MD: Text protect error on MDS-JB930

2000-07-15 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
- ftp.insflug.org -- Forwarded message -- Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 02:26:34 +0200 (MEST) From: Francisco Jose Montilla [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andreas Mueller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CD-TEXT - MD It works! Hi, It's possible that some of you co

Re: MD: magnetic damage

2000-04-18 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Mon, 17 Apr 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, since mds are recorded w/ magnetic signals, can airport metal detectors or x ray machines cause damage to the info on md's? Well, MD recording is MO, (Magneto Optical), this means that to be magnetized, i.e. oriented

Re: MD: CDs with graphics

2000-04-14 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Mon, 3 Apr 2000, Jim Gray wrote: Hi, About 10 or so years ago some CDs on the market had graphics included, but you needed a special player to see them; it was usually lyrics and maybe some artwork. Does anyone know of a Windows CD player program that would display those

MD: CD-TEXT - MD It works!

2000-04-14 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
Hi, It's possible that some of you co-listers remember some of my complains regarding the stupid fact that almost any commercial CD-Text CD prevent it's title and tracks names to be transferred to MD. I also have stated that CD-Text, although a potential way to handle

Re: MD: Xitel, Linux, and MiniDisc

2000-04-13 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Erik Arneson wrote: Hi, On 12 Apr 00, Michael Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you want a digital copy of your MP3s, unfortunately, you've got to bail out to Win98. That's about the only reason I boot Windows anymore... Well drat, that sure isn't the

Re: MD: mics and mini disks..

2000-04-12 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, Al Kohout wrote: Hi, Does a MZR37 or MZR 50 require a mic to have its own power? No. Almost all portable MD provide power to the mic connection, which is intended for use with powered mics (they use to be more sensitive than the non-powered ones). But, if

Re: MD: Xitel, Linux, and MiniDisc

2000-04-12 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 11 Apr 2000, Erik Arneson wrote: Hi, I'm a happy owner of a Sony MZ-R37, and am looking for a cheap solution to recording MP3s onto MiniDiscs. The Xitel Storm Platinum seems to be a rather popular and delightfully inexpensive card, but I've been unable to find very many

Re: MD: JA20ES, JA22ES

2000-04-07 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Mathieu Archambault wrote: Hi, Can someone please explain to me the difference between the MDS-JA20ES deck(US model) and the MDS-JA22ES deck (japanese model). Why isn't the MDS-JA22ES available in the US and why isn't any of Sony's ES line MD decks available in

Re: MD: Sony computer + slink question

2000-04-05 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, Stephen Oetjen wrote: Hi, I just got a Sony PCV-E302DS Digital Studio computer primarily for its slink integration ability (and price, since it is pretty old) I have it connected to my CDP-CX240 200 disk changer, and MDS-JE630 MD deck. The software that came

Re: MD: Sony MDX-C670RDS - any feedback?

2000-03-27 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Mon, 27 Mar 2000, Neil wrote: Hi, Had one of these put in my car, recently. I've already checked it out at minidisc.org, but was just interested if anyone on the list has / had one, and got any feedback on the unit? Yes! I have one, second hand, it's a great unit, and

Re: MD: portable recorder recomendation?

2000-03-26 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Timothy P. Stockman wrote: Hi, I have recently purchased one portable, and have wondered the same questions, so I'll try to put my 2 cents now that it's still fresh: I'm looking for a portable MD recorder for my sister to use for recording interviews

Re: MD: Sharp MS722 remote

2000-03-26 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Leon wrote: Hi, OK, so there are these Sharp remotes, each interchangeable with each other: 1. The 701/702/301/302/401/501/601/311 remote; 2. The 312/722 remote - 2 jogs, alarm, clock, 2-layer display; 3. The 721/521/821 remote - 3 jogs; 4. The

Re: MD: headphones impedance vs battery life / yet another MS722 review

2000-03-26 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, J. Coon wrote: Hi, BTW, I don't see http://home.worldonline.dk/~isl366/md/md.htm listed on the construction projects section on minidisc.org (although I'd swear I got that link from somewhere related to minidisc.org. THis set up will only record

Re: MD: Skipping on MD's

2000-03-25 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sat, 25 Mar 2000, Edd Farmer wrote: Hi, That is why they sell the belts that you can put a MD in and wear it around your waist. Where can you get these things!!?? I've looked all over the place for them. PS - I'm in the UK check www.caselogic.nl, at least

