altpc

Wow this is great! Even if there are some kinks I wouldn't want to lose sight of the fact there is a great amount of time and effort going on here. I'd just like to say Thank You, Thank You, Thank You, to Sony and to this board for making this possible!

yowch! Sorry to hear they aren't sticking to their quoted flat rate! My rh910 had a different problem about 2 months after I bought it and they exchanged it without a hitch. US warranty is 90 days labor, 1 year parts I guess. I of course, had to pay postage one way. -altpc

I think it also depends on the disc you have in your HI-MD unit. My HI-MD unit hits me up for drivers when I put in a disk that was recorded by an older non-Hi-MD unit -alt

Hey All, just reporting back that I just received a refurbed rh910. Guess they had them after all! All seems well so far. The door on this one opens up alot smoother. The last one seemed to bind half open a bit. My plugs seem to fit a bit looser in the internal mic, line and headphone jacks tho'. Hope this one holds up better than the last. Best wishes all, thanks for the help -altpc

Units: MZ-N510, MZ-RH910, media: 6 himds, 15 mds. Daily use: listening to recordings of classes that I am taking, recordings of talk and music shows off of shortwave radio, legal mp3 downloads, compilations of my cds, also as a usb data drive Favourite use: recording and listening to stuff on the go. Alternatives: In terms of recording time, battery life, portability? NONE REALLY! Requests: USB 2.0, Drag & Drop, No DRM. Please keep this product going, the market has no other equal to you.

I wasn't really thinking of any software in particular. I just thought I saw something to that effect somewhere in these forums. I'm just asking to see if anyone had any new news about that possiblity. thanks -alt I can't really say for sure that powering up my computer had anything to do with it ... could have just been coincidence. Just wondering what everyone else is experiencing. It does seem to be a good idea not to unplug the mics during a "data save". Maybe unplugging the mic jarred the recorder while saving and somehow caused a permanent problem? thanks -alt Hey I just got an email from Sony Service saying that they received my unit and that they sent out a replacement!! Not sure what they sent out though, maybe they got some new refurbs in of my model? Should find out what they sent me on Monday. At least the turnaround time isn't too bad!

Thanks for the info. Let me see what choices they give me once they receive it. Hopefully it will be later this week. I really miss it but am still disappointed that it died. btw: does anyone have any additional info that software may have caused this? The problem first happened when I plugged it into my computer and then turned the computer on. It had been working flawlessly the night before. I'm just thinking that if software caused it then some kind of hardware reset might have fixed it. -altpc

Sigh my 1 month old MZ-RH910 all of a sudden started having "no disc" errors. Tried different discs, charging the battery, AA battery with no luck. I was loving my new mindisc till this happened Very embarrassing in front of my ipod toting friends! Does anyone know if there are any "technical issues" with these new hi-md models? Just packed it up and sent it to the Sony Service Center in Laredo, TX. The email they sent me in the initial return process indicated that my model was on an exchange program but that my model was not available?? Any idea what models they might try to sub it with? thanks -altpc