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Sweet. What does it look like? Got any pictures of it? I think I read somewhere that they changed the track order in order for it to fit on vinyl. Did they really split up Disposition and Reflection? That would be awful. On topic: Bought a Supercard for my Gameboy. For 70 euro's plus an SD-card I can now download almost any game to my GBA. This thing is gonna save me some money. :-)

You're a bit of on your etymology. It stems from the Latin word for black, i.e. 'niger' (or from the Spanish 'negro', or French 'nègre', all meaning the same). http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=nigger Nigeria stems from Niger-area, the area around the river Niger, which itself probably also stems from the Latin word 'niger'.

Yes, that's what I figured. It's the line in the description that got me wondering. Thanks for answering that. So in fact, that sentence should read: "ATRAC DSP Type-S (however, unit's ATRAC chip is not used for any encoding)."

Hi, I might be able to buy a Aiwa AM-NX1 from someone who bought it and then got an MP3-player as a present for his birthday the next day. (Hmm, typing this makes me think: who would buy an expensive piece of electronics on the day before his birthday? You never know what presents you might get, do you?) So it's unused, in the original box, with all accessories included. Does anyone have any experience with this unit? I like the look of it from the pictures I can find on the net, but can anyone tell me anything about it's quality? One thing that intrigues me is this. In the unit's description at the above-mentioned page it says the following: "ATRAC DSP Type-S (however, unit's ATRAC chip is not used for LP mode encoding)." When I read this it makes me assume that the unit's ATRAC chip is in fact used for SP mode encoding. Is this true? That would mean that the unencoded source music would have to be sent from the PC to the unit through USB. Does it work this way, or am I just reading too much in this? One last question, what would be a fair price for this unit in said condition? Erik.

Doesn't ALL stand for Atrac LossLess?

There are more options. I use RssReader, which is free.

Yes, these three modes are available when recording through line-in or mic-in. (I'm not sure about optical-in. I would assume that PCM is blocked for optical recordings, to prevent you from making perfect digital copies of cd's, but I can't find anything about it in the manual.) Yes, this is possible. No, they aren't. Hi-SP and Hi-LP are Atrac3PLUS codecs, while LP2 and LP4 are Atrac3 codecs. LP2 is 132 kbps and LP4 is 66 kbps. You can find more about the different available bitrates in the user manuals for the Hi-MD recorders, which can be found on the main site. For instance, look at the manual for the MZ-NH900. On pages 101 and 102 there is a table with recording times for the different bitrates. http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/Sony_...tion_manual.pdf Yes, you play the disc on your stereo and let your MD unit record while it plays. I have no experience with a MD deck, but my guess is that it will have to be done in real time too. Yes, you can edit on the unit itself. Have a look at one of the manuals I referred to above. Only manuals for first generation units are available, but it will give you some understanding of what is possible with Hi-MD units.

The current Hi-MD recorders (including RH910 and RH10) can record in three quality settings, namely PCM (1.4 Mbps), Hi-SP (256 kbps) and Hi-LP (64 kbps). A 1GB Hi-MD disk can hold 1 hour and 34 minutes, 7 hours and 55 minutes or 34 hours respectively in those formats. When you record through your pc you have a choice of more bitrates (including LP2 and LP4).

That's not new. It says something like that in the manual for my MZ-NH900, which came bundled with SS2.x I think.

I agree with you that Atrac3plus 352 doesn't sound great, but the other proposed names are even less appealing to me and I can't think of anything better myself. Edit: I was typing my message while Damage posted, but I have to say that I like his suggestion.

Yes, I've read it. At least I know now that it's not something I did wrong and that I'm not the only one who experienced this problem. Small consolation, though. I'll have to get it fixed. Don't know how long that's going to take, but I'll prepare myself for the worst (so I can only be surprised in a positive way ).

That's what I'd think, but I just find it odd that it only started after I hacked my unit.

Hi, last week I bought an MZ-NH900. I haven't done much with it yet, just listening to some old MD's, while reading through the manual. Today, I suddenly noticed that the [stop] button on my unit acts as [play] and [FF] too. When I press it, it stops, but sometimes it consequently skips to the next track and/or starts to play again. I went into the Service Menu and had a look at the Key Check Mode and indeed , when I keep the [stop] button pressed, it alternates between stop, play and FF. Is it possible that I did this myself? I have a European unit and applied the region hack last night (from Euro to Hong Kong/Taiwan). I'm hundred percent certain that I didn't alter any other settings, but still it occurred after I went into Service Mode. (I'm not completely sure if it behaved normally before the hack, but I figure I would have noticed this. Although there is a slim possibility that I have only used my remote to stop the unit before.) I changed the destination code back to European, but that didn't repair the [stop] button. I guess there is no way I can reassign that button to only act as [stop] myself, so I'm going to send it back for repair. This sucks. Erik. Edit: I went into Key Check Mode again and found out that the [group] button doubles as a [menu] button as well. That explains why I'm having to try four or five times before I succeed in entering the Service Menu...