Re: MD: headphones impedance vs battery life / yet another MS722 review

2000-03-25 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Ralph Smeets wrote: Hi! than a year...) The only portable that won't break and that is Sony is my CMC-Z1+ portable GSM phone... (of which most consumer magazines write you that the flip-down microphone will break very quickly...) BTW, I don't see

RE: MD: headphones impedance vs battery life / yet another MS722 review

2000-03-24 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 23 Mar 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi, Francisco Jose Montilla wrote: (in reply to Jim Coon) That doesn't happen in the amp/transducer world, AFAIK. Here weren't working with DC, is variable Hz AC, and what Sorry Francisco, I'm having a lot of difficulty

Re: MD: headphones impedance vs battery life / yet another MS722 review

2000-03-23 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, J. Coon wrote: Hi, Here's were my question comes: Sharp headphones are 32 Ohm, I have an old walkman Aiwa headphones whose sound I like too much (in fact i tried lots of walkmans back then to find the better sounding ones). But they're 200 Ohm.

Re: MD: Skipping

2000-03-22 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, James Jarvie wrote: Hi! Also, on the topic of growing tired of favorite recordings...this has happened to me occasionally. Compilations are wonderful, though. And the neat thing about them (and MD) is that you can redo the compilations. Add a few different

Re: MD: UK readers: IMF monitors?

2000-03-22 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Shane Burnett wrote: Hi, Greetings, all. I have a quick question somewhat related to MDs. I'm looking for some new speakers, and someone near me is selling "IMF monitors". I thought those were people who watched the International Monetary Fund :), but he

Re: MD: listener fatigue

2000-03-22 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 22 Mar 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi, A couple of times, people have mentioned making compilations of their favourite tracks. For me this would be a nightmare. Does anyone else have this problem, or a strategy to avoid it ? check

MD: headphones impedance vs battery life / yet another MS722 review

2000-03-22 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
Hi! I'm the happy owner now of a Sharp MS-722. All other MD equipment I have is Sony. But this time I saw very clear that Sony wasn't competitive in this area; first, slot-in mechanism is far more robust than the clam-shell one, second battery life can't compare. I'm also very

Re: MD: Sony's new Internet Audio Recording Interface

2000-03-17 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: Hi, Umm... how does this contradict anything that I said? Damn, I'm sorry! I misread your mail. My eyes were reading it, but my mind were thinking on the discussion on doing so on a portable. I also have post some mails

Re:MD: Sharp Portable Recorders versus Sony Portable Recorders

2000-03-17 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Ivica Petrovic wrote: Hi, there are many misunderstandings about the End Search feature, and it seems to me that many of the guys on this list is against it, but I've found it very useful. But, I must admit, it depends for what you are using for your MD. I'm

Re: MD: Sony's new Internet Audio Recording Interface

2000-03-17 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On 15 Mar 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: Hi, * "Magic" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 15 Mar 2000 | Possibly it would, although it may need to be a rather faster ATRAC. | Remember this whole thread started because I suggested that it would be | better to implement ATRAC encoding at

Re: MD: MD to CDR

2000-03-15 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, J Coon wrote: Hi, I know there must be several ways to do this, but I don't find any links to it on the MD community web page. Every so often, people ask how to do this, 'cause they recorded something with their portable and want to share it with some that

Re: MD: Sony JB940 info...

2000-03-09 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Timothy P. Stockman wrote: Hi, Sony MegaStorage® CD Changer Control CD Text and Custom FileT Transfer from CD Via Control A-1 II I must mention a couple things related to that. I'm fond of Sony's specs "blurring" stating facts that aren't real.

RE: MD: Car MD

2000-03-09 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 8 Mar 2000, Dave Helgerson wrote: Hi, I'm not having a lot of fun trying to find an MD player for my car. A couple of stores don't carry them because "they don't sell well." How can they sell well if you don't carry them?? Best Buy has one Sony model and won't special

Re: MD: Sony's new Internet Audio Recording Interface

2000-03-07 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On 6 Mar 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: Hi, Don't want to stop an interesting thread, but... [...] | Yeh but you don't want to emulate an ATRAC chip, you wana encode data to | ATRAC standard natively on a PC using a PC processor software taking | advantage of chip

Re: MD: length limit on coax digital connection?

