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Mystyler

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  1. What i had to do was press record (which puts me in stand by mode like you said) turn on synk record and then pressp lay on my playstation controler.

    I am now officialy broke

    You don't need sync if you slide rec and then hit play. It should sync for you. biggrin.gif Just a handy (useless?) tip.

    Yes, MD will do that to you, but that is why we love it.

  2. After cursing and shouting and both my PC and Hi-Fi for not having the neccasary sockets i realised that my Playstation 2 has an optical socket so i hook my MD up to my PS2 and start recording, i can hear the music through my headphones but when i actualy stop recording and play back, i hear nowt.

    Preferably i would like to transfer my files to my MD through my PC but seeing as i don't have an Optical Socket is there another way?????

    And is it possible to just 'drag n drop' the appropriate files onto the MD (or a similar method becuase i've seen people talking about software for there MD) without having to listen to them all the way through ????

    With Sharp units, you slide the rec slider across, and it puts you in rec-standby mode. You can hear the stuff that you want to be recorded, but it's not actually recording. You must hit play after you have slid the rec slider across and set all the levels (read manual! They are useful!!) and are happy that what you are hearing is what you want to be recorded.

    If you spring for a $10 3.5mm to 3.5mm male/male stereo patch cable, you won't need a new soundcard. One end goes from your PC's soundcard, the other into your MT888's line in.

    Not with the MT888, and not really with anything else, but close. These are NetMD models, which allow high-speed downloading of audiofiles on your PC. The MT899 is such a unit - it is virtually identical to the MT888, but includes the NetMD technology.

  3. Something easy to operate?

    Sharp IM-MT899. (Or MT880, depending where you live). NetMD, Sharp NetMD flagship and SIMPLE to use, esp compared to Sonys.

    However, the N505 or S1 are probably better suited to your needs - no mic input, cheaper, and dount quite sound up to the Sharps. Only downside is that due to smaller screens they can be even harder to use, and if you are in the USA the N505 don't come with a remote, and the S1 has no remote jack, so you are stuffed there. biggrin.gif

    Maybe the N707 deserves a look.

  4. The **BEST** way to get your MP3s to MD is to spring for a Sony N505 NetMD recorder - it can convert your MP3s to ATRAC and then download them at up to 32x speed via USB.

    If not, and if your sound card is half decent, stick to analogue and have a cup of tea, cook some scones and read the paper while you wait. laugh.gif

    And, no, if you hear windows sounds via analogue, you'll hear 'em via digital too.

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