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Hi Alison , "static"... a good one this one ! Maybe you just need to change the rubber band (flexible ring) and renew the old grease of the deck eject system. Rings and grease are easy to find on Internet, just need to know what size is the ring (see service manual). When the disc does not succeded toeject, the deck believe that a new disc has been introduced, this is why TOC is read a second time. You can also clean the readind & recording lenses with isopropilic alcool. You will find videos on internet also to help you I think. Look like Jim Hoggarth has retired from the MD repair service world, due to his declining health. But your problem does not look to be a big one.

Flac can be converted in WMA, and WMA could be imported in SonicStage (not Flac), then the files can be transfered digitally in any MD formats. The ONLY thing that must be done in real time is to record in SP format (original MD format which could be listened by all MD units, even the very first ones). Thereafter you can even record must higher quality audio files than Flac, all HI-Res audio could be record on a MD, you just need to record with an analog connection or downgrade the signal to 48kHz (with players which are able to read Hi-Res music like foobar2000 or jRiver Media Center and some others, fix the frequency to 48kHz during the recording or use a downgrade frequency plugin)..

Thanks Sphig, Olivier (macaddict77) is a friend of mine

Nice collection (I love also the black MZ-EH1), focused on some best units of the Net-MD format and on the first generation Hi-MD (which seem to me stronger built than the 2d gen) I hope you will find a new home for all the units.

Flac or even Hi-Res Flac/SACD/DSD files (analog or optical downgrade to 24bit-48kHz)

Instead of searching for an AA case only on eBay, most of the time for less than the double price you can find a cheap unit which include the AA external case plus some MD discs. This is how start a new collection (it begin with a good knowledge of the minidisc.org browser and FAQ). Try also to get a good MDLP type S deck, And in case Hi-MD format interested you, the first Hi-MD generation (NH600-700-900) is the cheapest and is more reliable (durability) than the next one. This my opinion.

There are "cleaning MD discs" but any gentle & smooth use of a Q-tip with isopropilic alcool will do.

The unit can read any SP (standard 292kbps) recording . Do you clean the lens ? Try also a new MD.

The most fantastic thing is the durability of the units. Nowadays any MP3 player (including smartphones & Ipods crap) have a 3-4 years maximum life. Make sure you buy units with the availaibility of an extra AA external battery box. Not sure you will get easily gumsticks batteries in the future.

Prices fron Buyee are similar to what I get in Vietnam for those ES decks. I am happy.

Cool !

Good luck.

Our DIY job, recording then creating beautiful labels. What creativity or personnality is there in a MP3 player ?

Ok, but you don't offer a price.

surtout qu'on ne cause qu'entre une douzaine de personnes...

Hi DeltaVega, il y a aussi un forum français MD ici : http://www.laserdiscplaza.fr/forumld/viewforum.php?f=73&sid=7366375439475170c2a3f86e4c925f2b

http://forums.sonyinsider.com/files/

I am an addict too (I just order 1500 MD blanks...). BUT computers (or expansive portable units) are the only ones which can read Hi-Res music. So I am in both world. portable units Sony 2 MZ-RH1, 1 MZ-NH900, 1 MZ-NH700, 1 MZ-N710, 1 MZ-N510 , 1 MZ-R55, 1 MZ-R30, decks Sony 1 MDS-B5, 1 MDS-JB980, 1 MDS-JB930 bookshelves Onkyo FR-SX7, Panasonic SC-HD615MD On my PC, I store > 10 To of music (only Hi-Res music downloaded from rutracker.org). I can do that because I live in Asia (no copyright control). I read and classified the 4500+ albums with jRiver Media Center.

Damned! All I have succeed is to block the opening system of my TWO RH1... Is there a video somewhere how to fix such problem ?

Yes. If it is said in the manual that the Rh1 can read MP3, I hope that we get the choice of not to CONVERT the MP3 files.

MP3 : just transfer them as datas (copy/past)

I am in a process to try what the easiest way - if this possible (never tried before, but close to) - to record in PCM quality (lossless) Hi-Res music already on my PC. Hi-MD mode and PCM real time recording seem the only way as SonicStage does not offer PCM as a transfer choice. In the Net-MD mode, Atrac Advanced Lossless as another lossless alternative offer to transfer LP2 , LP4 and (fake) SP modes. In Hi-MD disc format modes, all transfers are possible (except PCM and SP fake or not fake). SP fake or not fake is reserved to standard format mode.

Nope, just a higher Hi-MD bitrate, PCM is 1411 kbps (you can record in PCM mode on a Hi-MD formatted disc using an external source like a microphone). For most people, like Stephen (sfbp), 256 kbps is his some kind of an overall choice.