Newbie Question

[guitarguy]

Am new to minidisc recording, but have a lot of experiance with 24 track machine...I just bought this to record my band rehearsals live for stand in musicians that can't make rehearsals. My unit is a Walkman MZ-NF810.

It did not have a manual, so I have been reading online for operational instructions. Here is my question. To simply record with a mic, do I only have to slide over the record button? (This assumes my mic levels are already set up.)

When I do this I DO NOT get a red recording light on that button. Is there supposed to be one, or am I doing something wrong? How can I be sure it is in record mode? Also when done, do I simply press the stop button, or do I need to do something in addition to save the data.....thanks so much....Mike

[A440]

You're in the right place, here's the manual.

http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/sony_mznf810_manual.pdf

The record slider doesn't light up. You should see a little REC on the LCD, level bars moving and the time indicator changing. Stop saves the data.

For music, make sure you're recording in LP2 or SP (in the Menu under Rec Set). You can set levels by pressing Rec and Pause at the same time, then un-Pause to record.