superstara Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 i dont have a usb cord but i do have a male-male 3.5mm stereo cable. but i still cannot record music onto my MZ-R700 mp3 player. i have pressed record but only record silence. can ayone help me with my dilemma? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted January 3, 2007 Report Share Posted January 3, 2007 What are you recording from? Plug your headphone into the output jack you are trying to record from. If you hear music, and your male-to-male cord is good, then you should be able to record that output. Are you plugging into the white (line-in) jack or the red (mic-in) jack? White is for powered output (like a CD player), red for a microphone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superstara Posted January 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2007 i dont have a usb cord but i do have a male-male 3.5mm stereo cable. but i still cannot record music onto my MZ-R700 mp3 player. i have pressed record but only record silence. can ayone help me with my dilemma?i am putting it in the white side, and im recording from some songs i downloaded. i have a laptop and there are two holes in it. i plugged the cord into the hole where my speaker is in. something is wrong and i cant figure it out. i pressed record and all iget is silence but it says that i recorded something. and i can hear the music that iam recording while i record. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Username Ahoy Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 i am putting it in the white side, and im recording from some songs i downloaded. i have a laptop and there are two holes in it. i plugged the cord into the hole where my speaker is in. something is wrong and i cant figure it out. i pressed record and all iget is silence but it says that i recorded something. and i can hear the music that iam recording while i record.Is it possible that your laptop isn't outputting the sound at line levels? Try plugging the cord into the red (amplified) socket, and seeing what happens. Chances are the line-out from your computer is too faint for your minidisc to notice - I have the MZ-R500, which is the "little brother" companion model to the R700, and pointing a microphone directly at a fifteen-foot speaker stack, without a "battery box" (which amplifies the signal), I'd be lucky to get two "bars" worth of sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A440 Posted February 23, 2007 Report Share Posted February 23, 2007 I don't quite understand what connections you're making. How do you hear the music you're playing back? If it's through the MD unit, then your record head may be going bad. It is an old unit. If you're hearing the music another way, the computer may be playing it through what you're listening to rather than the output you're trying to record from. What happens when you plug headphones into the output that you are using? Can you hear anything? Maybe the wrong kind of signal or no signal is coming from that output. Instead of the connection you're using, use the headphone out jack of your computer and turn up the volume on the computer. Plug your headphones in to make sure you're getting something, and then unplug them and connect the male-to-male cord. When you record you should see the level meter moving on the MD unit. Monitor the music through the headphone jack of the MD unit as you record for a little while, to make sure it's coming through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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