[Windows Programs that can Natively Open Atrac3plus files]

I have tested VLC. It can play unprotected AND protected OMA files

But with my prefered audio player (AIMP) it can only read unprotected OMA files

[SS 4.4 Japanese]

If you can find it you need to have Windows in Japanese too

[minidisc transfer to computer]

You can do this way but think you can lose some informations due to conversion MD to PC :

 

MD (digital to analog)  -> PC (Analog to Digital) -> Audacity.

It's the easier/cheaper way.  If you want to keep the digital signal you must acquire a MZ-RH1 to upload your songs to PC but the device is now expensive and rare

[Does anyone actually like minidisc remotes?]

this is hard to describe, but it doesn't seem to me that the way the cable is connected to them is very handy - it usually comes in one end of the cylinder and exits out the other.  If you have the MD portable in your shirt pocket and the remoted clipped onto the outside of your pocket (or your jacket) then the cable has to come outside of your shirt pocket/jacket and hang down across your chest to reach the bottom of the remote. I think the cable should enter from same end as the headphone socket to reduce the amount of cable that dangles loosely.

I'm not so annoyed by this. Generaly I'm transporting MD unit in a MD pocket attached at belt.

the way the clip is mounted never seems to be in the right orientation - it should have been made to swivel or something so you could adjust it to mount the remote in different ways depending on what you are wearing.

On most of remotes you can change the way of the clip On the RMMC40EL it's easy : just rotate the clip. On most of them just remove it and change the way.

[MZ-RH10 -- USB PCM transfer?]

You're right MDX-400  Any Hi-MD can receive PCM if the MD is formated in Hi-MD.

[MZ-RH10 -- USB PCM transfer?]

MZ-M200 and MZ-RH10 are the same machine. The first includes the Apple Mac program to transfer between Mac and Minidisc.

 

You just need to install SonicStage onto your computer to transfer PCM to your Minidisc

[SonicStage and Kanji]

If I remember, you must use Japanese Windows and Japanese Sonicstage to use Japanese Characters on MD. If anyone can confirm?

[MiniDisc? You are living in the past!]

1. How old were you when you first 'bought into' the format? 21

2. Do you still regularly use your very first player? Yes

3. Do you regularly 'use' your items, or are some purely of interest as a 'collector'? Some of them : yes. But others are rarely used.

4. Do you listen to 'new' music on your discs, or prefer to keep the format for music 'of the era'? Yes

5. Do you own more items than you can 'practically use'? Yes

6. Did you 'go away' from MiniDisc', only to return to it at a later date? No

7. Do you associate use of your player with 'fond memories', or is it a purely 'practical' consideration? practical

[How do you label on your minidisc?]

Amazing!

Nice Job! It really looks like a pressed MD but with labels on the disc itself!

[What is a top notch remote with backlight?]

Is there a better 3 line display than the sony RM-mc40ELK? In other words, is this remote still the best 3 line display? Do they have something like a 4 line or 5 line display?

No! It's the unique remote with 3 lines

Also, is there a website that list all the sony recent years mini disc player and recorder models?

go to http://minidisc.org/equipment_browser.html

[Sonic Stage 4.3 Sony MZ-NH600 and Blaupunkt Dallas MD70]

Your carstereo Dallas MD70 is a Non-MDLP unit. Are you sure you have transfered tracks in SP Mode? Maybe tracks are encoded in LP2 or LP4.

[Sony MZ-DH10P Demo Mode]

I've tried to do the same (I have a US model too) and make a video of the demo mode : enjoy

[How can I utilize my old Vaio as a dual monitor?]

It is menttionned in the description of your new VAIO "2 HDMI ports (one for input from a TV or gaming console, one for output to a second monitor)"

Try to connect to the other HDMI port, maybe you tried to connect to the input instead of output

[eBay France : MZ-NH900]

Hello PhilippeC! Mine too (NH900 won't charge and have button problem) and when I connect it to my MD car radio, it turns on repeat1 itself randomly...

What are the things I must do to fix it?

I also understand you're french too? If possible you can PM me in french, cause my english is poor

[connecting a sony MZ-NH900 to a pc for HI-MD transfer]

Hi

Its my 1st post here, I am using a MZ-NH900 HiMD and have lost the cable to connect the MD player to my PC /Sonic stage.

Can anyone help with telling me the type of cable I need to buy and whether yuo can buy a cable separately?

Thanks

Hi!

Welcome to the MD Forum!

Just use a simple USB ->mini USB cable.