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Thanks A440, yes I do have add-on battery pack and its handy but I would like to sort the main battery issue out as well. I will source a replacement battery. Thanks again, Fergus

Hi and a happy new year to all on this forum. I bought a Sony MZ-RH10 mini disk recorder 15 months ago. I only used it to record one to one interviews for my genealogy research. I have not even filled a hi-md disk yet but when I went to charge my battery last week it would not charge. At first it showed the "charging" display and then died and now it says that it is charging but after 24 hours the battery is almost dead. I would let the battery go down when not in use and charged it up before using it again as this is what I read should be done. Is my battery dead? how can this be after so little use? are these batteries easy to get, I live in Limerick, Ireland. The battery is a Sony NH-14WM(A) Thanks in advance, Fergus

Thanks Ishiyoshi, I must admit that I am completely cofused by all this atrac stuff so I can only assume that 3.3 is better than 3.2 thanks again, Fergus

Hi All, just saw that SS 3.3 is available, I have 3.2, what are the improvements in 3.3? is it worth upgrading from 3.2? I find 3.2 to be pretty stable but to be honest SS is actually a disastrous piece of software in this day and age! regards, Fergus

Thanks Greenmachine, does recording use up a lot of battery power? I have been charging my RH10 for over 6 hours and it still says "charging". Does the charging message dissapear when the unit is fully charged of will it keep showing the charging message? regards & thanks, Fergus

Hi all, I did 2 voice recordings recently with my RH10, the battery was low so I used the mains power while recording, I used MM-BSM-9 binaural microphones. I could hear a distinct hum while monitoring the interview using headphones and the hum was even worse when I uploaded the recording using SS 3.2. Why am I getting this hum? can anyone help? I wish you all a very happy Christmas and a great 2006! Regards, Fergus

Hi A440. that sounds like a good fix and well worth a try; I will endevour to keep the strain off the headphone jack as you suggest. kind regards, Fergus

Hi All, I have an RH10 & I use SS 3.2 on an xp home sp2 pc. I just got the MM BSM9 dual point microphone from microphonemadness! It does exactly what I want and I am very pleased with it. I use it to record interviews, I clip one mic to my shirt and the other to the person I am interviewing; I can sit up to 12ft away from the other person and the quality is great! what I want to know is this, can I combine the 2 channels into 1 so that I am not listening to my voice on one speaker and the other persons voice on the other speaker? in other words can I record in mono? thanks in advance, Fergus

Hi All, I have an RH10 & SS3.2; I use the group function on my rh10 and I am happy with it. However, when I upload my recordings, only the tracks upload and not the groups, even though I have highlighted the groups before uploading. Can groups be uploaded using ss3.2? thanks in advance, Fergus

Hi Low Volta, are you saying to not modify the file before uploading to the pc? does this include renaming the file so that it is easier to find in ss? I got a weird error last night (omgibox or something like that) for the first time in 3 weeks of use and ss closed down! it did not erase my recordings but I was worried, I had renamed the files before uploading. btw, I have ss3.2 installed on an xp pc with sp2 installed Fergus

Hi All, I got the loan of a Behringer Eurorack MX602A mixer(http://www.behringer.com/MX602A/index.cfm?lang=ENG) from a friend of mine so that I could try out connecting 2 mics into my rh10 player. Well, it worked great but I do not know enough about mixers to get the most out it. The mx602a has 2 balanced xlr mic inputs that also have line in connections beneath them; I was using 2 sony ms907 mics connected to the line in ports. This is where I am confused, I had to turn the gain up to the last (or very close to it) to get a loud enough response, this resulted in a tiny bit of noise on the recording! btw, I was recording 2 of my children reading from books and sitting 3-4 feet away from the mics at different ends of the room. 1. I was quite pleased with the end result but could it be better? 2. Would balanced mics with xlr connections be a better job? 3. Can the sony ms907 mics be connected tp the xlr inputs using an adapter? 4. I kept the eq, md & ld pots at mid range, should I adjust these 5. Would turning on the 48v phantom power blow my mics when they are plugged into the line in ports? 6. Can I use a mic in the line in port at the same time as a mic in the xlr port? 7. There is an updated version of this mixer available - Eurorack ub802 (http://www.behringer.com/UB802/index.cfm?lang=ENG), is there much of a difference? thanks in advance Fergus

