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all the equipment that you will need is just a long enough 3.5mm Stereo plug to connect from your unit's HEAPHONES OUT/LINE OUT socket to the PC's LINE IN...this can be purchased anywhere but the cable will vary depending on what type of connectors you use...(i.e. 3.5mm Stereo -> 3.5mm Stereo or 3.5mm Stereo -> RCA Audio cable (L/R channels are split up into two cables one read and one white...) the software needed is win nmd which you can get here...this site should tell you all you need to know to get started out with analogue recordings using that software...hope this helps...

oh you're talking about the memory effect that plagues the NiMH batteries more than the Li-Ion batteries...well in that case yes it is slightly easier to damage the battery if your don't discharge it fully but that goes for Li-Ion batteries as well...in the long run you have to fully discharge and recharge the battery if you want to keep it in good shape...

mp3 -> ATRAC3 in LP2 mode isn't all too bad and same with mp3 -> CD...but since i got an ipod recently i use that instead of buring mp3 -> mp3cd...more convenient...but i do use mp3 for backup purposes for my songs that i have on cds...

unmfortunately i havn't had time to muck around with the 722 just yet...i will try and do this next week and also hopefully take pictures of the unit to show you how 2 fix up the eject switch and front panel (if indeed i can also fix up the front panel)...i'll keep you posted...email me and i will send you a tutorial file hopefully by next week in pdf format...

u could go back to a sony repair store and tell them to take a look @ it and replace the unit or put the missing screws in for you...don't know if this will work but it's worth a shot..

i don't see how the gumstick can get damaged easier??? but even if it does it's cheap and easy to replace unlike the N10 (and plus i got a tonne of gumsticks lying around since all my other units use gumstick except for my N10 and E10 units...) but otherwise N10's battery life is my only complaint...i still prefer the N910 over the N10 for battery life and the weight isn't that much of a difference...ultimately the choice is urs and depending on what style you like u'll choose the right model....the new Sharp unit is really nice (info can be viewed here) though since i don't own one and it is very new I don't know much about the unit...but it looks like a very nice unit to get...

i put mine in my shirt pocket or the collar of the t-shirt if i'm using the SP corded headphones but i uusually use LP cords now since it's more convenient...

you have to do this when you are trnasfering/encoding your files over to the NetMD capable unit...like when you select to Tranfer the song over you should be able to choose which mode that you want it to be encoded and transfered as...i.e. SP, LP2 and LP4 modes...

seems to me that the connections on the unit itself are screwed...this is the same as the 722 unit that i have in my possession now...works from the remote but not from the main unit...

well the european model of the N710 is capped @ 1.2mW per channel unlike the N1 (5mW per channel) as u said...though Aus units are currently unaffected and no fiddling with the EQ settings won't make much of a difference in terms of the power outputted but it could give you an impression that the music is louder by adjusting the different frequency bands but while this may achieve a slight increase the volume of the music being played as NRen2k5 said previously it will consequently also distort the sound signature a bit...

hmmm...well if you leave the power settings to quick then yeh it does drain your battery like crazy...so turn it off if you don't need to have instantaneous playback from suspend mode...

ppl do have their reasons of buying MD's...they are very very flexible in terms of recording, are very rugged (i.e. the media itself), very small and light plus have long playback times...quality wise i think that the ATRAC codec is more nicer to listen to than mp3 in terms of quality...i don't know how or why but it seems that even with compression ATRAC seems to retain most of the data copied from say a CD whereas mp3's do lose the data inbetween meaning that the quality does go down as you compress more...ATRAC does this also but it seems less noticeable...ppl may not agree with me but this is my opinion...

if you wanted to buy some powered mics made by Sony then you can take a look at the models ECMMS907, ECMZS90, ECMMS957 or ECMT145...these all feature a seperate power supply and depending on your needs it will determine which mic is best for you...hope this helps...

