turnjar

Iceeedtea, You have been a mine of information, thankyou very much for your help. I am in the fortunate position of being in the process of leaving for a trip around the southern islands of Japan. I return to the UK on Monday 29th March. Unfortunately, this means that I'll be unable to do much further research until then. But hey, I ain't complaining! :grin: Thanks again. I doubt that the thread will stay live, but I hope to speak with you more on my return. Regards

Hi Iceeedtea, Thanks for moving the post, and thanks for the reply. I did consider the Hi-MD unit, but opted for the N920 for the following reasons: If I rip a cd to mp3. I could fit on average 9-10 cds worth of music on one minidisc. Is that correct? More than enough for my usage. Back in 01 or 02 I had a Creative Labs version of the Ipod. Big, clunky, absolutely awful. I am not expecting the same of Sony of course, but am reasoning that the N920 being the last of the line should be a highly refined piece of equipment, whereas the Hi-MD units can only get better from the first.. Unless of course they are upgrading from existing tech which would make sense and is probably the most likely come to think of it. But still, they will be the first of the line.... Do you like SonicStage? I am going to research more, but I heard problems with DRM issues. That's why I am considering the M3SUB route.. Apologies for the slightly incoherent post. In a rush....!!!

Hi all, This is my first post, I am a net MD virgin and I look forward to discovering the wealth of information contained within this site. I am on holiday/vacation in Tokyo, and I splashed out on the latest Net MD http://www.jp.sonystyle.com/Qnavi/Detail/M.../MZ-N920_S.html (page in japanese) My questions are as follow; 1) It states clearly on the box that the player will work in Japan only and only on a Japanese OS. To take the statement in two parts: The first (I assume) refers to the power supply. Not a problem as I have a Japanese-English power transformer at home. The second (again I assume) probably refers to the bundled software SonicStage. This HOPEFULLY won't be a problem as I intend to use M3U2SB or Clint Mers SimplerMD. And so finally to the questions; 1) Does anyone foresee any obvious problems that would make it wiser to return it to the shop? 2) Does anyone know of any hardware lockouts that would disable me from using it? I've made some pretty big assumptions that there will be no (or at least not many) problems getting the unit active....... :wacky: 3) Any ideas for a release date for the english language version? I have downloaded the MZ N10 manual, which will have pointers, but obviously want the correct english one. Fortunately my wife can translate the manual for me if necessary. I'll keep you updated as to how I get on, whether M3U2SB and SimplerMD get on well with the unit and perhaps a general review, although it will be from a newb's perspective. As I mentioned, I am on vacation, and won't be able to test anything on my machine until March 29th. In the meantime, please help me out and leave your advice and comments! Thanks alot in advance. Turnjar