mimarsinan

Well, I had cancelled my order, but then re-instated it, in hopes that the language issue would be solvable. It seems there's many reasons why the MiniDisc format died off. In my experience with the Sony MP3 players released in 1999/2000, the software was horrible (and the support even worse). I figure Sony was never able to get the software issues sorted. Shame for the format.

What are the reasons you say its better to use something else for listening or recording?

Wow, that's great! Is this confirmed for the RH1 unit?

So you don't have a language change option on your unit, right?

Well, thanks for the enthusiasm. However: 1) The sellers of the units have all asserted that the unit starts out in Japanese. 2) I have indeed followed up with them and asked whether it is possible to change language to English. They have all said "no" thus far. 3) In fact, I was originally alerted to the issue when the seller of my first unit let me know that the device and manuals were in Japanese *only*. 4) The English manual I downloaded for the unit does *not* include language among the menu options *at all*, a most curious omission. The above notwithstanding, I would still love to assume it is possible to change the unit language. However even you yourself have admitted that there is no evidence of language change for the RH1 sourced from Japan yet. Does your Canadian RH1 allow you to set its language to Japanese, for instance? That would be a start. Please let me know - thanks!

Thanks for the link. I had already downloaded the manual, but I did not see it mention anywhere where I could change the language. I probably would not be able to `discover` the language change menu option on the Japanese menu myself. Unless someone knows where it is already? It may not even be in the service menu, for all I know...

That's so unfortunate. There's no way to update the firmware with a different language either, is there? This is a showstopper for my purchase. Nobody would happen to know where to get a brand new English unit, would they? Thank you!

I ordered the MZ-RH1 MiniDisc item but I was advised that the products were shipping from Japan and would therefore work only in Japanese. I have downloaded the product manuals in English, but there do not appear to be any options to change product language. Is it possible to change the language of the device to English from Japanese, or is this unsupported? I would very much like to be able to use the MZ-RH1 unit - so please let me know!