Recording on MZ-RH1

[sfbp]

I'm a new owner of an RH1 and I have been trying out all the different capabilities. Most of it works fine, but there are some real strangenesses perhaps one of you that's had one for a while could explain please.

1. When recording on to some regular MD's there seems to be a problem with reformatting for Hi-MD. From the length of time it took, I am assuming the system does *not* do any sort of true format - there simply isn't time. The Sony 80 disks behaved better than the Arita 74's, for reasons that escape me. Specifically shortly after recording (but AFTER it finished its legitimate SAVING and SystemFile Writing, from a mic onto an Arita the head is jumping all over the place, lots of clicks and whirring, and generally it sounds like something is wrong. Ideas?

2. I also saw some recently recorded disks give read errors which are cured by removing the MD and reinserting.

3. I took a Sony 80 (since I guessed that they may be more reliable for some reason) and formatted it HiMD. Then I tried to do an analog line in recording. A half hour radio program was broken into about 10 unequal pieces. Is this normal behaviour? Is there any way to prevent it?

4. Very strange things seem to happen when I plug into the USB power supply that came with the unit if I was listening or recording at the time. Is this also expected behaviour?

I may have more to report but I'm currently wondering if there is something wrong with the unit, or whether converting "old" MD's to HiMD format simply has major problems.....

Thanks for all help and advice, you guys know a LOT

Stephen

[RoGeR]

I cant answer most of your questions, but for (3), is your time-mark set to auto. If you disable it, it shouldn't break the recording into several tracks.

[tekdroid]

I'm a new owner of an RH1 and I have been trying out all the different capabilities. Most of it works fine, but there are some real strangenesses perhaps one of you that's had one for a while could explain please.

1. When recording on to some regular MD's there seems to be a problem with reformatting for Hi-MD. From the length of time it took, I am assuming the system does *not* do any sort of true format - there simply isn't time.

That's right. Equivalent to a regular (fast) format with a hard drive, it doesn't go over the disc to check it all.

The Sony 80 disks behaved better than the Arita 74's, for reasons that escape me. Specifically shortly after recording (but AFTER it finished its legitimate SAVING and SystemFile Writing, from a mic onto an Arita the head is jumping all over the place, lots of clicks and whirring, and generally it sounds like something is wrong. Ideas?

Without hearing the odd sounds, it would be hard to say, but my MD units make odd sounds sometimes. Clicking and whirring, yessir.

2. I also saw some recently recorded disks give read errors which are cured by removing the MD and reinserting.

What type/ brand / age are the discs? Are the discs or were the discs ever dusty?

I may have more to report but I'm currently wondering if there is something wrong with the unit, or whether converting "old" MD's to HiMD format simply has major problems.....

Really, you should have no problems. Older MDs are practically lower-capacity Hi-MDs as far as behaviour of the unit is concerned.