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I'll do it. I have 2.0 installed. LP2 right?

I don't know the actual driver locations and filenames. All I can suggest is use a download manager like DAP to automatically resume the download of SS2.1 if it fails. That's really all I can suggest to you...

The R900 does not have Type-S decoding DSP, however, so any LP2 tracks played back on the R900 (or recorded off the R900 via analog) would likewise not gain the benefits.

I think the real question, the one I want answered after all is, "Is there a difference between the MDLP encoder period/at all?" Sony never released version numbers for ATRAC3 like they did with ATRAC. Clearly, ATRAC has improved over time--I can definitely tell the difference between what my brother recorded with my R30 (ATRAC 4) and what was recorded with my R900 (ATRAC 4.5), and I can tell to a much lesser degree the difference between recordings from my R900 and those I made during the brief time I had my N10 (ATRAC 4.5R), but where is the proof that MDLP has improved at all from the R900 days? "Type-S" is the decoding DSP as someone so eloquently pointed out to me, and doesn't affect recordings made in MDLP mode. So, does "new" MDLP unit recordings/"new" SonicStage rips in LP2 actually sound any better than the recordings made with an R900/R700? If my R900 wasn't dead, I would ABX this and let everyone know, but since it is dead and my N505 is not here yet... sou ne...

Okay. http://www.connect.com Download SonicStage 2.1 from there. It contains the NetMD/Hi-MD drivers. This is listed in the NetMD FAQ. You should always check the FAQ if you have a question; it can be very helpful. :happy:

Oooh... This is good news. I honestly hope it pans out! I would so buy a Hi-MD unit if it had native support of MP3. (Wishing for native AAC support is futile, unfortunately.)

Moving to correct forum... I don't actually recommend the NH600D purely because it is unable to obtain audio from any other source than SonicStage. That may be all you want now, but what about later? You might find that you like to record things live. :happy: NH700 is a lot like the 600, but it has more intuitive controls, has more inputs (optical/line, microphone as well as USB) and it's a little more attractive. Also it uses AA batteries rather than gumsticks or Li-Ions. Check it out.

>.> <.< Hmm. Reeeeeaaally? :grin:

Chris, what are you talking about? The Optical/Line-in port on MD recorders is a combination optical input and line input. You can run a normal stereo miniplug into it. :sleep: It even illustrates doing just that in the MD manuals. :laugh:

Thanks Sirius. :happy: I can get an N505 for $50, but it's got the keypad problems and the case is loose. Belongs to a guy I work with... I was hoping for an older unit... but R50 seems to retain value really well. I came really close to snagging an R90 for $36... :sleep: I'm not giving up yet! :grin:

Bump. :happy:

Please don't dig up year-old threads, kthnx. :whatever: And yes, if you use a kanji-capable remote (RM-MC33ELK).

I already sold the dead unit. I need a functional one. X.x

Moved it for you. :happy: Welcome to the MDCF. Also, the NH700 is quite capable of recording interviews. The display does have a levels meter. The mic pre-amp is... well, it's probably better to ask Dex about this stuff, since he owns an NH700 and has far more live recording experience than me.

Nickel Metal-Hydride batteries are not "smart" batteries like Lithium-Ions are. They charge for a specified amount of time as determined by the device charging them (either a standalone battery charger or an MD unit itself). The unit actually doesn't "know" when the battery is fully charged. This is why it's bad to put a NiMH in the charger when it's not completely drained or mostly drained; the battery becomes slightly overcharged and a memory effect shows up.

Not any time soon. With this ominous debt I have, and my general all around lack of money, I'm going to need to find a new recorder pronto or be forced to listen to the same music over and over again. :sleep:

Yay! :happy: A used (yet fully functional) N505, for the low low price of $32.01, is on its way to me! I <3 ebay. :laugh: Locking this thread now that I found one. <3

The Japanese NW-HD1 comes supplied with an RM-MC33ELK. I do not see any reason why MD remotes would not work with it, although I'm not sure about the full functionality of the 40ELK, however.

You know that this, being an analog method of recording, will introduce further digital-to-analog conversion and resampling artifacts into your transferred tracks? What you are trying to do can be done losslessly (without the icky artifacts) via USB, if you read this thread.

The day before the hurricane hit, I noticed something about my R900. It had recently been acting up... refusing to charge my gumsticks (I had been using it to charge the batteries for both the R900 and the DS8) and occasionally turning itself off. Well, I was recording a disc and I had just finished writing TOC... and when I removed the disc and powered it off, the unit wouldn't turn back on. The battery was only half drained, my DS8 told me. With the AC adapter in, the unit would not power on. Nothing I did, neither a fresh gumstick, an AA and a gumstick or the AC adapter, would make this unit come back to life. I fiddled with it a bit, popped it open to see if I could locate any damage, but I couldn't see any. The battery connections were still okay, but the unit wouldn't function at all. I even gave it and the service manual to an electronics guru that I know for a few hours. It was he who declared my R900 dead on September 15, 2004 at 4:30 pm. So I lay thee to rest, faithful R900. May you rest in peace. Cori's R900 (April 24, 2001 - September 15, 2004) *sob*

I'm okay... ... I just don't have any fucking power. Going on 48 hours without juice now. They better fix it soon, or Alabama Power is going to have to hold the phone three feet away from their ears and STILL be able to hear me. :grin:

You can do the same thing with CF recorders, only a lot easier and in a universal format. If bootleggers really want to bootleg something, they are going to do it, regardless of what stupid DRM measures Sony uses. It's my opinion that copyright protection on software and music is pointless, because these companies spend millions of dollars (causing the product to cost even more to us, the consumer who actually BUYS it) protecting a software that a thirty year old "l33t h4x0r" living in his mother's basement will crack in a few afternoons.

Most of the time that SonicStage has given me copyright errors with MP3 the errors were actually due to the fact that the MPEG header did not start at 0 bytes rather than the fact that they were actually protected files (which they were not). Decoding to .wav always fixed this and enabled me to encode the tracks into ATRAC.

I answered your question the first time you asked it. Try not to double and triple-post in the future, thank you.

You have to use a program like Nero ImageDrive to mount the image allowing it to "pretend" to be it's own CD drive. Then use Simple Burner on that.