Just picked up a Sony JE780 Deck-First Post

[darrencouch]

Hello all!

I wasn't sure where exactly to post this, but I tend to ramble...

I purchased this unit last night for 80 dollars, and it came with 128+ 74 min discs and 20+ 80 min discs, mostly all of obscure(to me) japanese pop bands. I am pretty late to the minidisc scene, but I've been looking for something to record LP's and radio broadcasts and it works great for that. I haven't tried to upload anything with the NetMD yet as I don't currently have sonicstage installed. I do have a few newb questions though.

1. Some of the discs give the error "TRProtected", which with this deck, one can not eraseall these. AM i able to clear these discs through sonicstage, or are they forever going to be Christina Aguilera?

2. What would be a good portable to go with this deck? I'd like a recording model, not just a player. I was browsing the ones in the equipment lists, but its amazingly overwhelming to me! My only desires would be that it takes standard batteries (AA, AAA) and could play the same modes the deck can record in (sp, lp2, lp4).

So far, I love this deck! I made a copy of my new Gogol Bordello LP in realtime SP. This deck shows the limit of my LP system--I can hear the rumble of my old Kenwood's DD motor in the black space!

I just wish I'd have jumped on board years ago, but better late than never!

[kino170878]

You got a sweet deal including all those blanks.

First try to open/close the write protection tab on the side of the disc, this may be stopping you from erasing it.

Second, decide whether you are happy with "old" SP (Atrac 1 - type R) or wish to upgrade to Hi-SP bit rates (Atrac3plus). You have a lot of reading to catch up on in this area. Personally I stick with old SP because I can use my decks with that.

[darrencouch]

You got a sweet deal including all those blanks.

First try to open/close the write protection tab on the side of the disc, this may be stopping you from erasing it.

Second, decide whether you are happy with "old" SP (Atrac 1 - type R) or wish to upgrade to Hi-SP bit rates (Atrac3plus). You have a lot of reading to catch up on in this area. Personally I stick with old SP because I can use my decks with that.

Thanks! I'm thinking I want to stay with NetMD/MDLP portables, just because I don't need HiMD at the moment and I don't want compatibility issues with my home deck. I've had MP3 players, and waay to much music on an external HD. It's too overwhelming to have that much music--one to two albums is just fine for me on a piece of removable media. I am wondering though when I record on my 780 on S, if its ATRAC-1 or ATRAC3 type S--the manual doesn't specify if its all modes or just LP2/LP4...

EDIT-No, they aren't physically write protected--the TRprotection is listed in the manual and specifys that this error is caused by the uploading from SonicStage. I'm betting I can clear them with SonicStage, but I won't know until I install SonicStage and play with it.

Edited May 2, 2008 by oregoncruzer

[kino170878]

The JE780 is one of the last decks Sony made, so it would definately have the latest incarnation of Atrac. I think Type R and Type S are almost identical anyway.

That's interesting about the track protection. I think if you had an older pre-NetMD deck (and preferably pre-LP) it may not be able to recognize such commands and would erase the disc if asked. Otherwise Sonicstage should be able to completely format the disc for you.

Edited May 3, 2008 by kino170878