big_raji

Hey, I live in Canada, and free mds and hi-mds are my favourite!

Where are you guys finding nh600's with line in? Mine doesnt have that. No fair.

I've been using my current Hi-MD unit as a "floppy" for quite awhile now. That use inspired my design. I'm working on the front of the unit, but I've finished the important part. Please note that I have absolutely NO PHOTOSHOP SKILLS. I do, however, have a few CAD skills. [attachmentid=835] This is the RH920. This is the top view of the unit, while it is inserted in the 3.5" adapter in the PC. The adapter itself has a female USB header connection to connect to the motherboard, and has an optional adapter to turn it into a male type-a USB plug to lead out the back of the PC (with provided rear slot cover) and into a USB port. The front of the adapter has an eject button on the right, with a "Link LED" and a "Busy LED" above. The Link LED flashes while charging the unit, and remains solid when the unit is charged. The adapter has guides that conform to the tapered edges of the unit, as well as a "guide rail" that fits into small "guide slits" on either side of the unit. This ensures that the unit is always installed properly into the adapter. While the unit is inserted in the PC adapter, it operates as a removable drive. You eject the discs with the slider switch on the unit itself. To remove the unit, push in the "Eject Unit" button on the right side of the adapter. The top of the unit has a slot loading mechanism for the MD's, Line-out/Headphone/Remote jack, Optional Optical Line Jack on the High End Unit (RH20), Mic/Line-In jack, and Disc Eject slider. The bottom of the unit has a proprietary port for the unit to connect to the adapter, as well as a standard mini-USB port. The sides of the unit are bare, except for the "guide slits" for the adapter, and a lone HOLD switch on the right side near the bottom and the front face of the unit. The left of the unit has holes for mounting an optional "AA" battery adapter. [attachmentid=830] [attachmentid=833] [attachmentid=834] The face of the unit has a 5-Line monochrome LCD display with green backlight on the left side of the face. This display is upgraded to a 5-Line color OLED display on the high-end unit. (RH20) There is a jog-dial interface on the right side of the face (notice the raised up area) identical to the current RH910/RH10 units. The jog-dial is near the top of the unit, for greater comfort while holding the unit in your right hand. The jog-dial is close to the middle of the unit so that you can hold it in your left hand as well (with thumb coming up from the bottom or top left of the unit) without blocking the LCD screen. It also has a volume rocker button below the jog dial, as well as the other standard buttons (Stop, Record, Pause, Menu/Search) and an Audio button to choose the Audio Mode of certain jacks. There is a clear window on the bottom of the face to show the inserted disc. The unit has a matte-metallic black finish on front and back. The back edges are beveled to give the unit a much smaller feel when holding it. There is a door to insert the NH-10WM/14WM gumstick battery. The reason for the thickness is to allow for the slot load, display, jog dial and buttons, battery, motor, and all the jacks. There was also no reason to try to make the unit significantly thinner than the height of a 3.5" drive (about 1") There's a remote included with the RH20. I tried my best to make this a feasible unit, both in features and in price. My dream unit is everything I want at a good price that I can afford to buy, hence the lack of fancier features. I will do some playing with a photo editing program to add some detailed full color pictures later. The full color pictures will show a clear window along the bottom of the face of the unit. This will show part of the label on the minidisc, as well as showing the minidisc spinning (for discs that have clear cases) EDIT: I think this really showcases the device as a MiniDisc player, rather than a large portable music device. Seeing the disc definitely adds to the cool factor, IMHO.

I LOVE this idea, except that your design is waaaaay too thin. You need somewhere for the battery, mechanics, etc... and with Bluetooth, you're gonna need a bigger battery, AND a battery in the remote. Of course, for a dream machine, it's perfect.

I was thinking of that, but I've found it annoying to have the inline remote, plus another 3 feet of headphone cord. I felt like I could use my headphones as a jumprope. I've only seen two or three headphones available with shorter cords. I've tried splicing headphone cords to make them shorter, but found it ruined the sound quality. As for this unit, can anyone point me to a photo gallery of this unit? How about the recording? I'm planning on recording a ton of LP's to minidisc with this unit. Can I create tracks on the unit after recording? Would it be better to download the single recording from MD to PC and split it up on the PC? I really wish this unit was in stock somewhere in Winnipeg. I'd love to try it out.

So how's the MZ-RH910s? There are so few topics on this MD recorder, and I don't know why. It almost seems like the perfect unit for me, and I'm surprised it's not more popular. I've had one on order from the Sony Store for almost a month now. I'm tempted to cancel and order from Minidisc-canada.com, except that i have a gift card for the Sony Store that's burning a hole in my wallet. If it were backlit, it would be perfect. I'm tempted to get a friend of mine to MOD it to add a white LED somewhere in here. Anyone have any success in trying something like this? Any nice pictorials/reviews of this unit? I only ever see the same old picture, and barely any reviews.

Can someone make a sticky post in this section about the MP3 high frequency bug? When I first saw it mentioned, I had no idea what people were talking about. I had to do various searches, and realized that for every 10 people that mention this bug, only 1 person actually partially explains what this bug is. From what I've gathered, this "MP3 High Frequency Bug" affects the sound quality of transferred MP3 files. The MP3 files still transfer fine, and will still sound great when played through the MiniDisc -> SonicStage -> PC Speakers, but when you play the MP3 files from your MiniDisc to your headphones, higher frequency sounds are muffled. You can adjust your equalizer to compensate for this "bug". If anyone has any other info about "MP3 Bugs" please post it here, or make another sticky for it. I'm a relative newbie, so I have no idea if my info is complete or even correct.

I've been researching the MZ-DH710 (In Canada) and I've noticed some huge differences between the DH710 and the RH710. Mainly, the DH710 has no live recording capability whatsoever, while the RH710 does have the ability to record from a Line-In/Mic-In jack. Besides that, is there a remote port on the MZ-DH710 in Canada? All the pictures I've seen are from the front, or from the front at an angle that doesn't show the side with the headphone jack. I've got a MC11EL that I'm using with my NH600D, and I'd like to know if the DH710 has the ability to use this remote as well. TIA -Raj

Is there a Hi-LP/Hi-SP that exists somewhere between 64kbps and 256kbps? I've done some searches here, and I've turned up some people saying they get 105kbps and 133kbps in Hi-SP mode, but I think they're confusing LP2 and Hi-SP... Of course, if they're not, I'd love to know how it's done.