Hat Trick For MDCF? - Service Mode + 2nd Gen Hi-MD

[Christopher]

What specific language support are you seeking?

[WaywardTraveller]

What specific language support are you seeking?

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Offhand, I'd want all the foreign characters possible (short of Japanese/Chinese, which I don't require). Checking the manual it looks like quite a few are included (for Hi-MD mode anyways), but I'm not sure. Not very specific I know, but as a backpacker travelling over several continents I'd ideally like to be able to title recordings with village/souq/market names, song names, etc. in (romanized) original names.

Edited August 24, 2005 by WaywardTraveller

[Christopher]

The answer to your inital question is 'Yes'.

[pbd]

0110

NV

0111

ResAll CC

0112

Clock CC

......

these are the codes for my MD RH-910. can anyone compare and check whether any field is not same as yours? because mine one really cannot play back mp3 directly. whatever files i have tried on. so i would like to compare these code with yours to see what are the differents. who knows it might be the firmware's problem that i can easily fix it using modify the value..

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I'm a new owner of an european version of mz-rh910, a friend has the US one.

I can't see DistFL or other fields, i view last two hex digits, and the fist 4 digits are hex values increasing (i don't know what that mean!)

What's your version of rh910?

here values of Us and European (U, E no letter same value, Y is your value when different):

here values changing in the different version:

0113

DistFL 24 Y

20 U

A0 E

0124

HMD3RH 36 Y

38 U

3E E

0132

Dsptmp 25 Y

1A U E

0133

TmpOfs DC Y

DE U

EZ E

0217

Adrs H 18 Y

19 U

14 E

0218

Adrs L 14 Y

78 U

B3 E

0223

1312 53 Y

78 U

98 E

Can somebody help me to explain what that difference mean?

Thanx

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here the complete sequence

0100

MT

0110

NV

0111

ResAll CC

0112

Clock CC

0113

DistFL 24 Y

20 U

A0 E

0114

DistFH 80

0115

ClrVNV 00

0120

Laser 00

0121

Lrefpw 14

0122

WrPwx4 A9

0123

SettHM3 CC

0124

HMD3RH 36 Y

38 U

3E E

0130

Temp CC

0131

SetTmp 19

0132

Dsptmp 25 Y

1A U E

0133

TmpOfs DC Y

DE U

EZ E

0200

SET CC

0210

DiscPr CC

0211

NomiRP 2E

0212

NomiRT 1E

0213

NomiWP 8D

0214

NomiWT 28

0215

OptiRP 22

0216

OptiWP 69

0217

Adrs H 18 Y

19 U

14 E

0218

Adrs L 14 Y

78 U

B3 E

0219

ResDrp CC

0220

AdjUID CC

0221

0407 06

0222

0000 00

0223

1312 53 Y

78 U

98 E

0230

MD1Pr CC

0231

DscSel 01

0300

OTHER CC

0310

LED CC

0311

Ch0p H FF

0312

Ch0p L 3F

0313

Ch0p0F CC

0900

LINE CC

0910

MngFlg CC

0911

MngF1 00

0912

MngF2 00

0920

Other CC

0921

TsbSsb 00

[siup]

Beginner in this topic:

Is ther poosible to program one of these code to have the function :

"record set" in the position "record manual" by default

Thanks

Siup

[The Low Volta]

hi siup, welcome to MDCF,

Is ther poosible to program one of these code to have the function :

"record set" in the position "record manual" by default

but to disappoint you: nope, this is not possible... we are all trying to get Sony to incorporate this in future models, but for all existing HiMD models you will have to go into the menus to get manual rec levels each time after a stop

[perplexer]

Hi @all !

many thanks to all of your tests! I bought a Euro RH10 and I was really pi**ed off to what has happend to the functions and the legitimations of the Euro-version.

Now, I am happy Again a BIG thanx to Ishiyoshi and kurisu helping those who has no service manual available

btw: does any body know more about the built in limiter? What is behind the "ForLoudMusic" parameter? I use OKM Rock headphones and the A3 adapter for recordings. The A3 adapter supports a -20db option to reduce the volume down to -20db. Now, I'd like to know more about the above function. Do I never have to use the A3 again, because of the fact that the ForLuoudMusic option offers this "out of the box"?

ps: the 113 parameter was running up and down in my version. Only the last 3 HEX values where fixed to SA0. Now I have a nice A24 value, hehe he

btw: are there any other options that maybe allows to copy directly a file from the removeable media to another windows drive?

Best wishes from Germany

Perplexer

Edited September 5, 2005 by perplexer

[perplexer]

btw: is it possible to reduce the backlightning to an other value? f.e from 100% to 50% by default.

Perplxer

[Roamer]

The 'For Loud Music' is for recording with a mic (it is described in the manual). So it doesn't matter for playback.

And SonicStage / SimpleBurner is the only way to transfer music.

[Alexx]

What happens if I make an error half way through: or if i change my mind.

Can i safely withdraw from it?

[yanouche]

the only thing i wish to be somehow hacked/unlocked in my RH910, though i know it's impossible, is two step mega-bass function the old net-md units had... bass in my N505 used to be punchy and dynamic compering to what hi-md's equalizer can do...