HI Greenmachine, I have used the mic with my digital camcorder and with an ordinary tape recorder and the results were excellent in both cases. I have checked the web and I am considering buying something like the Sound Professionals SP-BMC3 Standard Binaural Microphone (http://www.minidisco.com/sp-bmc3.html). Most of what I am doing is interview recording so I could keep one channel for the person asking the questions & the other for the interviewee. Other than that I will have to invest in a mixer but I freely admit that I need to learn a lot more about sound in general before I go down that road, this forum has been great help to me so far. Can anyone recommend a good dual point microphone that has very good seperation (6-10') between the channels? Fergus

I got my first ever mini disk 2 weeks ago and I have the very same question as you - can I connect 2 mics into my mz rh10? if you succeed, will you let me know the secret? Fergus

Hi Greenmachine, I came across this article on the minidisk.com site (http://www.minidisco.com/mic-info-page.html#Plug-in%20Power:) as I was searching for info on microphones and it explains why my ms907 will not work without the battery: Plug-in Power: Most of the microphones we sell are plug-in powered, meaning that they draw their power from the microphone jack on the portable recorder. As long as your recorder has a microphone jack with plug-in power (almost all of them do), you will not need an external power source to operate them. Some microphones do use a battery inside the mic. For example, the very popular Sony ECM-MS907 mic uses a single AA battery inside the body of the mic itself. If you don't use the battery or the battery dies, then the mic will not work because it will not work with just plug in power. Other mics such as the Sony ECM-MS719 can use either it's own internal battery OR plug in power. You have the option to go either way. The benefit of using the internal battery is better performance and longer battery life. Fergus

Hi Greenmachine, the only battery that I can see is an AA (LR6) battery, I put in a new one before the test but no good; does anyone know if there is another internal battery in ms907? Fergus

Hi Greenmachine / All, I just tested my microphone with & without batteries! I could not record using my ms907 with its battery removed, I turned on the mike and pressed record but nothing happened. Everything I have read suggests that the rh10 supplies power but that is not my experience, do I need to adjust some advanced setting? I am puzzled! Fergus

Hi A440, I was doing a voice interview for my genealogy project, quiet setting with no background noise. I used the 90 deg setting with the microphone 3-4 feet (max) away on a table, the levels were hovering around the mid range but probarbly a bit below rather that above mid range. I did not replace the battery but I will do this now; would low battery show up in some way? Fergus

Hi Greenmachine & Mrsoul, I used the mic input, Rec level = auto AGC, Mic AGC = standard & Miic Sens = High while recording; I am recording in hi-sp mode; I could see the levels as I was recording. What does normalizing files after upload mean? Fergus

Hi all, I have an MS907 microphone that I use with my camcorder and it is excellent. I got my rh-10 last week and I started to use the ms907 with it. I am dissapointed with the sound levels produced by my recordings When I upload them and try and play them in SS or media player or whatever, the sound level is very low, even at max! I have set my computer volume setting to max as well. Why are my sound levels so low? I only use the rh-10 for voice recording / interviewing. thanks in advance, Fergus

Hi all, this is a very small issue but it is annoying me. I have set my rh-10 to auto power off, it powers off pretty quickly, which is ok. My issue is that to power it back up I have to press the search/light/menu button. This always brings up the search menu which I do not want and I have to cancel out of it. Can I power up to where I left off when it powered down? does the search menu always come up on power up? thanks in advance, Fergus

Hi Greenmachine, thanks for that, you are right, removing the ext power supply got rid of the hum, thanks a lot. Fergus

Hi all, I posted a similar message to this earlier on but it seems to have disappeared. I tried a search using my logon name and it did not show up? My question is this: I recorded an interview on a Panasonic walkman tape recorder before I got my rh-10. I connected the microphone socket to the rh-10 line in and I set the sound to normal. I monitored the recording on the rh-10. There was a terrible hum on the recording that is not on the original tape. I tried it a second time and I found that as I touched the tape recorder, the hum got worse. Have I omitted some important setting? is there an optimum way to record from a microphone jack? thanks in advance