national Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 Hi all! Just bought a used mds-jb940 deck, no remote included. I understand the remote originally packaged with the deck was the rm-d49m. Does anyone know whether other Sony remotes, more particularly the rm-d7m that came with the je500 and je510 decks, will work with the jb940? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 3, 2009 Report Share Posted August 3, 2009 I think you will find that a deck designed for a narrow remote needs one of the other "narrow" remotes for titling. However the 940 accepts a PS/2 (PC) keyboard, so that should be no problem.Suggest you go browse the decks in the equipment browser (here), and look and see what remotes there are. There's no section in the accessories browser for wireless remote, there probably should be one.If you already have a "wide" one you can try it. The D7M notably lacks the menu buttons, but the D15M has them. However there are whole alphabet soups of "narrow" remotes, hopefully you can find something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
national Posted August 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Thanks for the reply, and yes, you're right--I'm planning on using a keyboard for titling and other editing functions. I just need a remote that would basically operate the deck (play, stop, rec., track selections, display, etc.). What I'm wondering is whether the d7m and other "wide" remotes will work with the jb940, i.e. if I press "play" on a d7m pointed at the jb940, will it result in the minidisc playing or not? The key here is d7m's can be found for around $20 on the web whereas d49m's originally supplied with jb940's are quite a bit more expensive ($50-$70 range), so if I can be assured that a d7m will operate my jb940 in its basic functions, then I'll just get a d7m and will not bother spending the extra cash for a d49m. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfbp Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 What I'm wondering is whether the d7m and other "wide" remotes will work with the jb940, i.e. if I press "play" on a d7m pointed at the jb940, will it result in the minidisc playing or not?Yup. I don't have a D7M any longer (I gave it away because it doesn't have the Menu/No or Yes buttons). But I pointed my D15M (another wide one) at the MXD-D400 and it worked fine... up to a point. Any buttons past 10 simply don't work. BUT... and this is the good news.... the >25 button allows you to enter numbers higher than 10 with no problems.The eject works. But the On/Off turns on and off my JE630 instead heheh. And the D15M works completely fine with the JE640. Even the buttons that are > 10 and <=25. So my guess is ok for the 940 which is from the series that came out the same time as the 640.So you are probably all right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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