don't worry you don't have to feel guilty about buying it...all new Sony MD units feature the new Type S ATRAC DSP...quite simply Type S is an update of the ATRAC DSP...it combines Type R ATRAC for enhancement of SP recordings as well as Type S ATRAC for enhancement of LP playback...so you're not missing out on Type R for recording...and as an added extra you get enhanced playback with the introduction of Type S ATRAC as well...

i'm taking it that this is the model with the side slot mechanism...if so then i suggest that you open the top panel up (the one with the LCD) and take a look at how the eject slide works...if i have time i will take pictures and post them up here showing you how to get the eject slider working again...and future love one question i have is what exactly did you mean when you asked if the eject button was automatic??? did u mean the auto eject mechanism that sony uses?? or was it something totally differet???

unfortunately no...there is no sound transmitted through the USB cable back to the computer...

well i don't mind listening to LP2 recording or 192kbps encoded mp3's...but personally i have never actually tried comparing listening to a 192kbps mp3 cd and an lp2 md....i might try that out a little later when i have more time but in terms of CD's holding more than MD's this is true...MD can only hold about 150MB compared with 700MB on a CD...the new mp3 discmans from Sony i haven't actually had time to listen to them yet but i will try and do the comparison between my Panasonic SL-CT800 mp3 discman (record a CD full of 192kbps encoded mp3's) and my Sharp DS8 player (using an MD recorded in LP2 through NetMD transfer from Sonicstage/OpenMG) both using the Sony MDR-E888 earbuds connected to both units....i'll try to do this ASAP and post my findings and opinions...

yes i quite like my Sharp unit...i've had an Aiwa player a few years back and i thought it was pretty good as well... but otherwise my impression on the sharp unit (DS8) is that it's nicely built with great sound...very great unit and i have no regrets buying it...my views on the new DS70 is that looks like a very nice unit and a good update to the DS8...in terms of sound i would say that Sharp has the edge over Sony in terms of bass since it packs a hell ova punch...though i can't complain much about Sony either..it's adequate for its purpose...

yes it is possible to make a decent recording with the unit's line in provided you get a reasonable powered mic unit to record from...

this should be fine...it won't have any problems transfering across these files that you downloaded unless they specifically say that they are copyrighted... well this is up to you and depends whether or not you want an MD or a mp3 discman...personally i prefer my MD because of it's size and flexibility and since i own both an MD and a mp3 discman i can say that the choice depends on whether or not you care about putting massive amounts of songs onto a medium or not + depends on what you find convenient in copying songs to that media...i.e. mp3 cd's are more easier to make than MD's through NetMD since it's just a drag a drop burn process rather than convertion to ATRAC3 and then transfering across... well if you say take a 128kbps encoded mp3 and convert it to wav file then it won't sound as good as say the original wav file that was ripped from a CD if that's what you are getting at...it doesn't really make that much of a difference since mp3 compression is lossy and most of the data from the original cda track is usually lost through compression so even when you encode it in wav it can't make up for the information lost during the encoding to mp3...

have your tried turning off all of the EQ settings in SonicStage???

you have to plug your headfones/earbuds into the unit itself to be able to hear the music that is being played...since it is being played through the MD unit itself rather than the computer...

unfortunately i do not personally own this unit but i know of a friend that does and i've seen that it was made in malaysia...but purchased in australia and has a 5mW RMS per channel output...if i can catch him tomorrow at uni i mite be able to get a pic of the under side of the unit for you and post it up here...

have you tried to install the NetMD drivers again??? because it happened to me on my laptop and i just re-installed it and everything worked fine again...

oh u mean the N910??? well i kinda wanted to buy this model over my N10 (but since it was a present i don't really mind my N10) and yes i quite like the battery time on the N910...but basically i could call it a flagship Sony unit so all the bells and whistles that you expect from the N10 but with longer battery life and different button placements...=) i own a few MD units actually...my most recent recorders are the MZ-N1 and N10 plus two players which include the Sharp DS8 and the Sony MZ-E10...