bigjohnl

Is nobody interested in this? I was hoping to get some interest by Monday. If not, I guess it goes up on eBay Tuesday July 1. Let me know.

I got this MZ-E40 player back in '98 or '99 as my first MD player. It still works fine. No operational problems. It has a few minor scratches on the "front" and "back" but these in no way affect the unit's playback. This sale is for the player only. I'll take the best offer of $20 or higher by midnight June 30, 2008. That includes shipping within the USA. I'm not familiar with shipping/taxes/duties for shipping outside the USA, so if you're not in the USA and want this unit, we'll work out the details.

Great find, Barock. I just checked the printed manual for my MZ-RH10 and the same paragraph is there on page 87.

Thanks guys. This community is a great source of info.

I'm looking to pick up a NetMD recorder/player on eBay. I see some with a reference to Type R and some with a reference to Type S. What do these "Types" refer to? What's the difference? Is one preferable over the other? Thanks.

Battery issues have to be some of the most perplexing ones we can run into, since it's often difficult to isolate the root of the problem. Of course no battery lasts forever, so yours may be on its way out. An easy first test of this hypothesis may be to charge it up all the way, then insert a disc, set the player to repeat all tracks, and play the disc until the battery runs out. How long did they player run? I've owned an RH-10 for about 2 and 1/2 years, but hadn't used it for the past 6 months. This weekend, I charged up the battery and ran the player with a disc full of songs recorded at Hi-LP mode. The player ran for over 16.5 hours! The RH-910 is the same as the RH-10 except for the display, right? If you don't get at least 10-12 hours of play out of a full charge, you might want to consider getting a new battery. The Sony replacement battery seems way overpriced to me. I've seen the GP brand battery highly recommended on this site several times. It's here for $8: http://www.budgetbatteries.com/index.php?c...6bnmu1rktc1t5u4 Whatever the problem, I hope the solution is an easy and inexpensive one for you. Good luck.

That's an interesting way to manage the batteries. One I hadn't thought of. Personally, I was hoping it was more along the lines of my scenario A. In the 2 and 1/2 years I've had my RH-10 I've probably used the AA battery sidecar less than 5% of the time. But, I'm thinking I may be using it more often in the coming months and was hoping that the AA would only be used as a "spare" for the times when I deplete the gumstick. Oh well, I guess that's not how it works. I'm still wondering if there's any good reason not to use a rechargable NiMH AA battery instead of an Alkaline? Anyone know? Thanks for your help.

I had a problem with the latch on my first MZ-RH10. Less than a year after I bought it (within the warranty period), it became very difficult to open the unit to insert or eject a disc. Sony replaced the unit with a refurbished unit and this second unit has been working fine ever since I got it (knock on wood), although I haven't used it much at all the past 6 months. I had to pay for postage to send the defective unit to Sony, but that was my only cost. I know this isn't going to help you fix your problem (you're out of warranty), but I wanted to let you know that other units experience latch/cover issues as well. Hope you can get yours fixed.

1. When a fully-charged gumstick battery is inserted AND a fully-charged AA battery is attached, how does the RH-10 "use" the batteries? In other words, is there a specific order in which the player will draw on the batteries? I can imagine a few possible scenarios: A - the gumstick battery is fully depleted first, then the AA battery is drawn on until it's depleted. B - the player draws on the gumstick battery all the time. As it's depleted, the AA is used to keep it charged. When the AA is fully depleted, the player will continue to draw on the gumstick battery until it's fully depleted. C - the AA battery is fully depleted first (by directly powering the player - not by recharging the gumstick battery), then the gumstick battery is drawn on until it's depleted. In other words, the gumstick battery is not used at all until the AA battery is fully depleted. Is any of these close? 2. When using a AA battery in conjunction with the gumstick battery, is there any reason to prefer an alkaline battery instead of a rechargable NiMH one? Thanks in advance.

I have an 8-month-old MZ-RH10 that I have used 4-5 days per week with no problems at all until today. The eject mechanism has started acting "sluggish," meaning it doesn't open the unit's lid on the first try. Sometimes I have to hold the button in the open position for several seconds. Sometimes that doesn't work and I just have to try several times. The last time was particularly worrisome because the unit wouldn't open for several attempts. Right now the unit is open with no disc inserted. The latching mechanism looks fine -- clean and intact. The latch moves with the "open" button as it should. Once the lid opens, the spring opens it all the way. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated.

I just received my new RH10 from Amazon.com about a week ago and have been enjoying it tremendously. I have been transferring tons of music from my computer and have already filled 3 Hi-MD's. Here's a twist on the Titling problem discussed in this thread. I have one of the newer RH10's with the firmware upgrade already installed, so I have all the Letters in my Character Palette. However, when I try to use an apostrophe ( ' ) or a quote ( " ), the unit displays either a superscripted cross or double cross ( † or †† ). This happens whether I title through SS or manually on the recorder. When titling manually through the recorder, the Character Palette shows the ' and " correctly, but when I get back to the main display screen, they show up as † or ††. I called Sony Support (sic) and was informed this is a known issue with the RH10!! I was advised I could send the unit to Texas for a firmware upgrade, which would take 10-15 business days. For now, I'll live with the problem. I'm not about to give up my new toy for 3 weeks for this. Two other issues I raised during my call this morning: When doing live recordings with the a/c adapter plugged in, there's a very noticable and annoying buzz in the replay. Sounds to me like EMI noise, but not being very technically oriented, I can't be sure. Support (sic) told me it was either a faulty adapter or the RH10 itself was faulty. Couldn't isolate the problem without trying to record with another adapter plugged in. Suggested I go back to the store where I bought the unit. Told him Amazon.com. "Oh" was his only comment. When I select "1Remain" as the display option and "Auto Off" as the EL Light option, the display reverts back to the default "Lap Time" option if the display turns off (which it will do after about 20 seconds of inactivity). Support (sic) said the unit was designed like this to conserve power since the 1Remain option consumes more power than the Lap Time option. Huh?? How is that? He said my only option is to set the EL Light option to "ON". I guess that's Sony's way to conserve battery power! I really do love my RH-10. Support leaves much to be desired though. And to think I used to work for Sony's Computer Technical Support Call Center in another life. Well, I guess my first post has gone on long enough.