Avrin

4.2!!!

Well, the battery finally went flat after about 4.5 hours of playing back Pink Floyd in SP/Hi-SP. Then it charged as it should (for some 2.5 hours) from the adapter. Still, I'm going to subject it to a couple of full discharge/charge cycles.

I just had a similar situation today with my RH910. Today is exactly a year since I bought it, so I decided to listen to it (it had been stored for several months with the battery removed). I cleaned the battery and inserted it. It seemed totally flat, and refused to charge normally. The "Charging" indicator flashed for some time and went off, after which the unit was able to play for several minutes, and then turned itself off. Repeated charging attempts led to nothing more. But thoroughly cleaning the battery contacts (especially the negative one) revived the battery. The unit is already playing for several hours without an additional charge. Looks like contact oxidation was the cause of the problem.

And don't forget to remove older NetMD drivers (if any) so that SP uploads won't take ages. Here's how: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=21299

Tools->Options->Transfer->NetMD->Transfer Settings...->Advanced...->Import Settings->Format for importing non-MDLP tracks. Or simply use the PCM.reg file from the PCM.zip archive attached to my first message.

Which SS version are you using?

Recordable Blu-ray discs still have to prove their reliability and durability. While recordable DVD discs have already done this.

I would recommend using 352 kbit/s rather than 256 kbit/s selected by default. Here's how: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=21402 . It will take more space, but will be absolutely "transparent", despite being a lossy-to-lossy transcoding. At least it is worth trying.

Several weeks, most probably.

And how would you explain the fact that twelve-years old Li-Ion batteries for my old SONY Video8 Handycam, which are always stored fully discharged at room temperature, still give the original 150+ minute continuous operating time each? I am absolutely unable to explain this.

A firmware has nothing to do with this. But settings like address 2250 (ChrgLi) and some further addresses do.

Well, this has nothing to do with laptop batteries. But this has everything to do with some SONY Marketing/Accounting/Bullshitting department. A LIP-4WM fully discharged by a RH1 is still a great source of power for a NH3D. A LIP-4WM fully discharged by a NH3D is not seen by a RH1 at all.

Why would anyone want to sell such a beauty? If you're on Linux, you may try this: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=16688

This one. The menu works, but the last bitrate selection is not remembered due to the bug, so you have to select the required bitrate again each time you use this function. There shouldn't be any "default" setting actually. The program should remember the last selection, as it does for the "Import a CD" function. And ATRAC3 132 kbit/s (LP2) in this case is just the initial value for the parameter, which is written to the registry during program installation and never changed since. Although the value in the registry should change each time you select a different bitrate.

Yes, I've just discovered this yesterday, while (unsuccessfully) trying to find a solution to the problem described here: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=21397 The NH600 and the NH3D work perfectly with the NETMD052.sys driver, but still won't upload SP. Not completely. The actual SP upload process is always the same - the RH1 decodes SP to PCM, and sends this PCM to the computer. Then SonicStage either leaves it as PCM, or converts it to ATRAC3[plus]. But the latter part has nothing to do with the actual upload process - it is just a conversion. Same as if you would upload to PCM, and then convert the files using the Convert Format... function.