[raintheory]

What happens if I make an error half way through: or if i change my mind.

Can i safely withdraw from it?

I believe if you remove all power sources before saving anything it will reset.

[chding]

wat about chinese character display on rh710? does this unit support ?

Edited October 9, 2005 by chding

[Richard]

wat about chinese character display on rh710? does this unit support ?

We already answered that when you asked the same question here:

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=12353&hl=

Edited October 9, 2005 by richyhu

[drikme]

Hi everybody,all new to this forum and very happy to be here with you!!!

First of all i want to say a BIG thnx to Kurisu,after hours of reading all the discussions and the service manual for my mz-rh 10 everything worked fine.Have to say that i couldnt see the "distFl" value as well as other users but everything worked perfect when i change my the "A0" value to "24" in my mz-rh 10 uk model(just new bought 4 days ago),i ve got the same problem with other users(cannot edit tracks) but this is something i already knew from the forum users,if anybody finds something new about this issue pls contact me(drikme@hotmail.com) or upload your comment on the forum.

Many thnx again to Kurisu and looking forward to hear from u!!!!

[ninjaturtle]

Is there anyway to have the MZ-RH10 display "1 remain" as default instead of "lap time"?

Thx, d.

[sir_cybo]

Hi,

Anyone try the MZ-DH10p for the service mode hack?

[Feanaro]

Hi, I already change my 113 from A0 to 20, but I cannot resist my curiosity and I start to explore the service mode (without changing anything), and I have a question, for what or what does the Audio file???

If you go to that line, in some numbers you will hear sound (a peep):

audio

3111

...19

3112

...19

3113

...19

3115

...1E

3116

...0F

3117

...CC

thats all, maybe we can change these values for more volume...

PD: sorry for my english, but I`m chilean, bye

[Srazash]

Hey, i'm new! Anyway i used this hack on my European (UK) RH10 model, i know what you all mean about the hex number, i wasn't sure what to do, anyway i just used VOL- button and navigated through the hex numbers (im refering to the last two digits here!) until i got to "24" like it says on the guide, THIS WORKED! i have better volume and custome equiliser settings!

Thanks for the hack! And i hope this helps anyone who hit a snag!

[indosilver]

Just bought Rh10, kicks ass. I think every owner should try Kurisus hack

GREAT THANKS to Ishiyoshi and Kurisu for their advanced knowledge of minidisc.

[timbeullens]

Hi

I bought the RH10 here in Belgium (so sorry for my english :-p)

I changed the settings from european to US mode. I first took the asian settings (24) but without tite editing possible... no satisfaction

But the US settings would have the missing letters.... but i was thinking that the guys from sony already fixed that problem.

Tryed it and no problem!

I have ALL features, full output, 2custom equalizers and all characters available!!!

Thanks guy's!

Are there possible more functions and features that could be unlocked this way?

Greetz!

Tim

[vannylake]

This is brilliant thanks! Was a bit worried about doing it on my brand new RH10 but it all worked fine and have now got customizable eq which is soooo much better than the rubbish default settings and my RH10 now sounds great!

CHEERS

[Ghinn]

Hi. I've got a Japanese RH10, because I wanted the LCD remote. Do I need to do any of these hacks, or do I have full functionality out of the box? I've been using it for a few months, and I have both custom EQ settings available, and haven't noticed any of the limitations people are talking about. The default language was English. Is there any way to check for sure that I don't need to do anything? Also, are there any hacks that can be done purely for cosmetic reasons? I just tried titling tracks, and I was unable to do so. Is there a setting I can change that will enable me to title tracks, preferrably with full foreign language support?

[Richard]

Hi. I've got a Japanese RH10, because I wanted the LCD remote. Do I need to do any of these hacks, or do I have full functionality out of the box? I've been using it for a few months, and I have both custom EQ settings available, and haven't noticed any of the limitations people are talking about. The default language was English. Is there any way to check for sure that I don't need to do anything? Also, are there any hacks that can be done purely for cosmetic reasons? I just tried titling tracks, and I was unable to do so. Is there a setting I can change that will enable me to title tracks, preferrably with full foreign language support?

No there is nothing that needs to be done for the Japanese units. The titling should function normally, unless of course you were trying to amend titles from tracks recorded with Sonic Stage in which case you may run into the CANNOT EDIT message.

[Ghinn]

Why is it that tracks recorded with sonicstage can't be retitled?

[Richard]

Why is it that tracks recorded with sonicstage can't be retitled?

[Off topic]

DRM basically. I did do some testing and I seem to recall that with SS 3.4 for this may no longer be the case (as long as you don't encode the tracks with copy protection). Otherwise the simplest thing to do is connect the unit to the PC and edit in the Sonic Stage transfer window.

[clorenzo]

This place is amazing! Thanks a million to the gurus, I just did the mod on my brand new RH10 and it worked a treat. The change in max power is quite noticeable, especially with high impedance 'phones (Beyer DT-880) which before sounded just faint and now are almost reasonable (with the vol. on max of course).

