I'd second that report. Within a month:
o The silver coating on the remote buttons started to wear
o The black text printed onto the remote (e.g. the word 'Stop') was rubbed
off almost completely
o The silver paint used on the buttons on the main unit was flaking off
revealing an ugly, and cheap looking, brown-darkgrey color plastic button
underneath
o The battery cover had loosened to the extent that just walking with the
unit could cause the cover to flap open slightly. "Slightly" is of course
enough to break the battery connection
So I took it back (had to put up a fight with the store and claim consumer
rights, merchantability, etc, several times) and actually exchanged it for a
Sony MZR90.
I am not a fan of Sony but I'm pleased with this MiniDisc unit. Ok,
mechanically it is very noisy, and the user interface doesn't seem to have
been designed with the user in mind. But what I was after was a very small,
very light, portable MD, with good sound quality, that didn't fall apart.
My Sharp831 lost that particular battle to the Sony.
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anthony Lalande" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 7:10 PM
Subject: Re: MD: Sharp MD 831 remote
>
> > Anyone else noticed that the remote on this machine is of a very poor
build
> > quality. Mine started to lose the silver coating around the round STOP
> > button and I've only had it a week!
>
> One of the main problems reported on Minidisc.ch with the Sharp MT-831 is
> that the paint comes off the unit. I've had the unit for about half a year
> now, and haven't had any problem with paint peeling off.
>
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