baggers Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 Hi all: I've just taken delivery of a new N10, but I'm having some problems. Specifically, it isn't playing back music properly. When I rip a CD over the USB connection, everything seems to be fine, but when I play the music back, it stutters, sounding like a damadged CD. I've tried copying the music with different programs (SonicStage 1.5, Real Player) and different brands of Minidisc, but I get the same result. But when I record music from the line in or microphone connections, it plys back fine. I'm using the drivers from the Japanese CD that came with the device. Any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted December 6, 2002 Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 If you record from line in and mic and it is fine, I don't think it is the unit itself. Any possibility you have a USB connection problem? Have you tried connecting the USB directly to the recorder rather than through the cradle? That might indicate something. Does it stutter when played from the MD into headphones, or when played from the Sonicstage on the PC? What I'm thinking is, does your PC match the specs suggested for the app? My kids PC is kind of slow and it stutters. If your PC is fast, then perhaps try uninstalling Sonicstage 1.5 and then install OpenMG Jukebox (should be able to find on the net) instead. It is missing a few minor features, but with the recent bug fixes available on the OpenMG site, it seems pretty stable. It is less demanding than SonicStage from my observation and might work better. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggers Posted December 6, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2002 I've tried the USB cable both in the player directly and in the stand: same thing. I would imagine that if there ws a problem with the USB cable itself, the player or software would complain about not getting the correct data. I've also tried encoding music into the Music drive in SonicStage (where it plays back perfectly) and then transferring the music to minidisc: same problem. I'm running a 2.2GHz P4, so I don't think it's a speed issue. I tried OpenMG jukebox on one system and it didn't recognise the player: I'll try it on another today. My feeling is that is the MD player driver: does anybody know if there are any other drivers available for download that I could try? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted December 7, 2002 Report Share Posted December 7, 2002 Yup. Your computer must be fine. I've got mine working on both a 2.4GHz P4 desktop and a 1.8GHz P4 laptop. (I use the backup tool to clone the 16GB database). The player actually recognized when it is connected, the display says PC->->MD. If that is happening, the USB cable must be OK. Open MGJukebox wouldn't normally have the drivers for the N10. The N10 drivers are unique, as I already had a NetMD driver installed for my N505, and when I got the N10, it would not recognize it until I installed the N10 driver. I used the driver from the CD as you say you did and it works fine. Perhaps you could try uninstalling and reinstalling the driver. The only other thing I can think is that in Mic or Line recording, it is realtime. Maybe the unit is failing in the fast write mode of NetMD transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baggers Posted December 9, 2002 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2002 Well, I've tried reinstalling the drivers, reinstalling the programs, checking the cables and even shouting at it. The music still sounds like crap... I'm thinking that the unit itself may be faulty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted December 10, 2002 Report Share Posted December 10, 2002 I'm sorry to hear this, baggers. I fear you are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted December 11, 2002 Report Share Posted December 11, 2002 Me too. I'll have a word with the dealer and see if I can do an exchange to see if another unit has similar problems... I'm sorry to hear this, baggers. I fear you are correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
osiris96 Posted January 3, 2003 Report Share Posted January 3, 2003 Me too. I'll have a word with the dealer and see if I can do an exchange to see if another unit has similar problems... I have been writing in another section of this Forum about my N10 making funny noises -- loud, broken-motor noises. Also, I have been trying to check out some music to the MD in SP mode and I can get about 75% of it complete before the unit will not allow any more infomation to be downloaded. I know it is the unit because I have an N1 hooked up to the same computer and it is checking in and out just fine with the same software. I have the drivers on the Japanese CD installed, so I also think that I have a faulty unit. This is pretty dissapointing considering that I bought this unit on Ebay and the dealer is overseas. Any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 I can only suggest you try to contact the dealer and ask for support. If they are reputable, they should give you some options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triplea Posted January 4, 2003 Report Share Posted January 4, 2003 Have you tried different music CDs? This might be some odd-work of Sony evil copy protectionism OK, it's a very long shot, but not impossible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazirker Posted January 5, 2003 Report Share Posted January 5, 2003 Sony protectionism...I love the new term! However, I doubt that's what is causing the problem, then we'd all have skipping music. I'm willing to bet you have a faulty player. Have you used different MD's? You might have a bad md. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlimeLord Posted January 8, 2003 Report Share Posted January 8, 2003 I assume the only software you loaded from the Japanese CD was the Net MD driver. (and you installed it first) If you installed Open MG etc then that could be the problem as it is only for a Japanese OS. Best of luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted January 17, 2003 Report Share Posted January 17, 2003 I had this problem with a CD through OpenMG and USB but only one track. The MD skipped on the track. When I played the CD on the computer through the speakers, it skipped the same way. The track played OK on the stereo CD player and so I used the direct in to record that track. The problem for me seemed to be the CD-ROM reader on the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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