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Agreed! Very excited! Seller already arranged shipping ...

Score! eBay Link It looks pretty nice. The price is a lot better than the AC2 new unit! Thanks for everyone's help on this! I'll update as soon as I receive it and have a chance to play with it a while!

Stephen, Thank you for your most thorough analysis of great reasons to need one of these units! I appreciate your efforts, now I want one even more!

So, I found a unit today for around $200 USD but it is missing one of the music search knobs. I think I'll hold out and keep waiting. Also looking in to the proxy purchasing option Stephen mentioned. Thanks to everyone for their interest and help! Oh, yeah, I also have not hear back from AC2 about their stock level. $800 is an insane amount to pay, but it would be brand new ... :-D

Thanks for all of the great info and advice paperclip. I really am serious about really wanting this unit. If you have a lead on eBay please PM me, I'll follow up for sure. Wow, $150 for a near mint unit! That is a great buy. I can be patient and hang in there for a bit to and watch the decks as they come and go on eBay. You are right, it's like a fever! I would love one of the Onkyos as well ... :-D

So how long ago was it that you looked at AC for one of these units. How did you happen across one? It seems like one sweeeeet unit to me. I must have one ... :-)

I agree. I got a response from AC and they are going to check the inventory in their warehouse and let me know if they have any left. I seriously doubt that they do but if so, I'll ask for it at a lower price. $800 is way too much for such an old unit, especially if it was sitting in a warehouse for seven or eight years! I would pay $500 (which is about 38,500 yen).

Thanks Stephen, That is certainly an option. That particular unit looks like it has been through the wringer though doesn't it! I'll have a look into that route as well, I have never done it before, but it could work out.

Thanks Barock1, I will check that unit as well. I found this link today: MXD-D400. You know, of course, I was really interested in the Type-S DSP for LP2/4 sound quality. I sent a note to AC to find out if they still have stock on this unit. I'll keep you all updated.

Just looking through the browser last night and saw this: Sweet Combo Deck I don't know if these ever come up for sale on eBay, I look regularly but not specifically at combo decks. Any idea where I can score one? Thanks folks!

mappec, You don't need to overwrite any files manually. Just place the .sys, .cat and .inf files in any directory together and point to that directory when asked for the location of the new driver. Windows will copy the files to the correct location and make the appropriate registry modifications to load the driver for your device when it is plugged in to your machine. I am working with sfbp to get the appropriate files with the updated .inf file uploaded into the drivers section of the forum.

You could look in the MD setup on the recorder to see if there is an option to set the output to "Lineout" rather than "Headphone"many Sony units have this option in firmware settings. If the R500 has a lineout setting, it will produce a higher voltage and higher impedance output which will be more suited to drive the line in input of your sound card and should give you a better sound for re-recording. Without purchasing additional hardware (i.e. RH1), there is no way for you to upload the recording, you will have to re-record it in real time from the R500 output on to computer. EDIT: I just checked the manual in the MD Browser here : R500 Manual and it looks like there is no mention of a line out setting, specifically on page 24 in the notes section it suggests increasing the volume to 27 in order to get the optimal output level for recording via the headphone output. You may be able to record it to your hard disk using a wave recorder and then manipulate it there to increase the volume levels. How did you make the recording with this device? It appears to have only an analog and digital line-in.

Maybe the RH1 does not come with SB? I don't recall for sure, but it would not surprise me.

I remember when you got yours Stuge. You did a really nice review of it with pictures and all, even sample photos taken by the DH10p itself! For a little 1.3Mpx camera, it takes halfway decent photos.

adp, Check out this thread describing the use of some modified driver configurations for a newer Sony application for 64 bit Windows: Windows 64 bit & SonicStage CP This thread is a bit convoluted, but basically it describes the details necessary to use SS in a 64 bit environment without the need for the XP compatibility mode virtual machine. You need to download the drivers (link in the thread) and extract to some local directory, rename the .inf file to .old and then grab the last .inf data posted in the thread and paste into a a text file and save as filename.inf in the same directory. This will allow for the installation of NetMD access to nearly any Sony NetMD device. Windows 7 has built in support for HiMD access to the RH1 and SonicStage runs great in W7 without XP Compat mode. These 64 bit drivers work great, you should give them a try. We really need to package these drivers up and add a readme to describe the setup. Note that, if you have a failed 32 bit driver install from attaching the RH1 to the W7 machine, the attempt to install the new 64 bit driver will not work until you go in to the Device manager, locate the device and navigate to "update driver", in the update browse box, navigate to the directory with the modified W7 filename.inf and .sys files and reload the driver from there, should clean things up nicely. I have done this and moved my library of music from the XP VM back into the native W7 OS and it works like a charm, also tested with multiple NetMD and HiMD (in both HiMD and NetMD mode) devices. The great thing about this solution is that even users without the Pro or Ultimate 64 bit versions of W7 and with Vista64 can access their NetMD and HiMD devices in NetMD mode. Give it a try and let us know how you fare!

