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Hoho, that sounds familiar ;-) I'm working on a converter for my iPod. I want to use my old MD Remote for an iPod. The problem is that i don't have one yet Good luck! JD

Woahh! That would be awesome!

Hallo, this german site claims the NW-HD1 can play MP3 songs without converting them first. http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48768 But on the japanese site there are no mention about it? JD

I thought on buying the NH9000 but now i'll wait for the second generation (and for some reviews). I'll buy me a new monitor first :rasp: JD

That would never happen... JD

Hehe, sorry but there is no way that sony just change/modify the header. I bet the .hma files are (very good) encrypted. I read a thread in another forum about hacking the encryption on NetMD but they failed! I suggest there is a hidden sector with the key information on the MD disc and only the MD player/recorder can read theses sections. JD (but no encryption is 100% safe! it's just a matter of time, knowledge and effort)

Well said! That's my line :rasp: JD

The 900 has no time stamp functionality. That's the reason why there is a modell on top of the 900 -> NH-1 But i don't know either whether the NH 900 can (only) display timestamp. JD

@nietzsche Don't panik! I'm sure group function is enabled on all Hi-MD. But only the top modells have group program. (I think that's something different) Beside that, maybe there will be some new organizing function. http://forums.minidisc.org/viewtopic.php?t=4616 JD

Well you're right! It was just a suggestion. Time will tell... JD

Your argument is also right but i'm talking about another (additional) protection. A program can detect if you have a cdr inserted instead of a real pressed (original) cd due trying to read ATIP information. (But CloneCD can prevent programs from reading ATIP infos) Well in case of Daemon Tools and Nero Image Drive it's pretty easy to detect the simulation. Just check the Hardware properties and you get this info: NERO Image Drivedrive2 SCSI CdRom Device Generic DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device JD

Yeah that's right but if sony will the users not able to use SB with virtual cds then they'll build some protection in SB. You just have to check for some know CD/DVD Driver (e.g. Nero / Daemon / CloneCD ...) Remember some game have CD-R Identify checks (quite the same situation) But i don't believe sony would put efforts in this. JD

I don't know SonicStage because i sold my N707 to buy a PDA 2 years ago. Just had my N707 2 weeks. Now i regret that and i'm going to put my PDA on ebay and get a HI MD. (Since i used my PDA only for MP3) JD

Hello, i read in a german pdf about HI-MD that you can search either for groups, interprets or albums. Is that a new feature or does other Player/Recorder have this too? JD

I doubt the radio has an optical output. :rasp:

Hi spase, welcome to the forum (hehe i'm just as new as you in the forum). Currently nobody knows if Simple Burner works with Hi-MD as well as with NetMD. I heard that sony is planing to release Simple Burner 2.0 within the new Recorder. I'm pretty sure of it that it then should works with Nero, too. JD

The review from the link So i dont think sony decrease the number of groups to 20. JD

@jadeclaw Thx for the very interesting pdf. But i still insist on my suggestion (see previous post) :happy: I think it makes no senses that sony points out you can store up to 45 CDs on one Hi-MD and limit the number of group to 20 ??? Just let wait and see... Imagine you have 100 tracks on one md it's pretty tough to select a certain track by pushing the next button. And here comes the group function you can tell tracks 1-10 be group1 (you can name your group freely) 11-20 group2 and so forth... If you then activate the group mode you can choose a group (just like a playlist) and the player will play all tracks in this group (e.g. track 1-10). I you don't use the groupe mode it will play all 100 tracks. The auto personal memory is for another use. Let's say you have 2 MDs which one of them sounds louder than the other. You then have to change the volume setting for each MD. The personal memory allows you to save these settings (volume/eq...) for certain discs. EDIT: Uuups, i think jadeclaw is right. (I'm not 100% sure about this) JD

Well i guess it saves your preferences of some discs/tracks like volume, pitch control, equalizer... (just read it somewhere) My interpretation of this line is that you can set up a playlist of 20 groups. It plays the first group then second and so forth (max. 20) In my opinion it doesn't say exactly that you only can have max. 20 groups. (just a guess) JD

Well, thanks but the link doesn't work. JD

What pdf are you talking about? Where can i get it? The only information i found was that you can have 20 groups i a program but not 20 groups total. *confused* JD

Hello, i read somewhere in the forum that the number of groups is restricted to 20. Is this also true for HI-MD devices? JD

I don't know the specs of the power supply but such devices come often with a wide range power supply supporting 110V-230V, so this shouldn't be a problem. As far as i know you can't record from the radio built in the remote control. JD

@jadeclaw Treffer!

@jadeclaw Oh, i just noticed that you're from germany (me too, AC) Gruß JD