Slightly Scoffed MZ-E7W Pictorial/Movie

[Christopher]

Picked this old-school gem off eBay. Now, I know alot of you would find such a purchase ridiculous, but I wanted something from the days of the old that was a little different than what others have. I was once considering a 10mW or higher unit, but then I saw this and I knew it just had to be mine. For those of you who don't know, this was Sony's first attempt at creating a player-only unit with a wireless remote.

..and yes, I'm still wearing the watch. Enjoy; all pictures taken with girlfriend's Nikon Coolpix 5700 Pro.

[bottom of unit, notice the wireless on off, and the two channel selection]

[from left: sharp md-ds8, sony mz-e7w, sony mz-s1, kenwood dmc-s55]

[see how that top part is darker? it's metal, whereas the unit is plastic; very odd. and yes, i know it's not in the best condition.]

[at it's highest point it's almost five discs tall.]

[merely a sample of the options the watch remote presents. the little joystick below the LCD acts as a ff/play + rewind, and if you press it down it stops.]

[back of watch.]

[oy. this thing is huge, but i love it.]

I have also made a short *.mov [you'll need Quicktime] of all the remote functions. It's about 16mb.

http://virtual.dyc.edu/~kurisu/mze7w/remote.mov

[sorry if it's not lit well enough, you may want to adjust your brightness higher.]

As for the unit, it sounds good - typical 2000 generation Sony loudness, but nothing that would blow someone away. Obviously a gimmick product, but it's hard to put down once you're "strapped in" so to speak. Cheers.