dvallere

Hi folks, I've had 'em all - an indash unit, a cassette adapter, a changer mounted in the trunk, and an FM modulator. Rankings: 1. Best by far was the in-dash unit. It was easy to change discs, no cables, etc. Nice if you can get it. 2. Second-best was the changer. It was pretty annoying because I'd forget to change discs for weeks on end, so the same 6 discs were playing over and over, but it was a lot more convenient than either #3 or #4. With a changer inside the car (in a center console or other reachable area) it would definitely be great. 3. The cassette adapter was not really that bad, especially if you are running the portable MD unit on battery power (so you don't have to deal with the power cable, just the cassette cable). 4. Belkin FM modulator - by far the worst of these options. If you have lots of room in the dash (in a tray or whatever) for the portable and the modulator and the connector cable, and if you have the dexterity to fiddle with both radio units each time your "unused station" suddenly becomes a "real station," then this might be better. I am hesitant to invest in Hi-MD - I don't feel that it will be that much of an improvement over MDLP - so I am saving up for an indash MDLP unit for my current car instead of waiting for a Hi-MD unit. Donna

Never mind, Sonic Stage told me how to do it.

Hi all, Just bought my first audiobook on CD (Harry Potter 2). It's 9 hours and 40 minutes on the CDs, which makes it just over 2 discs when I record in LP4. Apparently the CD production company has made each paragraph its own track, since each CD has about 85 tracks on it, ranging from 30 seconds to a few minutes per track. Is there any way to delete the track marks to combine these into longer tracks that make more sense? (IMHO one track per chapter is more reasonable.) I also suspect that if I didn't have so many individually-labeled tracks, more audio would be able to fit on my 80-minute MDs on LP4. These CDs are really weird - each track is named (e.g.) "1A: The Worst Birthday" followed by "1B: The Worst Birthday" and so on. I renamed each track to just show 1A or 1B or whatever, but I am still running out of space. Thanks, D.

Ah, forgotten I'd posted here. I'm going to get an adapter from Connects2 and I'll be all set with the factory radio. Thanks for answering, though. Donna

Thanks to everyone who looked at my auction, which sold on Saturday. Donna *** http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...RK%3AMESSE%3AIT This item I'm selling is from www.connects2.com who makes adapters to easily connect factory radios to Sony changers (CD and MD). This adapter is for BMW 3-series 2002 and newer. I used it happily for a year on my '04 convertible with my Sony MDX-66XLP but since I sold the car I don't need this adapter anymore. Retails for 60GBP (about $106 at today's rates) plus shipping from the UK...mine is located in the US. Note that this is supposed to work on ALL the prewired 3-series for those years but I can only vouch for the 325CiC since that is what I had. Very easy way to get MD in your BMW! Donna

Wonder why Sony is teaming with Apple to raffle off iPods instead of MD units? http://www.sonymusic.com/contests/ym/?UID=...OU7s4&TYPE=CCID But I entered all the same! Donna

Hi all, For a year or so I've been using my Sony MDX-66XLP (changer) in my '04 BMW 325Ci. The factory radio was able to control the MD changer using the BMW prewiring for CD changer and a special Sony-BMW adapter I got from the UK. But on Saturday I traded the Bimmer for a Ford Expedition. This has a 2-DIN receiver with a 6-disc in-dash changer. I've written to Ford and to Sony to find out if there is prewiring for a changer and where it might be located (it's not intuitive), and Ford says "Sorry, we can't help you with issues like this" and Sony hasn't yet responded. The dealer is likewise clueless. I don't want to spend a fortune on stereo upgrades, especially since I'm broke from buying the car! But equally I don't want all my MDLPs lying around useless. I can't even use the cassette adapter that came with my NetMD unit because there's no cassette slot in the factory radio. I've tried using one of those FM modulator units and it didn't work very well. (That was before I got the changer for the BMW.) My local Car Toys said that if I want to remove the factory unit and replace it with an in-dash MD player they can handle that (except they don't sell Sony units so it would have to be Alpine, Blaupunkt, Pioneer, JVC, or Eclipse). Car Toys doesn't stock any MD units. According to these mfr websites none of these companies are still making MD car audio (at least not for the US market). So ARGH! What can I do? I'm not skilled enough to do wiring myself. Does anyone know whether the Expedition is wired to accept a changer? If so, where does the wiring terminate? Or, does anyone know of a non-Sony US model receiver? And does anyone want to buy a year-old MDX-66XLP? I'll throw the BMW adapter in for free :-) Thanks for any help. Donna

Hello, Hubby and I have been devoted MD fans since late 1996 when we had to import our portables from Japan. We switched to MDLP units when they were available and now we are interested in the Hi-MD. I saw the minidisc.org info on the LAM-X1 (home audio model) and one of the bullet items was "virtual phone technology." What is that? Or can you point me to a link where I can read more about it? Naturally Sony's site was most unhelpful. They have the worst search results pages I ever saw. Thanks, Donna and Chris Pick Sammamish, WA