kevs Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 Just got the new MDS-JE480.I have other older home units. But I do not see time remaining button or anything either on the unit or remote.Can it be you cannot ever see time remaining? Never seen any digital player for home, CD etc. that at least did not have time remaining on the unit. thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted January 12, 2008 Report Share Posted January 12, 2008 I don't have this particular unit but am guessing it is probably the Display button on the remote you need to hit during playback to cycle through the display options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevs Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 Excellent Rich you nailed it. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevs Posted January 13, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2008 New strange thing:ON this new unit, I have track 1 on pause and I hit record, to record over it, but instead of recording over the track nothing happens.I tried the remote and the unit.Could it be possible there is no 'record over exisiting track" ?? thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 New strange thing:ON this new unit, I have track 1 on pause and I hit record, to record over it, but instead of recording over the track nothing happens.I tried the remote and the unit.Could it be possible there is no 'record over exisiting track" ?? thanks.That function left a long time ago , now every unit ( basically all of them , there are exceptions ) The basic setup is now "Record from End" if the unit has an "End Search " buton , then record over is in it , elsewise somewhere in the record menu settings , "Record from Here" or Record From End" might be available , it is on the RH1 and others , but the Home deck might have the removed as a protectionary measure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevs Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Guitar:I don't follow you.Anytime you hit record you are recording from the end anyway.If you have five tracks and hit record you are now recoding from the end to a 6th track.But this was a nice feature to record over the pre-existing track? It's history? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Guitar:I don't follow you.Anytime you hit record you are recording from the end anyway.If you have five tracks and hit record you are now recoding from the end to a 6th track.But this was a nice feature to record over the pre-existing track? It's history?exactly , it will record from the end of what is already there, if you look in the record settings menu , look for "From Here" of "From End" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevs Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 What happened to record over exisiting track? that was not an insignificant thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevs Posted January 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 NO just edit, delete the track, and then record, its just more work, what happened to the feature?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 NO just edit, delete the track, and then record, its just more work, what happened to the feature??See if there is a "Rec Posi." in the menu let me know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
raintheory Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 I don't recall ever seeing any decks with this particular "feature", I've only ever seen it in portables... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevs Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Thanks Guitar:Just checked, nothing about Rec anything in menu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strungup Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Thanks Guitar:Just checked, nothing about Rec anything in menu.OK , yeah that must be on the Portables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 As kevs mentioned, the previous generation of decks had the "record over" feature - play the track, press pause at the required point then record. Eg. my JE640 does this and presumably also the JB940 etc., but my JB980 doesn't. They also took away the handy AMS divide function - which gave you dynamic track divide/rehearse by a press of the AMS button. It's all done by menus in the last generation. One reason I still hang on to my old decks... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevs Posted January 15, 2008 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 great info Barock, curious, now, you guys are in my boat I guess.I got my first home deck in 1998. I have ipod etc, but still love MD for home recording.What is future of minidisc, home deck, MD media?I'm 45 and plan on using this medium till I'm 100. So I'm buying few used decks and new decks to be safe -- worry bit about media though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJ_Palmer Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 The outlook for MD doesn't look too good at the moment, though I reckon I've stockpiled enough blanks, portables and decks to keep me going beyond the caring stage.Who knows, maybe someone will buy out the format and keep it going or maybe even Sony will ressurect it. Fat chance really, but I'm still enjoying MD while I can... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
culp4684 Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 What happened to record over exisiting track? that was not an insignificant thing.I think it was significant because many inadvertantly recorded over existing tracks they wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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