The RH1 always uploads SP tracks as PCM. Then SonicStage either leaves them as PCM, or converts them to ATRAC3plus 256 kbit/s. There is no way to select any other format from the program interface. Turns out there are registry parameters for this too. Which allow you to upload in any ATRAC3[plus] bitrate. These are located in the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sony Corporation\SonicStage\PD\OptimizeSetting\{F7D5CB7D-61E5-4258-AD3B-726DBAB5162C}] key, and are called "UploadATRAC1" and "UploadBitrate". The first one specifies an upload format in hexadecimal (it is set to either 60001 for PCM, or 90012 for ATRAC3plus by the program). The second one specifies a bitrate in hexadecimal, with a decimal value in brackets to the right of it corresponding to the actual bitrate (1411200 for 1411 kbit/s, or 256000 for 256 kbit/s). But there are more options here. The "UploadATRAC1" parameter may be manually set to 90010 for ATRAC3 uploads, while the "UploadBitrate" parameter may be used to specify any possible bitrate for the format selected by the "UploadATRAC1" parameter. (I.e., you cannot specify 132 kbit/s for ATRAC3plus or 64 kbit/s for ATRAC3, and 1411200 only works for PCM). All you need is the following: 1. Close SonicStage. 2. Go to the above registry key, double click the "UploadATRAC1" parameter name to open the edit window, type 60001 for PCM, 90010 for ATRAC3, or 90012 for ATRAC3plus, and press the OK button. 3. Double click the "UploadBitrate" parameter name to open the edit window, set the Base radio button to the Decimal position, type a bitrate with three trailing zeroes (e.g., 132000 for ATRAC3 132 kbit/s, or 64000 for ATRAC3plus 64 kbit/s, the only exception being that you should always use 1411200 for PCM), and press the OK button. 4. Start SonicStage. Do not press the "Briefcase" button, or change any NetMD settings via the Tools menu. Proceed directly to uploading from SP discs. If you don't want to modify the registry manually, you may use the REG files from the three attached archives. The PCM.reg and 256.reg files have the same function as the regular drop-down box in SonicStage. No other formats (MP3, WMA, and even ATRAC Advanced Lossless) can be used for direct SP uploads. Believe me, I've tried all codes I know about. ATRAC3.zip ATRAC3plus.zip PCM.zip

The "Convert Format..." function in SonicStage is really useful. But I don't think that many of us are actually using the ATRAC3 132 kbit/s bitrate, which is always set by default when selecting this function. Turns out there is a registry parameter for the bitrate, but due to a bug in SonicStage, it is never written to (although always read from). The parameter is called "Bitrate", is located in the [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Sony Corporation\SonicStage\Import] key, and is a DWORD value, which specifies a bitrate in hexadecimal. If you go to this key, you'll see a hexadecimal number with a decimal number in brackets to the right of it. The decimal number shown is the actual bitrate with three trailing zeroes. Due to the bug, it is always set to 132000, which corresponds to ATRAC3 132 kbit/s. With SonicStage closed, double click the "Bitrate" parameter name to open the edit window, set the Base radio button to the Decimal position, type the bitrate you need with three trailing zeroes (e.g., 256000 for ATRAC3plus 256 kbit/s), and press the OK button. Then start SonicStage and use the Convert Format... function. The bitrate you entered in the registry will now always be offered by default. To reset the parameter to the initial state (if you need to do so for any reason), enter 132000 decimal as the parameter value. If you don't like to edit the registry directly, you may use the REG files from the two attached archives. ATRAC3.zip ATRAC3plus.zip

After checking the registry, I was unable to find any way to change the bitrate for the "Lossless Compression" function to anything other than 256 kbit/s. There is simply no such parameter. But, while checking the registry, I have actually found some useful parameter tweaks for other functions: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=21401 and http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=21402.

AFAIK, no. This stuff is hard-coded in the firmware (along with many other stupidities).

Weren't you recording via optical in, by any chance?

The official SonicStage 4.2 download is no longer available (it was removed by SONY quite some time ago). Alternate links in this message: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showt...st&p=117697 are still OK.

And then again, from what I see here, the function of address 0113 on the DH10P seems quite standard for the Second generation. Setting it to to 24 removes the volume limit, gives you 2 Custom Equalizers, enables Japanese, Chinese and Korean (I might be wrong here) languages for the menus, but completely disables the titling function. On the other hand, setting it to 20 (North America) should remove the volume limit, enable the equalizers, and keep the Latin titling function. Setting it to 23 (Japan) should give everything except menu languages (only English and Japanese remain), and keep the titling function, although now it should start with Katakana.

Absolutely amazing!

Nice! Could you please provide more detail?.. Seems like actual soldering was not required since you only needed to shorten the corresponding points on the PCB with a suitable tool to get into the service mode. Am I wrong?

Still, I wouldn't recommend Audacity to anyone, since it is the only audio-editing program that BSODs my system when trying to OK some options changes. And the BSOD is related to the audio driver, which is a plain vanilla Realtek AC'97 in my case.