zero_mac Posted September 30, 2003 Report Share Posted September 30, 2003 hi, i'm looking at the Sony MZ-N510 and i'm wondering if it will hook up with the optical out of my sony hifi for recording direct from CD to MD? i have a mix of CDs and MP3s that i want to record to MD, so can anyone recommend a good solution? from reading around, i think i'll take advantage of the optical out wherever possible for better fidelity. it's for car audio only that i'll be using for MD playback, so a deck or portable solution is fine. one last thing, i've been looking at a Sony MDS-SP55 deck, and i can't get any specs on it, seems like a german model, it's on ebay at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...2&category=4786 if anyone would have an opinion on whether it will meet my needs. thanks! tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 i'm looking at the Sony MZ-N510 and i'm wondering if it will hook up with the optical out of my sony hifi for recording direct from CD to MD?yep this would be fine so long as the unit itself has an Optic input then it would'n be a problem... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero_mac Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 hi majestic, thanks for the reply. i'm looking at the spec for the MZ-N510 which says it has a digital in for recording. is this the same as optical in? it looks like a great little unit for a decent price £99 on amazon.co.uk. cheers tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 yep if it says that it has an optic in then it can be used for digital recording... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero_mac Posted October 1, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 sorry majestic, other way around... it says it has digital in, but i wasn't sure if this equated to optical in, since there could be other digital in connections, say from a sound card that supported digital. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted October 1, 2003 Report Share Posted October 1, 2003 usually when it says the MD can accept digital in (OPTIC IN) it usually means that the unit can accept a 3.5mm TOSLink cable for digital recording from a source...the soundcards at present accept both a proprietary Creative Digital Out jack for their speaker sets (can't be used with anything other than their speakers), SPDIF interface and a TOSLink interface....the usual one includes the TOSLink interface using a square connector for output so you'd be fine if you had a soundcard with this connection... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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