jadeclaw

Does that mean, you have just ONE disc? I suggest, getting a bunch of them and keep them filled, so that you simply grab the one you like and take off. They're cheap nowadays.

That's, how SonicStage should have looked&worked like in the first place.

Creative is policing its customers, in other words, if you play copyrighted or protected content, digital out will be muted. Plus, check the options as well, especially the surround adjustments. Switching to Stereo/2 Speaker mode could help here.

The problem with DVD type media is, you need a second laser. And exactly that is the problem, when size and power source is limited. DVD+RW writing would flatten an AA cell in less than 15 minutes. plus, there is no space in that little optical block for the second laser. Imagine, how many HiMD recorders would have been sold, if you could not use your old discs, could not play your old recordings and could only record with the power cord plugged in. And UMD was no effort at all. It is regular DVD reading technology. Think 8cm DVDs, then you are almost there. Cheap mass production and not being available as a recording format in current DVD-recorders was the goal here. And that has been achieved.

DVD-player have two lasers with a different wave lenght, infrared for CD and red light for DVD. Visible light doesn't work on a multitude of CD-R/RW discs. Btw, HD-DVD and BlueRay will have to use three different lasers, unless CD-R/RW compatibility is given up.

The solution is simple. The source column in previous Versions is now the Album column. You have to sort your library again by finding the tracks back and entering the Album name into the Album field. SonicStage then creates an Album with the same name and moves the tracks into that Album. The Album itself is dropped into the group containing all other albums of the same artist. Another thing: When moving multiple files that way, remember not to touch the Title field in that dialogue, not even clicking into it. When importing MP3-files, make sure that all fields in the ID3-Tag contain the correct information. Then of course the MP3-files are sorted into the correct Albums. The following fields must be set: Title Artist Album Genre Track# Normally, when reading a CD, these fields are correctly set, thanks to CDDB, but on downloaded or self ripped MP3s, this is often not the case. Result: Chaos after import. Note: If both ID3-tag versions are present (V1 and V2) Version 2 is used.

And exactly that is the problem with HiMD. You have to heat during read as well. The DWDD-Layer has to be spotheated to a certain temperature to initiate the magnification effect and that limits the maximum reading speed.

DVD doesn't use DWDD. DVD is from 1995, DWDD is from 2001.

The Plugin is standard in SS3.1. And it sucks. Use Atrac instead.

You cannot upload from a NetMD unit or from a NetMD formatted disc inside a HiMD unit. The fact, that SonicStage offers both ways, is that you can 'check in' tracks, which have a limited number of transfers. That way, you can increase the number of transfers available. The track on the MD is deleted of course. Btw, self ripped tracks have unlimited transfers. Real upload is only possible with a HiMD formatted disc inside a HiMD recorder and only for tracks recorded on a HiMD-recorder through Line-In/Optical/Microphone.

How about pestering your boss about a new monitor?

Three reasons, why the UMD-disc was chosen over HiMD: First, Pre-Recorded MDs are regular MDs, not HiMD. CD-Style stamping and DWDD won't work together. Second, manufacturing cost. A HiMD disc is ten times more expensive to make, than a regular DVD. And UMD is just a smaller DVD. Third, the time needed for manufacturing. With current technology, it takes roughly 15 minutes to fill a HiMD-disc completely. It takes 10 seconds to make a DVD/CD/UMD. The bottom line counts, not what the customer wants.

Time to end all hopes of retrofitting any form of backlight/sidelight. Forget it guys, it doesn't work. Even for a sidelight, it is necessary, that the reflective Layer is transmissive. And that is not the case with the displays used in the NH700&900. I have a scanner receiver here, that has a display light(sidelight) and the same type of display. The result: The display contents are invisible in the dark, only the dust behind the frontglass is well lighted. My recommendation: Leave your recorder as it is and get one of those little LED lights, available for a few bucks on ebay(Photon light/Led Lenser, etc.).

Points to a defective master crystal. That is one of those defects, that do not get discovered in Quality Control.

I'd say, it is #1 (...768.wav). There is a slight ringing/glossing over on #2(...574.wav), especially on the cymbals. However, the difference is small, but audible. I didn't used the ABX-tool, as the difference popped out immediately after loading both files into Winamp and switching between them.

Of course not. The hiss comes from the tape head and the preamp in the car stereo. Instead increase the treble with the MD's equalizer, then turn down the treble on the car stereo until the sound is okay again. Or, get one of those FM-transmitters, and set it on a free frequency.

According to AV-Watch, Sony announced an issue with the NW-HD3 network walkman. The internal power connector can come loose, resulting in a dead unit. The problem occurs in units with the serial number range from 100001 - 124000. The serial number is found on the back of the unit. Sony Japan has established a customer call center and offers a free repair. Turnaround for that is roughly a week. http://babelfish.altavista.com/babelfish/t...512%2fsony5.htm

Hmm, and again a new MD-capable unit - without HiMD. I really don't understand, what Sony's marketing department is thinking.

@danield42: NetMD does NOT play the music via computer. Use the headphone connector instead.

I would say, yes, as the dust gets deposited inside the player. If the brush is clean and soft, you can use it.

I have some old Sony 60minute discs and even after rougly 8 years, they still work fine. And they have more than 50 rerecordings through. Btw, the 1 million times is in reality a different thing: It means 1 million passes of the recording head on the same spot. During recording ( and always in portables ), a tiny magnetic head touches the top surface of the disc, changing the phase polarity of the recording layer, while the laser heates the spot from below. The problem here, if too much dust/dirt is on the disc, the recording head is lifted off the disc, reducing the recording level. The same happens, if the disc is well beyond the 1 million mark, since the top surface becomes rough, the head cannot keep smooth contact with the disc. How fast can you reach the 1 million passes? If you play the disc once per day, you need roughly 2000 days. Unless dirt and dust enters the disc. Dirt and dust acts like sandpaper, so store the discs at a clean place and keep them in the supplied jackets/boxes. But that's good practice anyway.

No. Won't work, as there is more overwritten than just the TOC. Put new music on the disc and remember to set the write protect tab accordingly after recording.

@Syrius: Problems here with Memorex: Out of shape shutters, dropouts and read errors. @mjcntn: With the well known japanese brands, you are on the safe side. ( Sony, TDK, Fuji, Maxell, etc. )

Well, that page on b3studios.net points to a crack to circumvent the registration for CoolEdit. And that is illegal in the US and many other countries. @toxigenicpoem: I suggest, that you change that page accordingly and point to Audacity ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=en ) instead. Audacity is free and can be freely distributed, as it is GPL-software. @zeroDB: Yes, you have to pay for CoolEdit, as it is commercial software. Btw, CoolEdit2k is old, the new version is called Adobe Audition and can be found at Adobe.com .

Trackmarks are set, when: a) the SCMS-Status changes, the digital signal get lost c) the sample rate changes. Despite the built in sample rate converter. In all of these cases a non-deletable Trackmark is inserted. It is non-deletable as the DRM-Status of the tracks might be different. My advice: Improve the reception, that will reduce the probability of a dropout. Second, if the program is shorter then 94 Minutes, record in PCM, export to .wav, edit and combine in an external program (Audacity), then reimport. By using PCM for recording, you have to compress only once. (On reimport)