KJ_Palmer

I'm afraid you'll be disappointed - none of the radio remotes are compatible with the N707. At least the radio won't work as it needs to draw extra power from the unit... You don't need the cradle for charging, most of the cradles are unit specific, so really only the N707's should be advisable...

Haha.. yes Chris isn't that amazing I hadn't realised how long I'd been knocking around for... One thing I love about this board is the high level of technical expertise of the contributors - the wild R900/N707 hack was what really impressed me first of all back then... and I'm glad to say the technical tradition has continued and got even better here...

I put down the banner on Minidisc.Org... but actually, I'm not quite sure.. I know I'd been using the Minidiscussion forum (which is now sadly all but defunct) which also has links to Minidisc.Org, but come to think of it may actually have been through T-board... Anyway, they're both great MD resources (T-board and MDCF), and I'm glad they can happily co-exist...

The Sony 'business' machines MZ-B10, MZ-B100, etc. can be controlled by a Sony FS85B50 footswitch... That includes stop/start and FF/RW control (for playback)... Unfortunately the footswitch jack utilises the remote/headphone jack which cuts out the internal speaker, but you can use heapdhones or an external speaker...

Yes, eBay would perhaps be best for picking up decks with optical outs... I've always used Sony decks and have found them to be ultra-reliable so far... I use the MDS-JB980 - the best deck of the last generation... Note that second generation digital copies can't be 'transferred' optically (without an SCMS stripper) from consumer decks, though very good analogue copies can still be made...

Saw "Mean Creek" yesterday on the May Day bank holiday. Good young cast. Low budget but enjoyable, if you like that kind of thing...

If it's any help, the pitch control seems to work better on the NH900 than in the previous (non-HiMD) units that had it, (eg. B10, N910). To me it actually seems quite good with PCM and not too bad with Hi-SP compared to the older units (I also use pitch control for music practice), certainly around -10-15%. Then again sound isn't really good enough to play along with, outside of practice sessions. If you practice a tune enough though you'll hopefully get the hang of it eventually... I would have thought the NH1 and later models would sound the same, it's basically the same technology... Ultimately of course the speed control has to be done in real-time which is probably the main limiting factor (along with the algorithm)- I don't think it can get much better unless they build huge memory buffers or something in, which I would have thought unlikely... It is after all meant to be more for speech applications rather than music, where wobbly sound won't be so critical or noticeable...

Does anyone know if this hack gives the RH10 or 910 a "line out" mode (through the menu)? If so I might consider one if/when funds allow... Thanks in advance...

I'm a 1G owner - (NH900 and 600). Yes there seem to be no restrictions on editing and titling of any format tracks recorded by any means. None that I've come across anyway...

'Normal' SP (recorded with real-time ATRAC Type-R) is in fact slightly better than Hi-SP, going by bitrates (SP = 292kbps, Hi-SP = 256kbps). Personal experience also bears this out to some extent, however in practice the difference is really too slight to worry about (IMO), and for compressed formats both codes are excellent.

Not sure about the RH10 and other 2nd gen Hi-MD, but I can certainly edit LP2 and LP4 tracks on my NH900 (1st gen Hi-MD). Maybe you can't do that on the RH10 etc as they're not fully supported for recording..

I use it it for storing or transferring all sorts of PC data files, usually between my home and work setup... Particularly digital camera pics, MD covers and titles,a dn music pdf files. Also for archiving various downloaded files like SS3.0 and MD simpleburner... I always carry a couple of HiMD data disks with me these days, found it to be a very reliable storage medium, not too slow for the size of files I'm using...

No, you can still edit the tracks (on a deck) after titling with sonicstage or simple burner. The track locking thing only applies to tracks recorded with the software... You should probably use SS 2.X or 3.0 to be sure though, as earlier versions are generally more restrictive...

My Grado SR-80's go surprisingly loud even with Sony MDP's and have a lovely bright balance. They leak sound like anything, so IMO are not really suitable for confined spaces on the move. I like to have a bit of choice for portable earphones/headphones and I find that Senn MX500 and 550's, PX200, Sony EX71, Shure E2c all fit my bill admirably depending on mood and music...