That red one would be so sweet! Pictures look good. I think TheBlueRaja, a forum member, may have had a red DH10P at one time.

Christopher posted a note a month or so ago and said that he combined a bunch of the sub-forums. I do not recall why, it seems like having the subdivisions made it easier to find things.

For rudimentary version control, I am posting this updated .inf as a new post. I think I have correctly added all of the additional devices discovered and noted by everyone. I am not certain, as Stephen mentions whether the devices originally set to use the pclkusb.sys driver will function with the netmdusb760.sys driver, someone will need to test that functionality out. Once we are in agreement that this config file is correct, perhaps we can re-zip all of the components and upload to the files section with a tutorial. ; Sony Net MD ; Copyright 2010 Sony Corporation [Version] Signature="$WINDOWS NT$" Class=USB ClassGUID={36FC9E60-C465-11CF-8056-444553540000} ;CatalogFile=NETMD760.cat CatalogFile.NT=NETMD760.cat Provider=%NETMDUSB.Provider% DriverVer=05/27/2010,1.4.00.05270 [ControlFlags] ; NetMD Devices ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0075 ; MZ-N1 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0080 ; LAM-1 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0081 ; MDS-JB980 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0084 ; MZ-N505 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0085 ; MZ-S1 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0086 ; MZ-N707 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00C6 ; MZ-N10 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00C7 ; MZ-N910 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00C8 ; MZ-NF810/N710 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00C9 ; MZ-NF610/N510 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00CA ; MZ-NE410 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00EB ; MZ-NE910/NE810 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0101 ; LAM-10 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0113 ; AM-NX1 ; NetMD configs for HiMD Devices ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_017E ; MZ-NH1 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0180 ; MZ-NH3D ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0182 ; MZ-NH900 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0184 ; MZ-NH800/NH700 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0186 ; MZ-NH600/NH600D ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0188 ; MZ-N920 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_01E9 ; MZ-DH10P ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0219 ; MZ-RH10 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_021B ; MZ-RH910 ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0286 ; MZ-RH1 ; PC Link Devices (untested) ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_0034 ; LINK KIT ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_008E ; C7NT ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00AD ; L7HD ExcludeFromSelect=USB\VID_054C&PID_00E7 ; 333NT/373NT (should be the same as each other) [Manufacturer] %NETMDUSB.Manufacturer%=Sony,NTAMD64 ; For Win2K and later [Sony] ; NetMD Devices %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0075 ; MZ-N1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0080 ; LAM-1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0081 ; MDS-JB980 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0084 ; MZ-N505 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0085 ; MZ-S1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0086 ; MZ-N707 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C6 ; MZ-N10 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C7 ; MZ-N910 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C8 ; MZ-NF810/N710 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C9 ; MZ-NF610/N510 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00CA ; MZ-NE410 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00EB ; MZ-NE910/NE810 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0101 ; LAM-10 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0113 ; AM-NX1 ; NetMD configs for HiMD Devices %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_017E ; MZ-NH1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0180 ; MZ-NH3D %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0182 ; MZ-NH900 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0184 ; MZ-NH800/NH700 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0186 ; MZ-NH600/NH600D %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0188 ; MZ-N920 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_01E9 ; MZ-DH10P %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0219 ; MZ-RH10 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_021B ; MZ-RH910 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0286 ; MZ-RH1 ; PC Link Devices (untested, originally used pclkusb.sys) %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0034 ; LINK KIT %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_008E ; C7NT %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00AD ; L7HD %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00E7 ; 333NT/373NT ; For Vista 64 and Win 7 64 [Sony.NTAMD64] ; NetMD Devices %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0075 ; MZ-N1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0080 ; LAM-1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0081 ; MDS-JB980 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0084 ; MZ-N505 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0085 ; MZ-S1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0086 ; MZ-N707 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C6 ; MZ-N10 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C7 ; MZ-N910 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C8 ; MZ-NF810/N710 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00C9 ; MZ-NF610/N510 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00CA ; MZ-NE410 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00EB ; MZ-NE910/NE810 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0101 ; LAM-10 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0113 ; AM-NX1 ; NetMD configs for HiMD Devices %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_017E ; MZ-NH1 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0180 ; MZ-NH3D %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0182 ; MZ-NH900 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0184 ; MZ-NH800/NH700 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0186 ; MZ-NH600/NH600D %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0188 ; MZ-N920 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_01E9 ; MZ-DH10P %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0219 ; MZ-RH10 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_021B ; MZ-RH910 %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0286 ; MZ-RH1 ; PC Link Devices (untested, originally used pclkusb.sys) %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_0034 ; LINK KIT %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_008E ; C7NT %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00AD ; L7HD %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc%=NETMDUSB.Dev, USB\VID_054C&PID_00E7 ; 333NT/373NT [SourceDisksNames] 1=%NETMDUSB.DriverDiskName%,,, [SourceDisksFiles] NETMD760.sys=1 [DestinationDirs] DefaultDestDir = 10,System32\Drivers NETMDUSB.CopyFiles = 10,System32\Drivers [NETMDUSB.Dev.NT] CopyFiles=NETMDUSB.CopyFiles AddReg=NETMDUSB.AddReg [NETMDUSB.Dev.NT.Services] AddService = NETMD760, 0x00000002, NETMDUSB.AddService [NETMDUSB.AddService] DisplayName = %NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc% ServiceType = 1 ; SERVICE_KERNEL_DRIVER StartType = 3 ; SERVICE_DEMAND_START ErrorControl = 1 ; SERVICE_ERROR_NORMAL ServiceBinary = %10%\System32\Drivers\NETMD760.sys [NETMDUSB.AddReg] HKLM,%NETMDUSB.DriverGUID%,,0x00000010, HKLM,%NETMDUSB.DriverGUID%,"Name",,"Net MD Driver" HKLM,%NETMDUSB.DriverGUID%,"Version",,"1.4.00.05270" [NETMDUSB.CopyFiles] NETMD760.sys ;---------------------------------------------------------------; [Strings] NETMDUSB.Provider = "Sony Corporation" NETMDUSB.Manufacturer = "Sony Corporation" NETMDUSB.DeviceDesc = "Net MD" NETMDUSB.DriverDiskName = "Net MD Installation Disk" NETMDUSB.DriverGUID = "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Sony Corporation\Net MD\{12042ff7-8d00-4384-9a25-638918b94950}" [/code]

