Black_Shoulder

My bigger want would be a car deck because I listen to my HI-MD a lot while on the road... plugging that casette adaptor into the tape deck of my car greatly kills the good sounds of my HI-MD. A home system would be nice as well - although, when I'm at home, I may be all right without my MZ-NHF800, and still be able to listen to my music.

Vancouver does not sell Hi-MD units anywhere. Future Shop has stopped carrying all MD players, period, though they still sell the regular MD discs. I think it is such a shame that MDs in Canada are just not popular...

I recorded some live music using my NHF800 unit, used audacity to record the music as a .wav file on my computer, and then used sonic stage to to take the track back to the other MD that I have the collection of the same type of music on. When I play the MD track, I experienced a lot of tracks skipping. I listen back to the .wav file, and there was no such problem, so clearly it has nothing to do with the initial recording or the audacity uploading. Can someone suggest a reason for this, and give a possible solution? Thanks!

This happened to me before too. But when I tried re-downloading it, it worked. Check to see if the file is of the correct size. The problem is not with your connection, it's with the site itself.

I have the MZ-NHF800 and uses the ECM-D870P mic to record live music (from my music lessons). The sound quality is all right when listening to the MD itself. But when I upload the recording to the PC and plays it on the PC using Windows Media Player, then a lot of noises can be heard. I don't know if that is the same problem as the one you have stated here, Wendy.

I am using a MZ-NHF800, and I actually am doing something for a youth group on radio. That was my reason for buying the unit. I don't know about your radio stations, but the one I go to uses regular MD discs to record sounds. I can use my NHF800 to record the sound (a mic needs to be bought) on a regular MD disc, and they can play on the units at the radio station, but the reverse cannot be done easily. The tracks I have recorded from the station, when taken back to my Hi-MD unit, can be played all right. But if I want to record it onto my PC, then there is a tonne of problems. I eventually got that resolved (with the help of the excellent advisors here), but the sound quality is not the greatest.

I am an owner of a MZ-NHF800. And I am quite new to the whole concept of MD/Hi-MD. Here are some of my early reactions for my Hi-MD player, which was bought about a month ago: 1. The sound quality of the unit is excellent, much better than that of a MP3 player. I have tried to compare a CD track ripped into my brother's MP3 player vs my Hi-MD. MZ-NHF800 wins, hands down. 2&3. Interface is not very convenient. MD simple burner allows you to convert CD tracks onto your disc, and is very easy to use. But Sonicstage is a pain, even though it is not as bad as rumoured. Uplodaing tracks recorded elsewhere onto the PC is a pain. It took me a LONG time to learn how to use it. The unit has no ability to record straight from the radio remote (I bought an optic cable, and can now record via my radio onto my MD, but it's clumsy). Live recordings can be uploaded only once using Sonicstage. Having trashed my unit a fair bit, I must say I still really enjoy using it. It does most of the things that I want to do (though the process is indeed clumsy). The unit is not cheap, but I would choose it any day over a MP3 player even if it is cheaper.

Personally, I would not want bluetooth for my remote. More wireless stuff, more radiation. Since we listen to our units for prolonged periods of time, I don't think it would be that good of an idea.

Exactly what features are you looking for? MD players are pretty versatile in doing some different tasks, but in general are more complicated to use. I think if you give us more details, more would be able to help you.

I have a MZ-NHF800, and yes, the absence of a back-lit light annoys me. I personally feel it is an oversight on Sony's part, and this does bug me. For a unit that you pay close to 300 bucks for, these oversights (if indeed they are) are not excusable. If it is not an oversight, then it is a poor decision (in my opinion) on Sony's part.

Dex, Thank you very much for the assistance you have given. I couldn't get my PC to record properly, so I ended up trying to record the sound from my brother's laptop, and strangely, it worked! So I went back to my PC, and instead of plugging the cable to the line-in port, I plugged that into the mic-in port, and it recorded a sound! FINALLY!!!! Now, if you would pardon me in asking another question once again - is there a way that I can make the wav file a little bit smaller? Does this have to do with the quality of the recording process? I'm asking this because, even for the few sound bite tests that I am making with Audacity, the .wav files resulted are 2000kb for a 10 second clip. Is that normal? Or is the file too big? Thanks again.

