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X Series service manual available for all. What I want to know though however is I am thinking of buying a Japanese model NW-X1060 for its ATRAC capability. However, as we all know, the FM band is different. There is mention of FM in the service mode, anyone with one able to see if they can indeed modify it to non Japanese FM frequency. NWZ-X1051.pdf Moderator, can you please make this a sticky?

How long ago is just brought it? It may be a waste of space but sometimes there is subtle overall improvements in newer firmware versions that are never documented.

Hi there. I am thinking of ordering a NWZ-X1061FB 32GB X Walkman from B&H Photo and Video. I am just wondering if anyone who has brought one recently knows if they are coming from the factory with firmware 1.10 now. If you did, did you get it with the latest 1.10 firmware with the improved web browser? I hate doing it myself, always a risk. Would rather have it with 1.10 out of the box and ready to go.

Right now the vintage unit I am waiting to aquire is a brand new in box never opened MZ-F40. It's old, it's big and it's ugly, really it's in the same class as the MZ-E40. The thing is I actually want an MD unit that's actually ugly, and I would also buy an MZ-E40 if I found it brand new too. But the MZ-F40 is actually semi-useful even today as it's the only unit with an actual integrated AM/FM radio, which makes it big, ugly and unique. Those other's just had only FM and only in the remote, not in the actual unit. I like to collect the unit's with unique features, and this one is definantly on that list. However, since all my MD and MD related stuff I own was aquired brand new in box never opened, I'm not going to break that streak unless I actually find it NOS on eBay or Yahoo Japan, meaning it might be a long and eternal wait.

They are called MDR-D333F for some reason, but I guess it is because they can also be used as a headset for Sony Ericsson phones. They cost $4 more than the D333LWs because of this extra feature, but they still have a regular jack so you can still use them like normal phones. Anyways, even if the SE compatibility feature is worthless to you, even with the four dollar premium, its good for those people (like me) who have held off on these because they did not come in black like the old D66. http://www.audiocubes.com/category/Headpho...Headphones.html

Just wondering has Panasonic ever made an external 1400mah NI-MH gumstick charger os is Sony the only one? Thanks,

I think if Sony makes another generation of MD play only units to replace the EH50 and EH70, they should take a que from the new S700 series. A great way to market another generation of play only units is to have built in noise cancellation as the new Network Walkmans do. It will be a great way to differentiate and give reason for people to buy the play only units instead of (or in addition to) a recorder/deck with these "playback oriented" features. I mean all it really requires is a special headphone jack and I guess a special remote with the special jacks on both ends (like a modified 35ELK or something) in order to use the noise cancelling features but you would still be able to use a standard remote/headphones with it as seen by the jack on the S700. And to go even further, instead of having a stupid add on like the S700, they should have a Bluetooth A2DP transmitter built in to the unit that you can turn on and off so you could use it with Bluetooth headphones/speakers/stereos (like the ones Sony is just releasing). Sorry, but if they made a new series of MD play only units like that, with the high end model having those features, I'm sure almost everyone from here will jump on it, as well as relativly killer sales from the Japanese domestic market and offshore exporters like Audiocubes. Are you listening Sony?

I would prefer a new HI-MD drive instead of a downloader/budget unit. I am sure there are many of us who just want the uploading features and the USB 2.0 speed of the RH1 but don't want to pay $300 for a second unit. I would instantly buy a DS-HMD2 if it was released for about the same price as the old DS-HMD1. Heck, I would even buy a DS-HMD1 if I could find (silver) one brand new and sealed.

You should only use a 14WM if you charge it with an external charger designed to charge a 14WM. Most devices that come with a 10WM should only charge that. It may work but over the long run you may rupture the battery. So if you want to use the cradle to internally charge I'd say stick with the supplied 10WM. FYI, thats why Sony/Audiocubes sells the 10WM by itself for the same price ($19 on AC). Otherwise why would there be a market for it in standalone form, not just cost cutting bundling with units?

So hold on. I was thinking of getting some D66SLs. Do these models replace the D22 and D66? Are they "Eggos"? The D777SL seems to be double the price of the D66SL. SO which model replaces the D66SL? Does the D333 replace both? Will these new models replace the D22 or D66 per se? With the exception of the noise cancellation, are these new models even better than the D66 in the first place?

