bilbo

I haven't noticed this, but then my N10 is never idle for a full day or two. There probably is some drain on the battery even when idle. That's why they put that internal battery on/off switch there. I initially bitched about switch but it is there for exaclty this purpose. If you know that the unit will be idle for an extened amount of time you turn off the battery. The power circuit if broken and there are no pathes for which the energy can drain out of the battery. I do switch it off when I go to sleep (unless it's charging). Now IF the bettery still drains out when the switch is off then that would s*ck. If I run across a time to test this I will but it's unlikely as the N-10 is my only portable and I don't know if I could stand not using it for the amount of time it would take to test it. bilbo

It is a small amplifier, generally run off a 9v battery, that boosts the signal from the mic to line level. thus enabling the mic to be used on a "line in" jack. I check and reactivesounds doesn't actually preamps. Only battery boxes. Battery boxes provide extra power to the microphone. This ensures that the mic is working at its full ability and dynamic range, it does NOT however boost the signal coming from the mic. Check out this FAQ: http://www.soundprofessionals.com/micacces...batteryfaq.html Hope this helps, bilbo

Well actually if you get a mic preamp you can use the line in for a mic. Check out http://www.soundprofessionals.com/ or http://www.reactivesounds.com/ B

Hey Leland, I guess I've been misinformed on the NetMD thing. I thought that no disc editing could be done away from the PC/NMD software. I'm now registered as "bilbo" B