Mine's a caricature of CPE Bach (nicked from Naxos.Com). He's one of my favourite post-baroque composers, and (arguably) the best musical progeny of the great JS Bach...

In terms of the discs I already have recorded, SP still outnumbers all the others put together. That is about 200 SP discs. But this is mainly because of the fact that they were mostly recorded pre-HiMD and pre-NetMD. Now I've got Hi-MD and am mostly using Simpleburner for quick 'recording', Hi-SP is catching up, and will certainly overtake SP sometime soon. I'm now only really using SP on my deck for radio recording. I can't hear any practical difference between SP and Hi-SP, so am happy for this to carry on. I'm also still making some LP2 compilations - mostly of the same tracks as go on the Hi-SP compilations because of the similarity in length on a blank and for old equipment compatability..

I'll also not be buying into the second generation Hi-MD units. The NH900 does everything I could ask of an MD recorder (and then some). There's only the digital camera of the DH10 to tempt me - couldn't give a hoot for MP3 playback, and frankly £300+ for a 1.3M pixel camera (OK, plus a few extras... ) isn't worth it. Perhaps if some of the 'standard' high-end features had been kept, notably line out, the RH10 or 910 may have swayed. But that and the lack of 'legacy' support (SP, LP2 recording etc), and the low European output (2.8mW), and unit size, means I'll happily stick with the best of the first generation for now...

Not really. The N707 lacks the internal circuitry of the higher end models to switch the impedence of the output. The best the hack can do is to turn the volume up and EQ settings off. You could of course do that without the hack, but its handy to have it in a single operation... I don't think there's any way to hack the USB to output, and SonicStage etc. won't recognise NetMD devices for playback.... Basically it sounds like you should have got the NH900 or at least NH700...

I usually run out of characters in LP2, after about 35 tracks. Then comes the fun of trying to abbreviate the titles... The 1700 character limit was (usually) fine for the original SP mode, but somewhat inadequate for the LP modes when they came along. If you're thinking of 'upgrading' to Hi-MD, I've yet to have a problem with titling, even with Hi-LP compilations on a 1GB disk. I think the limit is 55,000 characters there...

Here are the portables I keep at work (and some tapes/MDs to keep them company): Portables Clockwise, from top left: MZ-N707 (Blue NetMD recorder) MZ-E62 Non-MDLP player D-FJ61: CD Player w. AM/FM tuner WM-FX290 Cassette player w. AM/FM tuner

You don't need the stand to charge it, but you do need the AC adapter, or a suitable one at least... What about listening though the PC's headphone socket...

Hi and welcome to the board. By the way, those prices are Pounds (£), rather than Euros, so you can add about 1/3 to the price. But even so it's a great deal (while it lasts)... I'm almost tempted, but I already have an NH900, and I'd rather wait for a second generation machine, even if it's more expensive.

There's nothing really, apart from this Onkyo deck, but I'm not sure if any one's actually selling that... If you go for a standard MD deck, perhaps try getting something like the JE-780 or JB-980, as they have timer functions which will probably be useful in your application, as well as optical outs. Note that you will only get 80 minutes of good quality (SP mode) , 160 mins medium quality (LP2) or 320 mins of low quality (LP4) recording with a standard deck...

Maybe that's more to do with the headphone amps/outputs of certain CD players. Or perhaps the headphnes used. I currently have three Sony CD players - Sony D-NE900, D-EJ2000 and a D-FJ61, and I wouldn't say any of them sounds any worse than my MD players. Certainly not muddy or veiled etc. with good recordings and headphones/earphones. To be honest, they all more or less sound about the same - ie. very good thank you. Mind you a cheap Philips CD player I had in about the mid-90's sounded pretty awful, but that's long since gone...

I must admit I haven't tried any of these operations (yet), but it should explain the steps on pages 44-55 of your NH700 manual. I'm not sure if these operations can be done on tracks downloaded with the software - I think you didn't use to with the old NetMD units. Maybe I'll try it one day. Splitting (dividing) tracks is easy - just press T-mark at the point you want to split whilst playing or pausing. To join (merge/combine) two (consecutive) tracks, play the 2nd track of the two, press pause, press <<, press T-mark.