maskedman

Thanks for clearing that up. I *think* I get it now. I guess in my case the solution for listening to audiobooks that I download from the computer to MD is to break them up into many tracks with a splitter program. That way I can mark the particular track that I stop listening to and return to it later? One more question .... how are the bookmarks saved? If I remove the disc, do I lose the bookmarks, or does the MD player keep track of them somehow? I'm thinking that i may have a disc of audiobook and another disc of music and swap between them. But would I still be able to keep a track of where i am up to in listening to the audiobook? Can anyone help? M

Thank you for your welcome and for taking the time to point me towards the most suitable models. Looks like the NHF800 or the 700 will do me. The equipment browser is cool and very helpful, thanks for the link M Thanks for taking the time to reply. Now here's the big question. Can I play back a long track (e.g. an audiobook) and make a bookmark in the middle of that track at the position I have stopped listening to, and then return to that exact same postion at a later time? I'm talking about a real bookmark function (not just a resume function). M No I'm not, but I was looking at buying one ..... but no record function, no radio, no user replaceable battery, and pretty pricy. The minidisc is attractive for all the above functions, and the ability to add cheap discs (memory) at any time. M Thanks for your reply. Reading up a little more, I don't think the native mp3 ability is so important (converting to atrac seems easy enough to do). I also, don't think the radio is that important. I have a small (512MB) mp3 player and radio. The radio is pretty poor and I find that I rarely use it. If I had a minidisc player I'm sure that I would have discs of audiobooks or music to listen to instead. Also, I didn't realise until looking into this a little further that the radio is in the remote and consequently makes the remote heavier and larger. Mmmm not so sure about that! M Thanks for the reply .... and for the links you gave. The bookmarking function you mention is on a recording that I make. What about bookmarking an already recorded track. I'm thinking of a long track (eg an audiobook) - the ability to listen and bookmark the position in the track when I stop listening, and then retiurn to that same place later on. Is that possible? M Thanks for replying. Yes, the 800 or 700 look to be most suitable for me. Thanks for the links on ebay, that will be helpful to look at. M

Hi there. This is a first post and an excursion into the unknown, so please be patient with me. I'm looking for the *best* minidisc player so that I can listen to a lot of mp3's that I have - especially audio books, as well as being able to record lectures from college. Here are my requirements: - AA battery - Able to play mp3's (or mp3's converted to atrac, but better if plays native mp3 format) - Able to download to minidisc from PC quite quickly (but not so important) - I like the idea of being able to use 1Gb discs - Need line out - Radio would be nice, but not essential - Able to record lectures and have *some* way of uploading them to PC for putting on CD BTW am I right in thinking that you can bookmark tracks on a minidisc ie: if you are listening to an audiobook, you can make a mark and return later to the exact point you left off from? This would be *very* important for me. I would appreciate any help, even just a list of model numbers to look at. Many thanks, Martin