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@A440: Looks like I lucked out well. The unit showed up Friday afternoon and I had to wait until I got home from work until I checked it all out. Then I had a friend call and ask for help so it was even longer! But I got home and opened it up very carefully, fully expecting to not get what I ordered or get just the deck and nothing else... I am happy to report everything is fine! I opened the shipping box and there's the Sony box. I opened it and found more manualls then I could possibly use (Eng, Spa, Fre). It had the power adapter, the USB cable, a battery... It even had earbuds and a blank Hi-MD!! No "Refurb" stickers anywhere. In fact the only stickers were the ones on the face to keep it from getting scratches. There was one on the remote as well. All in all I couldn't be happier! And WOW is that thing fast! Transfer is wonderfull with this, my old NH800 made me want to make "playlists" and get everything organized before transfering since it took so long. This thing is wonderful. And no translating MP3's!! They get dumpped just as easy as ATRAC. And sound just fine. I've got a disk right now with legacy ATRAC tracks on it and newly transfered MP3's and I have to look at the display to tell which is which. Thanks for all the help guys. And if you want an RH1 for $265 go to Dealznet.com. They won't be fast or nice but they are cheap. Tom P.

Well, being a guitarist you may understand these numbers, at the top end > 15kHz the old MD players were measured at loosing as much as 6dB when playing MP3s vs. ATRAC. The RH1 has the same frequency response for MP3's as it does for ATRAC. And when I get home and open my new RH1 I MAY be able to tell you where to get one for $265. I want to make sure I'm not getting scammed first. Tom P.

Well, it's looking better and better. It's been going a little slow but I don't really care (it's just a music player). I finally got a UPS tracking ID and it looks like it'll be here 9/29 (Friday). I'm gonna stay cautious for a little while longer, but it looks like I lucked out. I'll post again when it gets here and lewt you know if it's new or used. Any pointers on how to spot refurbs? Thanks for the help. Tom P.

Aww, crap! Got on about 2:30 and saw others talking about the RH1 and got excited. Thanks for the help though. I looked at ResellerRatings.com (http://www.resellerratings.com/profile.pl?user=282173) and there's a couple of good reviews of late but they could be fake. Of course, so could the bad ones (I mean they could be overzelous in their crtique cause they got burned). I don't know any more. My brother got nailed by BestBuy for stereo repair insurance. He got laid-off and they said he didn't call in time but he called earlier and they told him they need a lay-off letter, then 3 days after he got the lay-off letter they say he didn't call in time. It's a coin toss who to trust now-a-days. Of course their are better and worse ones but I'm trying to be optimistic. We'll see. At least I got a confirmation e-mail right away, lots of others didn't. Tom P.

My 3-yr-old son has put me in the position of needing a new MD device. (He literaly ripped open my old MZ-NH800 to see what was in it) What should I do now? Is MD gonna survive much longer? (considering people have been screaming it's death knell for years) Should I get something else? What else has the removable media, that's a big plus for the MD in my book. I put tons of stuff on several MD's and then swap when I want to. Do I get an MZ-NH800 or a RH1? Is $265 for an RH1 over at Dealznet.com too good to be true? (http://www.dealznet.com/item.aspx?eid=1&pid=103592) Thanks for the input. Tom P.

You really want an alternative? Use the HiMD player as a drive and copy the mp3 files onto it. Then you can find a computer you CAN use the way it's needed and off you go. Tom P.

For what it's worth, there is no way to generate an ACTUAL random number on a computer. There are some pretty fancy algorhithms that come real close to hiding the pattern but why go to such great trouble for a simple suffle routine? Has anyone tried turning off shuffle, skip a song and then turn it on again? Maybe that will clear the seed. Never really gave it much thought. Tom P.