That does seem a bit excessive. I spent around 300 USD for my JA20ES, a very similar model to the 555 and only a year older. I wonder what drove the price up so high.

That's a great story! You are a man of good fortune!

Very cool. I'll help you guys have a closer look at this later this evening (EST). Going to a holiday party this evening and the wife just said "why don't you get ready", you know how that goes :-). Also, a note to MichaelBeardy, we can package all of this up with a nice tidy list of instructions shortly. Would be nice to get it into the install package for CP 4.3 Ultimate, but still very usable for all as is, after a little cleanup ...

No, not at all. The NH1 is the flagship first generation high-end HiMD Walkman built and sold by Sony, magnesium shell, sweet design, thin and light. The unit has a microphone in, and line/optical in, all for recording. Additionally, the unit has NetMD capability for downloading content from SonicStage, Connect Player or Simple Burner. No native MP3 playback capability on first generation HiMD, but who needs it really, any hard core MD lover probably likes the sound of ATRAC encoded music better ... Here is the unit in the MD Browser: MZ-NH1 I have one which I bought new in August of 2004, it still works like a charm, very well built unit.

I agree with the wizard. It sounds like the contacts are tarnished. The ones on the remote are a breeze to clean, the internal ones on the unit, not so much ... Radio Shack used to sell "Contact Cleaner" spray which was a small aerosol can of compressed fluid that could be sprayed into tight apaces to perform this exact task. Might be worth looking in to. You can check mouser.com or digikey.com for an online source of something similar.

I agree with NickyJay! I have three units, two in boxes and never used. I use my silver one daily for listening via line out setting driving my HeadAmp and Grados or Senn 650s. It sounds kick ass. I will say that I absolutely love the sound of my R50s and optically recorded SP with the same amp/cans. It rivals the sound of the RH1 for sure, but it is limited to SP only, still love it.

I guess my point for you regarding the BIOS is this. The system BIOS must support the CPU you want to install. In all of the Dells I have upgraded over the years, there were various versions of the machine sold which had progressively faster processors. As long as I had the most current version of the BIOS for the machine I knew I could install the highest possible CPU which was sold with that model. Maybe Sony is different, I am not absolutely certain. I just looked the model up and it seems to sell with an i3 or i5. It's hard to say for sure if the i7 will work.