jadeclaw

Ooookay, first, you cannot upload your old SP-recordings via USB onto the PC using a Hi-MD unit. Only recordings made on a Hi-MD recorder in Hi-MD mode can be uploaded that way. Second, the Hi-MD recorder will playback your SP-recordings. Third, you can upload your old recordings by connecting line out of your home deck to line in of the soundcard in your PC and copy it realtime by recording it on the PC with a suitable program. For better quality, use optical digital instead, if PC and MD-deck offer it. Fourth, Hi-SP is comparable with old SP in terms of quality, but your old decks won't play it, however, SonicStage now allows it to transfer in Hi-SP onto a Hi-MD recorder, thus giving better sound than NetMD. Fifth, the short runningtimes have a reason: The Hi-MD-technology needs more power, so if the current times don't satisfy you, you either wait for the next generation of Hi-MD units or buy one of the current MDLP/NetMD - players.

According to the Equipment browser here onsite, the unit is identical to the Sharp MS701. Looking on Nic Boyde's pages here, we learn, that the unit uses a NB-L10 or a Sharp AD-S30BT. We then enter "AD-S30BT" into Google and get a list. From that list, we find: http://www.batteryprice.com/product1.aspx?...Product_ID=1367 24 bucks. Or we look here: http://www.camcorder-battery.org/SHARP/AD-S30BT.HTM US$33,-- Or here: http://www.ibi-camcorder-battery.com/Produ...uct.asp?ID=5131 US$25,-- Btw, Google reports 7,860 hits, so this battery seems to be very common...

That's not an indication, they have possibly a binary link blocker active, which seems to have some functional problems. More than one of the images delivers a 403-Access forbidden back...

The backup function is either ridicilously ineffectively programmed or the data is decrypted and reencrypted during backup. It could be both as well. My experience was, that it was even slow on a Athlon XP 2500+

AFAIK it never went beyond demonstrator status and never reached production level.

AFAIK means As Far As I Know. Acronym finder: http://www.ucc.ie/cgi-bin/acronym The chance is there. I've never had problems with malaysian Sony rigs, so I don't think, it is an issue.

Welcome to the "Had I used the backup function from the tools-menu!" world. You have to use the Backup-tool from SS2 to backup your files and essentially the necessary crypt-keys into a different directory before flattening your installation. Since the new installation generated new keys, your old files are no longer playable. So, for the future, remember to backup your files before a new install. Then you can reimport that backup.

Make it 4Watt per channel and you have it right. But what I don't get, why introducing new MDLP-units now with Hi-MD going on sale?

Thats 3 Euros per disc. Well, that's nasty I say. 7 Euros for 5 discs is the normal price for Maxells 80 min. disc, Sony cost a Euro more per pack. Oh, and Ebay might be even cheaper than that.

Nope. Only Hi-MD recordings done on a Hi-MD recorder.

Well, Sony is an old word for 'Not thinking'... :wacky: They are a part of the music industry, so what you'd expect... In addition, mp3-encoding for the OMG to WAV decoder won't happen. Reason: License cost. Thomson Multimedia is charging licensees through the nose for encoders. While endusers 'flying below radar' may distribute Lame and other encoders without being bothered, a highly visible company like Sony cannot do this. They would be sued in no time. On the other paw, I don't think, that anyone would expand a whole disk of scratchy sounding 64k-stuff. So, the normal amount of 1 or 2 CDs is more realistic here and if I need it smaller, I simply drag the whole folder onto Oggdrop and that's it...

The battery is called: GP14M-OC2 ZBattery.com has them for US$8.95 http://www.zbattery.com/zbattery/gp14m-oc2.html GP offers a twin charger for these batteries as well: http://www.zbattery.com/gppb12us140-c2.html US$24.75

Do I assume rightly from your name, that you are from Germany? If so, then try this one: http://www.heise.de/ct/cd-register/default...html?s=uncdcopy The resulting files are in standard wave format or OGG, for mp3 add the lame encoder dll found here: http://mitiok.free.fr/ This software can automatically split the resulting file according to the original CD or according to silent parts on the recording or you split it manually in a wave edit window. The title information is not transferred from the MD as that data is not transmitted via digital out.

Correct. The analog connection on the back of the computer.

It's the Sony CD-Writer, I guess.

Ok, collected from the NH700 manual (available onsite): A Hi-MD disc allows for 55 kByte for title,track and group names. 200 Characters per title. 2047 tracks are possible. That should do it.

The disk won't. But you will get corrupted files when pulling the plug or cutting power during defrag. But that is true for all disk-types... ------------------------------------- @Michael: Thanks for the report. Btw. the 5 second thingy is typical for Minidisc. That is the time, when the TOC (Table of Contents) is written. Don't disturb the unit during that, otherwise the whole recording is gone.

What I still don't get is the fact, that Sony is imposing this DRM-stuff to Europe as well as the legal situation is totally different over here. While the circumvention of any copyprotection is illegal, there is no requirement for any recording device to have any form of copyprotection. So for europe, they could offer unlimited export and it would be still legal. Another point: Maybe we have here some legal eagles, who can point out, why Sony's Hi-MD recorder have to conform to the AHRA, while other manufacturers can sell their recorders without any copyprotection at all. The professional decks from Denon und Tascam come to mind. Sony's very own PCMM1 DAT recorder too... EDIT: I shouldn't read legal stuff in the morning. After rereading the AHRA, I found it myself: So, just changing the marketing allows to get rid of the DRM junk? LINK: http://www.virtualrecordings.com/ahra.htm

Well, I strongly suggest to wait until the recorders appear in the shops. And of course: If you do buy on ebay, use an escrow service recommended by ebay. If the seller recommends a different one, stay away!

Less than 500 mAmps. That's the limit for the USB-port. From the battery, it's far less. Since I don't know the capacity of the battery, you have to calculate: Capacity in mAh / running time in hours = consumption in mAmps.

Ahem, are you trying to transfer them back from MD onto the PC? That is not possible with existing NetMD-recorders.

You can't. NetMD-recorders cannot upload. You can only check-in tracks, that had been transferred previously to reset the transfer counter. To get the music back into your computer, you have to do it via the soundcard.

French safety regulations. Reason: The little kids turn up the volume too far, damaging their ears. Years ago, I castrated a cheap tape walkman for a friend for exact that reason. His daughter had cranked up the volume to the limit and that thing was definitely too loud.

Sonicstage doesn't allow any other way of handling this. The only other way is to copy the original files (.wav, .mp3) and to import these into both installs. DRM sucks...

That is one of the reasons, why I never used Cleaning Discs. Not on MD, not on CD/MO. Remember, the lens is plastic, not glass as it was in the first CD-Players. The other reason is, that depending on the way the cleaning disc is constructed, it can damage or disalign the laser pickup.