amedeoad Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 I got a black RH10 from sony style. The US version came with a blank disc but the remote didn't have LCD display. It works for me but I can see how others would want a display. I usually use mine for listening to music at work (8 hrs.) In HI-LP mode the included rechargable battery seems to work for a long while. Usually I just plug it into the UBS for a charge during the night. The AA battery compartment is a bit odd. At first I had problems getting the damn thing on the unit. The screw on adapter idea is good for a tighter fit but I think that if sony had added on a snap on connection so you could snap it into place and THEN screw it on, it would work much better.I did a few little demo recordings with and an like it alot so far. I'm impressed with the audio quality and how well everthing has been comming out. I just have a mic going into a small mixer and then into the RH10 Line out and it works great. The suplied power addapter is great for studio use but I feel that the AA battery add-on will come in handy when I start making live/field recordings. I do most of my recordings in the studio using SONAR 4 Producer Edition by Cakewalk but I think using the RH10 to record samples instead of directly recording to SONAR (especially when in the field) would come in handy. The ear buds that came with mine feel a bit short. I know that the remote gives a bit more cable but most of the time I have the unit in my left pants pocket and have the remote attached to the rim of my pocket. I ended up using a $20 set of sony Walkman headphones I picked up at Radioshack. That presented the problem of having too much wire so I simply service looped it and wiretied it a few times.I think that everybody that has an RH10 hates the fact that it scratches and smudges so easily. Oh well. Maybe Sony can add some coting on the next line that they come out with.This is my first Hi-MD unit I've ever had. I picked it up because I needed to be able to do recordings using MD. My other units are a bit limited (a NetMD portable and an SP only deck). I think this unit is really neat and would recomend it to friends if they had the money for one. Most people I know still use CD playersand are impressed by MDLP and theire jaws drop when I tell them about Hi-MD.←you're lucky guy!!!!!!my new rh1o -usa - played 4 minutes and then stopped!!!!no disc - its true -; please wait - all night - ;and so on!I'd buy an Ipod: its much better, functional and never more sony: trash is waiting for rh10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenlui Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 @amedeoad Hmm.. what happened to you RH10? played 4 mins and stopped? Mind telling more? Maybe we can help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amedeoad Posted June 14, 2005 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 @amedeoad Hmm.. what happened to you RH10? played 4 mins and stopped? Mind telling more? Maybe we can help.←Hi, when I opened the brand new box - buyed in las vegas sony center - and after charging battery in right voltage I introduced a md - recorded with my old sony mz r50 - and I got exceptional sound!!! after two songs it stopped and told mo wait for charging: then nothing more. I changed md, even with 1giga disk, but when click play there was a little blue disk with numbers of tracks 1,2,3......45,46 etcI wired on my pc: sonic stage viewed my rh10 but said no diskI pushe every switch for a week every night but notingnow I've contacted my Italian sony center and guys said they try to investigatebut I believe no good results: I've to wait at minimum for one month!meanwhile I'll use my old md - it's fantastic and sounds very well -Its a pity!otherwise thank you very much kenlui!!!!!!!!! ciaonext time I buy something in vacation I'll try immediately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fray Adjacent Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 I think your experience is the exception rather than the rule. That is to say, you got a defective unit, and not all of them will behave the way yours did. If you were still in the US, I would be calling the exact store you purchased the unit from, and see if they could exchange it. I have my RH910 right here on my desk. Had it about a week, and it works great. No problems or complaints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abbstrack Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 maybe a dumb question, but have you tried pulling out and reinserting the battery as a reset option?my rh10 froze on me last thursday while on the subway, just went into a completely paused/loading state, and no button pushed would work (even ejected the disk and reinserted with no success), until i took out the battery and put it back in, and everything was fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenlui Posted June 15, 2005 Report Share Posted June 15, 2005 u're welcome... but maybe u should try abbstrack's suggestion. Other wise, do send it back to the nearest sony service center. I think they would be able to do something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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