Don Retag Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 I haven't been able to see images for the sides of a Hi-MD players, so I do not know exactly what the outputs there are.According to the specs, there is only a headphone out and USB output. How does the USB output look like? Also, some of the recording equipment I have (soundcards, mixers, etc...) indicate that they accept digital signals from various sources, including Minidisc. I do not see any digital output from the Hi-MD on the specs. Is it that there is no digital output on the portable units, or am I missing something?Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael1980 Posted March 20, 2005 Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 That's right, no digital output on the portables. To get that you will have a buy a deck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Retag Posted March 20, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2005 Thanks for the answer. I did some more reading and I have come to find out that there is no digital-out, and the line out is shared with the headphone jack.I was interested in a MD unit, but the DRM issues are too much. Going to stick to other devices for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ SKuBa Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 i noticed on the equipment section of this site it says that the 1st gen hi md is shared line and headphone output but on the new models ie the 910 and the 10 it says that there is only headphone...whats the deal with that... i know they havent come out in the us yet but mabey someone knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 It looks like they've done away with the 'line out' feature of the previous models (for the first time in the higher-end units) which is a shame/disaster as there's now no 'proper' interface with hi-fi equipment....It's debatable whether the lineout feature was ever a 'true' line out (in the the hi-fi sense - whatever that is), and similar results can be obtained simply by turning the volume up and EQ settings off. This is especially so since they merged the line out and headphone out circuitry. Still, if enough people complain/don't buy the 2nd gen equipment (like me), I'm sure we'll see its return in the next series... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bland10000 Posted March 21, 2005 Report Share Posted March 21, 2005 to whom/where do we complain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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