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  1. BearBoy
    No Sony hardware has been made for many years. Sony still make these blanks though.
  2. BearBoy
    I don't know if the OP of this thread is still about?
  3. BearBoy
    Just try cleaning the contact at the bottom of the battery compartment with a cotton bud dipped in alcohol. No need to resort to sharpening it if it’s not necessary. Edit: just re-read your original post and saw you said they looked clean. Might still be worth giving them a quick clean with some alcohol.
  4. BearBoy
    Yeah, something sounds off here. On my MZ-N710, pressing stop once when a disc is playing and the device is connected to the AC adaptor stops the disc and the display shows the track number etc. When I press stop for a second time, the display goes blank briefly (less than a second) before the word "Charging" appears flashing on the screen and the battery icon starts filling up. It sounds like either a connection issue or a duff battery. Have you tried cleaning the contacts as suggested it that other thread? Have you got anything else you could check the battery in? I ordered some new Vapex batteries last week and the one I've opened only came with a pretty small amount of charge in it and did need charging pretty much from the off.
  5. BearBoy
    @Raymiles You might also find some of the information in this thread useful:
  6. BearBoy
    I don't think you'll be able to charge the battery without the charging stand. I've got an MZ-N910 and if you connect the AC adaptor directly to the device it will power it but will not charge the battery. In order to charge the battery you need to use the charging stand. Edit: actually, I think that's incorrect. If you want to charge without the stand then you need to press STOP after connecting the AC adaptor to the device. Charging should then start. I've just tried with an MZ-N710, which is the same as your device minus the tuner, and it starting charging.
  7. BearBoy
    Thanks for posting that. Don’t think I’ve come across that site before. Will have a good nose around it when I have an hour or so to kill.
  8. BearBoy
    Looks like it's a promotional item for one of the kickstarter packages for the OP's video game. The lower value packages include the soundtrack as MP3/AAC/FLAC but the MD is a bit of memorabilia for one of the more expensive packages. Might attract someone who still uses MiniDiscs or maybe just someone who likes collecting rare videogame stuff? Are you intending to do any packaging/labelling for the MiniDiscs MaxKriegerVG?
  9. BearBoy
    I started messing about with MiniDisc again about 2-3 years ago after a break of 10ish years. Since then I've somehow bought three Sony QS decks and three Sony MD Walkmans, to go with my original deck and Walkman. I've also been picking up blanks. Luckily Sony is still making them, for now at least, so the prices haven't gone crazy and it's relatively easy to pick up new sealed blanks. Assuming you are not after HiMD ones that is.
  10. BearBoy
    Are you looking for players that take an AA battery within the main body of the device? i.e. rather than those with the detachable AA battery packs? If so, the MZ-E300 does.
  11. BearBoy
    I hadn't really looked at it that closely but, you're right, the 'M' does look a bit odd. I went to have a look at the logos on my players and you can't see the same tapering. But, I took a photo of the largest official MD logo I could find, on a box of Sony MDW80T blank discs, and when I zoomed in on the photo it shows the same sort of slight curves on the middle V shaped part of the 'M'. I am not saying with any certainty that the logo on Wikipedia is 100% official but a similar tapering is on the logo on my box of blanks.
  12. BearBoy
    I have got one of THESE , well, the opposite (i.e. optical to coax) so I could connect my MDS-JB980 to my PC's audio interface, which has a coax digital input. Very cheap but never had any issues with it.
  13. BearBoy
    Is THIS what you are after?
  14. BearBoy
    Is the one on Wikipedia any good? LINK Not sure if it's a fan recreation or high enough resolution (1084x1024) for your needs?
  15. BearBoy
    Good to know. I'd wondered about this when trying to work out the best way of connecting a couple of MD decks and a CD player to my PC audio interface. Sounds like I wouldn't lose anything by routing the CD player through one of the MD decks and eliminating the need for a separate digital switch. Might be able to reduce the amount of wires and boxes I have set up in my office now
  16. BearBoy
    There are a couple listed here: http://www.minidisc.org/part_Hi-MD_Onkyo.html But they only seem to provide optical out for CD, not MD, playback (assuming the information posted is correct).
  17. BearBoy
    I don't have an MZ-N510 but have checked my MZ-N710 and MZ-N910 and cannot find the option you describe. They both have a "PowerMode" sub-menu within the main "Option" menu but this just gives you the choice of "normal" or "quick" on the MZ-N710 and "normal", "quick" or "PowerSave" on the MZ-N910. Hopefully someone here has an MZ-N510 and will be able to confirm.
  18. BearBoy
    Ha. That's a pretty poor photoshop...
  19. BearBoy
    Thanks Pedrothelion! I was looking for some of these a while back but without luck. Have also found them on the UK Amazon site here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MiniDisc-MiniDisk-Cassette-Wallet-Hochklar/dp/B00X2KBLU8/
  20. BearBoy
    Where did you get the cases from Pedrothelion?
  21. BearBoy
    Slight caveat to the above: the RM-49M and RM-47M don't have the Group On/Off or Skip buttons that the RM-D10E has but I don't think this would be an issue in your case as I do not believe that the MDS-JE480 has the Group function.
  22. BearBoy
    Not an exact answer to your question but the remote control that came with my MDS-JB940 (RM-D49M) works with my MDS-JB980, which came with the RM-D10E remote. I'd assume that your RM-D47M would probably work with an MDS-JE480 but hopefully someone here could confirm.
  23. BearBoy
    When I put a disc in my MDS-JB940 (assume my other decks are the same) in goes in and then down. When you press eject the disc moves upwards and is then ejected outwards. I think that's what Amater was referring to.
  24. BearBoy
    I think I might need to do this to my MDS-JB940 too. Ejecting discs is a bit erratic at times. It's mostly okay but every now and again it makes a sort of squealing noise and doesn't eject the disc. Usually turning if off and then trying again results in it working.
  25. BearBoy
    Nice piece of improvisation there! I think I am probably overthinking this tbh. I put AA/AAA batteries with a variety of different mAh ratings in my normal battery charger without any issues. I did find a post elsewhere on the internet where someone said that the BC-9HP did not "fully support" 1450mAh batteries and that you needed a BC-9HP2 charger to get maximum capacity out of them. No idea if that's actually the case.
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