Ok, brought them used for less than an hour, decided not to use them anymore. Washed the silicon pad I used to destroy any bacteria and make it like new. Comes with all accessories, carrying case, fontopia case and extension cord in original box. PM with offers. I'm Canadian by the way and in Lower Mainland so if you are in area local pick up will be fine. Thanks,

Hi, I am not aware of any hacks that can be done directly to the unit to disable SCMS. The only unit I am aware that you could "hack" in this manner to disable SCMS was very early versions of the MZ-R50. What you can do though is buy a SCMS "stripper" or more politically correctly called tSCMS tweaker. What you do is you place it inbetween the two MD devices you are recording from and to. As the name implies it "strips" the SCMS info from the signal and sets the SCMS flag to zero. By setting it to zero not onl does it allow you to record that MD digitally but that MD you just recorded can now be rocerded from unlimited times without the need for an SCMS stripper! Also you obviously need two optical cables instead of just one. You can see a list of them here: http://www.minidisc.org/part_SCMS_Tweakers.html Edit: Never mind. Just looking through the link I just posted. It seems like your MD deck can be directly hacked for about $200. However you would need to send your deck into Germany and I am not sure if they still do it so you would have to call to see and for more info. Although you can order the parts yourself and do it yourself too. However this is definantly a more elegant solution.

Do you know about www.archive.org? Go there and enter the site for Sony Germany. See what archives they have. If you can get to the page where they maintained the drivers, click the link to download. Sometimes although they will remove the webpages, they some times leave the files on the server. If you are lucky and they still have the files on the server tyhan you are in luck!

Ok, thanks for adding to the knowledge on this forum to bob, raintheory and jaylen for spreading knowledge on cobatibility between Sony reomtes and Minidisc players

Ok. Just for curiosity sake, anyone try it with a really old legacy SP only unit? Like an MZ-R50, or an MZ-R55 or an MZ-R90 or an MZ-E35, MZ-E55 etc...

Just wondering. Is it compatible. Does it work? Has anyone tried it on MDLP units like the Sony MZ-E5xx-MZ-E9xx series or recorders?

Getting a deck and hooking it up to a stereo with good quality AV cables is something I am going to be doing primarly for radio recording off FM. Now if I'm using the latest ATRAC Type-S but not HI-MD equipment, which format is best for recording music off FM radio? I don't want the encoding rate to be too high versus the quality of FM because then I would be wasting space. At the same time too I do not want to use too low of a bitrate in I would lose quality. So of the 3 formats which is best for FM musc recording, SP, LP2 or LP4? I know SP is 292kb per second ll the way down to LP4 which is 66kb per second. I guess it would be helpful to know what is the FM equivalent of bitrate vs ATRAC. I mean if it was lower than 66kb then it would be a waste of space to use anything higher than LP4. If it is a higher equivalent than LP4 than LP2 should be used to not lose quality I guess. I doubt though that it's equivalent quality would be better than LP2 though. So what do you guys think?

Hey thanks alot bland, now I know what all this actually means for the future!

Just wondering if anyone can translate the markings on the back of say a Sony MDS-S500. If you can translate the connectors from left to right that would be great. Thanks,

Haha, thanks for standing up for me there jaylen, lol. But ya, thats all I want to know. $25 dolars shipped sounds like a good deal to me, all I want to know is which is better, E930 or E931 so I can order them. The E931s by the specifications have a bigger driver, which is a good thing so would that mean the E931s are better? Thanks,

Ok, what exactly does that mean. Which one is better?

Ok, thanks for your opinions but no one has ansewered my question yet. Since I can't try them, I guess spcifications is the only one to go by. So, which is better the MDR-E930SP or the MDR-E931SP? And yes it is all about the short cord. And I am going to get them from Price Japan. My sister also needs a pair of cheap but good value headphones also SP since she uses MD like me. So Price Japan wants $50 shipped for both. So that will cost me $25 dollars with shipping which I think is a good deal. But once again I have a choice of the MDR-E930SP or MDR-E931SP for the same price. So which should I take.

But at that price, even more expensive then when the MZ-EH1 was on Audiocubes.

Ok, I want one of these (is SP because of remote) but unsure which to get since they are the same price. Audiocubes says the MDR-E930SP is the newer one (2005) while the MDR-E931SP dates from 2003. The specs of the 931SP looks better I think but I'm not sure if higher or lower values are better ofr the specific specs. Plus on the E930SP AC page there is some dude who says the E930SP is a improved version of the E931SP. I don't know, which should I get? Translated version of Japanese Sony Specs and Audiocubes page for each model: MDR-E930SP: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&am...hl%3Den%26lr%3D http://www.audiocubes.com/category/Headpho..._Earphones.html MDR-E931SP: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&am...hl%3Den%26lr%3D http://www.audiocubes.com/category/Headpho..._Earphones.html Thanks,

Ya, I never thought of Ikea. And no, my dresser is as big as a dresser can get, but I do not want almost all the space taken up by this.