[wingosmith]

these are the codes for my MD RH-910. can anyone compare and check whether any field is not same as yours? because mine one really cannot play back mp3 directly. whatever files i have tried on. so i would like to compare these code with yours to see what are the differents. who knows it might be the firmware's problem that i can easily fix it using modify the value..

Does anyone know what each of these codes do?

thanx

wingo

[yoda_143]

I just wanted to confirm that this hack worked without any problems on my rh710. Changed the value from A0 to 24 it was about 30 seconds work. I don't really use the extra volume, but the custom equalizer settings are great for clearing up low quality audiobook recordings. Thanks a lot!

[brrrgh]

We did it for the MZ-R900/700/500, again for first generation Hi-MD, and now..

With frightening restrictions facing Europeans such as reduced output [2.8mW], and no real custom equalizer on the MZ-RH10 and presumeably other second generation Hi-MD units, can we save the masses once again?

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Here's how you remove this limitation - by entering service mode you take full responsibility for your actions and cannot hold minidisc.org or it's associates liable for any damages occured - don't worry though, you'll be fine:

With the 'Hold' switch on, and while pressing 'Menu', press FF FF RW RW FF RW FF RW Pause Pause.

[FF = Fast Forward | RW = Rewind]

1.) Press the 'Vol +' key to enter the Manual mode.

2.) Press the 'FF' key five times to select the item number 0113.

3.) Press the 'Vol +'/'Vol -'key and set the value that is after "DistFL", or if you don't see that, when you press 'Vol +'/'Vol -' a value will increase/decrease - change it to 24.

4.) Press the 'Pause' key on the unit to set the change.

5.) Press the 'Stop' key four times and then remove the battery or whatever is powering the unit. Turn it back on and enjoy!

For those of you in Europe, you now have a full equalizer, no restriction on volume, and Kanji/etc support. North American unit owners can do the same for better language support.

A big thank you to Ishiiyoshi for supplying the service manual for this unit!

p.s. For information on how to get into service mode with first generation Hi-MD units, check this thread:

http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=7434

To remove the volume limitation on first generation Hi-MD units, check this thread: http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?showtopic=8157

[unignal]

whee.. my dh10p now displays chinese!

retransfering my chinese songs now

[fatmuttony]

Finally got around to hacking my RH710 after procrastinating on this for many months. However, I switched to 20 from A0 instead of 24, so that I could still edit track titles. Do I lose any functionality (or could any other problem arise) because of the 20 (US/Can) setting?

[induktor]

We did it for the MZ-R900/700/500, again for first generation Hi-MD, and now..

With frightening restrictions facing Europeans such as reduced output [2.8mW], and no real custom equalizer on the MZ-RH10 and presumeably other second generation Hi-MD units, can we save the masses once again?

I have a MZ-RH710 (I live in south america so i dont know why i have a european version!)

your MoD worked perfectly!!!!!!! THANKS, YOU SAVE ME FROM DUMP THIS TO THE TRASH!!!

The first time i listened and saw the ridiculous low volume and no custom eq. I couldn't believe it!, my previous MZN-510 was way too much powerfull and a excellent low and bass settings.

If one wants to damage is own hearing you must have the privelege to do it, at the end it's only yourself the one that will be damaged!, this restriction is plain stupid.

the only difference in you procedure was that I found a number increasing insted of DistFL, that number finished with A0, changed it to 24 and save settings and it worked!!

thanks a lot really!

iNd

[Ishiyoshi]

I have a MZ-RH710 (I live in south america so i dont know why i have a european version!)

your MoD worked perfectly!!!!!!! THANKS, YOU SAVE ME FROM DUMP THIS TO THE TRASH!!!

thanks a lot really!

iNd

Welcome to the MDCF and enjoy your stay with us.

[RoGeR]

Hi, I just bought the RH10. I tried the hack, successfully went into Service Mode... proceeded to Manual, to 0113, then the hex numbers at the bottom of 0113 started to move when I press volume.

Do I just adjust the last 3 digits to 024 and ignore the digits in front of the last 3 digits which keep moving - I'm afraid of pressing set in case of buggering it up!!!! Its a european model, bought in UK.

Pls help. I've tried twice but still couldnt find DistFL as mentioned. I've removed the battery without pressing set and it thankfully still works!!

[RoGeR]

Reread all the posts here... and glad to say, I've done it!! Sounds great now!!! My MP3s now sound so much better with Custom Equalizer! THANKS GUYS!!!!

[erikos]

Hey there

well I got an MZ-RH10

am from Greece (that is Europ )

did that FF, RW, ....

and it worked just fine thanks KURISU

P.S.

Realy what all these options do? Does anyone know about all of them?

[peter312]

I've just managed to pick up a brand new MZ-DH10P and am well pleased. Please could someone confirm that this volume hack definitely works on the DH10P?

Thanks

Edited December 19, 2006 by peter312

[pojam]

hi guys, i'm having disc access error when trying to transfer my recording to my computer using sonicstage.

i'm using RH10 and i've read that it's the laser diode problem.

question: can i change the laser strength using service mode?

thanks.

[Avrin]

pojam, look here http://forums.minidisc.org/index.php?s=&am...st&p=115881 for a recent discussion of exactly this problem.