from not having the NetMD driver installed. You will need the "pinned" download in the Drivers section of our downloads here. Or no dice.... If you did all of that already, my apologies.

Perfectly correct. It's also, in my experience, the most consistently reliable HiMD recorder.

I think that may mean the NetMD driver is not working. You have to convince Apple not to drop the Usb connx, would b my guess. Have u had it working on a mac before with N510? Or, maybe it never got connected and the first song never actually got sent, only buffered. In which case you have the standard problem: whether to go buy a real Windows machine.

If all your files are on "C:" drive then you have a different problem, that you have files in multiple places. One solution to this is to move the directories you have ATRAC in, to directly under C:ATRAC Files (using your explained example). However be careful, do not nest them so that the ATRAC files are in folders exactly one level deeper than that C:ATRAC Files. The reason I suggested the junction idea was to avoid regenerating the database. If you have tons (or tonnes) of ATRAC, then it becomes a huge pain to do that, because the db is large (and sometimes a bit fragile - I get hiccoughs when I delete stuff sometimes, pays to always optimize - the FCT does that every time for you, so they must have spotted that one!). Junction is still useful even if you have different folders on the same drive that are NOT under C:ATRAC Files. Because, essentially, there is no need to move them, you just move a pointer to them. Like a symbolic link in Unix, if you know what that is. If you do a mass scan when importing files (File->Import->Scan Folder), for ATRAC, it's perfectly fine, as long as you select "Settings" and then carefully check the folders that you know you want to load ATRAC files from.

I never assume...... but wtg, as they say!

This I do not understand. Is it a matter of setting menu mode to advanced? In any event I am sure you can change DEST to non-EU, which will get around the volume cap, in service mode. (Hey if you can fix an overwrite head, you can diddle with the NVRAM and not even get a headache - I assume DH10P is no different from the others in how to get access to it). The way they do the vol cap is to waste lots of electrons heating up a resistor, if I recall Jim's explanation. Maybe if you turn it off, your battery may last longer???? Stephen

Are the files on a different location from where the database used to point to (under Tools->Options->Location to save imported files)? Let's suppose they used to be at C:mymusic but are now on an external drive at J:mymusic. (If you didn't change the default which is located under the user tree C:Documents and Settings<your user name>blah blah, you may have more trouble because of spaces in the name, but I'm certain you're smart enough to figure that out.... just thought I would warn you). Note that shorter pathnames also probably means a smaller and therefore more efficient db, but that's by the bye. Get "junction.exe" from Sysinternals (actually they were bought by Microsoft so it's part of the microsoft site somewhere). Create an empty folder called C:mymusic. Now do this: junction c:mymusic j:mymusic Magically all the files of SS will appear in the right place. I hope it's not too late for you to do that. BTW you mention ".omg" - I'm sure you meant ".oma". Some files (eg AAL) don't need any encryption struck from them so they stay as .oma instead of being renamed by the FCT to .OMA. Hope this is of use Stephen

You look to be exactly right. Chip is CXG2654 so is pre-MDLP. Too bad, its a pretty unit and someone has one for sale v cheaply here.

I think it must be a Japan-only model. Can anyone give me a model number and/or year of manufacture? If not, perhaps it matches some other style, allowing it to be identified by similarities to some known starting point. Thanks

I imagine what they might do is to force the head to travel all over the disk when it reads the first (and only?) file containing (music) data. This can be done by deliberately allocating data (from the FAT or whatever table is used to control allocation of clusters to music recordings) in an order that is scattered all over the surface, specifically in-and-out. I've never purchased one because I don't believe in the concept of cleaning. This goes back to floppies where someone once taught me that manufacturer's recommendation "clean the heads if they are dirty". There is, in my book, no reason ever to clean media-reading heads (magnetic or optical) on a regular basis. Interesting, because I was under the strong impression that CD cleaning disks I have bought do nothing of the sort, but are simply CD-shaped fibre suitable for cleaning.

Sounds to me like the guy took all his cast off bits and put them into a single unit. NO MOTOR!?!? Those motors have to be unsoldered last time I checked. I dunno what statute you can have him under as it seems likely he bought from someone else.

I think the simple answer is: probably. How much is the vendor going to charge you for a defunct unit? (The most usual defect is that the laser is gone bad.... won't affect A->D or D->A though).

Optical's big advantage is that hum loops are gone forever. There are theoretical advantages too, keeping the sound digital, but the lack of electrical connection between devices is a big one for me.

Yeah, add in optical out (easy) and you've got yourself effectively a 640.

It's not. Looks like someone with a bad temper, for whatever reason, who couldn't get it to work, flagged it it as bad.

What? "Even" is a strange word. Depending on your hardware, "upload' is the pinnacle of MD achievement. I'd suggest perhaps trying to download some music TO the device first. We generally talk about UPload as being from MD to the computer, if you are confused by my response. I'm here to help you but bright blue statements of complaint before my morning coffee don't do anything rather than annoy. This software works. Please avoid coloured statements, they simply amplify that you have an unusual problem... which you don't. To support your problem, we need (from the top) a lot more technical detail. What version of Sonic Stage? What unit? What version of Windows (and what bitness, ie 32- or 64-) ? What hardware (eg some people are running on a Macbook that happens to run WIndows) in a virtual machine? This is Windows software. Trying to run hosted on MacOS or WINE (Linux) will cause enormous grief. Thanks for your understanding. AND NO MORE BLUE TEXT please.

Then you will have to explain exactly what you mean by the sentence I quoted. It really helps if you state what you are doing. Without that we cannot help you. I forgot about the Vista 64-bits.. sorry, very few people have ever tried that version, especially with NetMD, so it's an unknown combination. Right now I'd suggest upgrading to 7 before it's too late and you are forced to buy Windows 8. Not to solve this problem, but to survive. Sorry to sound tetchy but it's hard to do tech support... just as hard as it is to suffer what you are suffering. Step 1: set the disk mode (on the NH1) to "HiMD" and maybe the whole thing goes away until you need NetMD disks.

Ahhhh - are you trying to run this in XP virtual mode?

Update the driver. Your NH1 switched to NetMD mode when u changed disks. No driver needed for HiMd but you prbly have "disc mode" set to NetMD. It then defaulted to this when no disk or blank disk.

Protect surely means u have a short. Commonest is the speakers. Check your (external) wiring. Most likely at the terminals either at the speaker or at the unit where spkr wires plug in. Jim may have some comment on this. But hes awful far away.

There are two parts to your question: 1. Can I get Sonic Stage - answer yes, download it here 2. Will Sonic Stage work with my MZM200. Answer also yes but you MAY need to load the 64-bit driver if you are on Windows 7 since most versions of Windows 7 are 64-bit (there's a 32-bit version but you don't exactly need it). That driver is also available here, but it's not part of the Sonic Stage download. Hope this helps