I wish I can help you, but I don't really think I can. SS seems to have all sorts of problems. I'm just wondering if you have looked at some of the pinned posts at various places here? There are alternate, non-Sony programs that may be helpful to you.

Yes, this I actually do know. I wish there would be a hi-MD deck produced soon. But I think until they can make MD and Hi-MD more popular, there probably won't be a market for it.

Thank you very much for the info. I'll try this at home tonight and hopefully, I can finally get my computer to record some sounds for me.

Back-lit display on the remote, easier operations, fewer restrictions/easier on uploading from the MD to the computer, cheaper hi-MD discs, etc.

This probably is going to come across as a totally stupid question, but I really do want to know... I am just wondering, is there such a thing as a Hi-MD deck that has the functions of a regular MD deck, only that it is compatible with both the Hi-MD and Net-MD? If there is such a machine out there, can someone tell me a couple of the model numbers, and maybe tell me a little bit about what it can do. thanks a lot.

Thanks very much for the reply (I didn't know that the post has been moved to here; I was wondering why it was gone from the hi-md forum). I can't find the EQ setting on my MZ-NHF800. Can you tell me what that is? (as you can see, I am completely incompetent with this machine and all its related terms) Thank you very much!

E-bayers who sell to international addresses is always an option that you can consider as well.

I posted this question a couple days ago. It seems like ppl have read it, but no one did reply for it. Is it because everything that can be done has already been done, and there's nothing more that can be suggested? Like HeatherD from another thread, I am new to the MD world, and am feeling overwhelmed by a lot of these new terminlogy. I am trying my best to read all the stickies at the top of the forum to see if my questions have already been answered by someone, and have tried as hard as I can to follow the instructions. But it is still not working. Could this be a problem with my computer?

Hello, sorry to be bothering all of you again, but despite many different trials, I still cannot seem to upload any recording from my MD disc in my NHF800 onto my computer using the line-in/line-out method. In case you don't remember, this was the instructions from the administrators: Upload method 1.1 [realtime]: * Check if your sound card's recording mixer has a “WAVE” source listed. Please note that this is not guaranteed to be a digital source with every sound card. You can get to the recording mixer from the normal windows volume control – go to the 'options' menu, hit 'properties', then under Adjust volume for click on 'recording' and click 'OK'. * If you have “WAVE” as a source in the recording mixer, select it and increase its volume slider to full. * Now open your preferred sound-recording application * Connect your HiMD recorder via USB * Open SonicStage and go to the Transfer window * Hit record in your recording app, then hit play in the HiMD half of SonicStage. It should be recording [digitally] directly from the HiMD to your computer over USB. I followed the steps, had my optic cable hooked between the Hi-MD player and the line-in place of my computer, USB cable connecting the unit with the PC, and have tested that there was sound in the headphone if I remove the optic cable and plug the headphones in its place in the remote. Despite that, when I begin playing on Sonic stage, Audacity still does not seem to be picking up any sounds what-so-ever. The line remains flat. Please help!

Indeed, I am trying to record using the line in/out method in real time, just like what was being suggested in one of the pinned messages. I will definitely try to check the settings for Windows. Thanks to all!

I have a NHF800 bought from Canada. Can someone tell me what is the TV/weather thing that is found only on the US models (not that I would need it)?

Hi, I have a NHF800 Hi-MD player. I have used a mic to record some live music my buddy plays onto a regular 80-min MD disc using the LP4 format, and have recorded something on the radio using an optic cable. I have tried to use the line-out (from the headphone/remote unit), line-in (to the sound card) method, along with Audacity, to record the tracks onto my computer. But no matter what I do, Audacity does not seem to be detecting anything and thus is recording blank tracks. Am I doing something wrong or something that I have not done? I am getting really frustrated with this. Thanks for your help!

I have the remote clipped to my top. I find that it works best when I'm wearing a hoodie, coz the remote can clip nicely to the strings that are hanging.

I tried to go to that marcNet HiMDRender link that you have given, but the forum says the link does not exist.