Cluelessone Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 Hi, this is my first post here. I was recently in the market for a form of portable media. At first I was interested in the whole MP3 player scene, but I quickly got frustrated with the many types of players and cost of cards/microdrives. I then discovered minidiscs and on a "I-am-frustrated-and-must-buy-something-NOW!" fueled impulse I purchased the first minidisc player that looked decent to me. To make a long story short I own a Sharp MD-MS702 MK. It didnt take long for me to find out this player is a little old, and that isnt all. I know absolutely nothing about minidisc players or how to use them. :wacky: It has become appaernt that I can't hook this thing to my computer and download songs onto it. Actualy I am wonder what all I will need to record decent songs with it. It's going to be a couple days before it gets here to me, and I would like to know what to do with it when I recieve it. According to the gentleman I bought it from its a non used unit that was only taken out of the box to photograph. It contains everything it originaly comes with except some of the minidiscs. Anyway, to cut this long post down to the chase. I have no specific questions, because I don't know much about my wholly unresearched purchase. Will it sound as well as a cd player? How do I record to it? Is the unit I bought any good at all? Anything anyone can offer would be great. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 It will sound as good as a CD player and to record to it u need cables. just a normal 3.5mm male-male cable would do if u were recording from your PC...just hit play on the source and slide/hit the record switch on the MD at the same time and away u go...the same goes for digital recordings but u just use a different cable and the cable goes in diff places...the unit that u bought is good...old but good... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cluelessone Posted March 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 What is the difference between recording and digital recording? The rest sounds pretty reassuring I think I will enjoy the minidisc. Are there any websites or specific places to look for more info on the player I have? Thanks for taking the time to respond! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mAjEsTiC Posted March 21, 2004 Report Share Posted March 21, 2004 u can get more info about your unit right here on minidisc.org...the difference between recording and digital recording is that normal recording is done in analogue via normal stereo cables and the other is done using a digital optic cable...the digital is better in that the cable is not susceptable to any EM interference and thus getting u a better recording...however the higher quality analogue cables are so good that they can sometimes match the recordings done by optic cables in digital... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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