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I always have, even before NetMD. Titles were one of the cool things about minidisc.

I'd be interested, too.

Thought you all might be interested in this anachronistic mention of Minidisc technology found in the Canadian Elle magazine. Second item on the page. Do they even make the "Burton Clone Minidisc Jacket" anymore? http://www.ellecanada.com/fashion/techno-f...fashion/a/28386 (moderator (sfbp) fixed the link - when posting links like this one the raw text will do)

I've done this, and it works fine. Minidisc's compression is lossy, of course, but a round or two of this kind of bouncing sounds all right to my ears.

I'm not sure what you mean by "cd changer workaround," but my Kenwood KMD-44 has a cd changer to line-in adapter. It was an extra $50, I believe.

PM'd.

Regarding your list: I have the MZ-N10, and it is probably my favorite unit. It's small, light, and has a ton of convenience features. I highly recommend it. My only caveat is that the battery is getting hard to find. It was only used in a couple of machines and I don't think they make them anymore. It has an AA battery attachment, though, so you can make do after the internal battery wears out. The RH1 is a wonderful recorder. I've had mine for two years and I have had no problem with the jog lever. But, it doesn't leave the house very much. My first portable was the R37, and it DID leave the house. It's gotten pretty beat up over the years and still works just fine. The others I have are a bit dainty in comparison.

In 2002 I read about an English company that had hacked an MD-Data drive for professional audio use. Their system could transfer SP audio to PC at high speed as well as defrag the minidisc. I inquired about getting one. The price was $4,000. And that was the end of that. Of course, this was done with a data drive. The drive in the VAIO is a NetMD drive and these seem to be limited in what they can be made to do.

Welcome to Minidisc! According to the equipment browser, your multitrack machine will record stereo tracks on regular discs. You only need data discs to use it as a 4-track. I've thought about getting one of these myself.

I bought an Onkyo deck from jernikfra and it was a great transaction. The deck is in perfect condition as advertised, and he was quick handling the shipping. I wouldn't hesitate to buy from him again.

It seems that recordings made on Hi-MD formatted discs will transfer the timestamp, but not standard MDs. I'd love a workaround, too.

I use MD for everything from portable listening to recording my children's speech. I love the format and hope I am never without. There's nothing else like it.

I bought an RH1 from this seller. Nice guy, good deal, and I would definitely buy from him again!

The first MD I ever bought was a deck, the JB-920. I still really like the convenience of a deck. I like the big buttons and a readout I can see from across the room. I've been looking at the 133 myself. Your computer's optical out and your portable cd should be just fine as a recording source.

Are you pressing and holding the menu button? You have to hold it for a coupld of seconds to access the menu system. Otherwise, you are just changing the display.

I have a JB920 that I've been using steadily since 1999. Since I got into NetMD in 2002 I've used it less for recording, but I've not noticed any problems when I do. It's probably my single favorite piece of stereo equipment. Oddly, after I let it sit unused for 9-10 months last year, certain parts of the LED had dimmed. After I let those "pixels" stay lit for a while, though, they returned to full brightness. I thought I had contracted the dreaded "burn-in" that occurs on the RH10, but that didn't happen. I also have a D40 that will not play CDs anymore. It won't record, either, but that's my toddler's fault. MD playback is fine, however.

You can go ahead and edit on the unit. I have an rh910, and with Sonic Stage 4.0 I've had no trouble re-importing tracks. I think that was a limitation with the 1st generation Hi-Md-era software. If you're unsure, import, rename the disc during your editing, and try again. That way you're backed-up. BTW, you set track marks on the 910 by pressing the rec/t mark button on the upper right corner of the unit. You can do it while playing or paused.

I bought mine used one year ago. I use it almost daily and have had no real problems. Sometimes the buttons do odd things, like not stopping the unit when I press stop, or track-forwarding when cancelling out of a menu, but these things are very intermittent. I think the build quality is pretty good considering the thing is plastic, and I like the navigation on the unit. This is the easiest unit to input titles with since the Sharp 722 (with the big jog ring). First thing I did, though, was buy a screen protector for the display and mirrored surface. Battery life is decent even in quick mode. I'm pretty happy with mine.

I don't know if he is still selling this, but here is the link to Martin Danek's WinRemote: http://www.czechin.cz/minidisc/wremote.htm. The page is still up. I have one of these and it worked really well. You just copy and paste track titles into the Title window and go. It's pretty fast. The only hassle was rigging a way to hold the LED in front of my deck. There is also a program for my old Palm m105: http://www.ellams.f9.co.uk/palm6.htm. It worked too, but less well.