2000-03-07 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, David W. Tamkin wrote: Hi, Reportedly, optical connections are not so good over great lengths. I'm thinking of doing something that would require connecting two devices that are about 20m apart, and moving them closer to one another is not an availa- ble

Re: MD: ever-lasting discs

2000-03-06 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, John S. McLachlan wrote: Hi, I've got 30 Memorex discs I have picked up from Best Buy 2 months ago and they have work great. A couple of them I have already recorded over 20x and not a single problem. OK all you MD die-hards. What's the most someone has

Re: MD: Excessive line noise using TOSLINK w/ Xitel

2000-03-02 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000, UberWrensch wrote: Hi, I'm attempting to record mp3's from my computer to my minidisc via TOSLINK, but the sound coming through has excessive noise. I do not experience this excessive line noise during analog recording, nor when simply listening through my

RE: MD: My Diamond Rio Experience

2000-02-28 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Matt White wrote: Hi, This seems to be a matter of belief. I don't believe it, but then I'm an Electronic Engineer, and therefore hopelessly blinkered. Okay, then here's the technical reason: CDs are sampled at an insufficient rate to ensure proper

Re: MD: Mini speakers for portables...?

2000-02-27 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I'm thinking of buying some little powered speakers for my portable minidisc player, so I can take my music places where I can't have headphones (like in the kitchen, or at work!) I have faced this in the past for my

MD: Ideas: computer controlled S-Link CD/MD/MP3

2000-02-25 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Er!k Hauters wrote: Hi! These are the slink-commands. I'm trying to control my MD with Visual Basic. :) You aren't the only one. I know of several people with the same interests, though I'm developing it for *nix (perl under Linux to be exact) and is

Re: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Mackay wrote: Hi, [...] An interesting appliance concept for this medium would be a digital image view-download unit for use in the field. These devices, in a similar vein to Iomega's Clik digital-image-download device which fills 40Mb disks, would

RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi! Simon Mackay wrote about MD2-Data: What Sony needs to do is promote the new MD-Data2 650Mb disc as a "B drive" is to market it as a "Zip killer". Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer

RE: MD: MD-Data2 as a Zip killer

2000-02-23 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Simon Barnes wrote: Hi, Well, I guess it's pretty easy to make a zip/jaz/clik killer in terms of media price and reliability by simply using MD. It will not only be far superior to any Iomega device, but even MO devices (here

Re: MD: mds-pc1

2000-02-22 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Er!k Hauters wrote: Hi, Somebody knows the codes to access te mds-pc1 by my com1-port? Have a look at http://web2.airmail.net/will/mdslink.txt There are other resources listed on minidisc.org. Please lemme know if you discover anything

Re: MD: Connecting SB Live PLayer 1024 to MD Deck

2000-02-21 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've got a Soundblaster Live Player 1024 that has an coaxial out (I'm almost certain about this) and an MD deck (Sony MDS-JE520) that has coaxial in. Has anybody had any experience in connecting these two up? The sockets seem

Re: MD: MT20 vs MS7xx vs MZR35 vs AMF70

2000-02-17 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Eric Woudenberg wrote: Hi, All F70 reviews I've read rate it as an overall good recorder also, so I think this is the best bet. I've had it in my hands but I found it not very rugged, any experiences? suggestions? I've never owned one, so take my comments

MD: MT20 vs MS7xx vs MZR35 vs AMF70

2000-02-16 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
Hi, I have managed to convince somebody that needs a device to record classes that the way to go is minidisc, with the plus of being able to have a great device to listen to music also. (She was thinking on a mini-cassette recorder). I have looked for models available

Re: MD: Sony MD commercial

2000-02-15 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Timothy P. Stockman wrote: Hi, I've seen the Sony MD commercial on MTV serveral time now selling MD as a way to record music from the Internet. While I think it's great that we're finally seeing MD ads, I wonder if this is really the right approach. I am a

RE: MD: Problem with snake invasion....

2000-02-13 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sat, 12 Feb 2000, Martin Schiff wrote: Hi, Could it be that the mike is not getting enough power? When my battery gets low in my battery box with my AT853 mikes, there is a lot of hiss. When I replace the battery, they are very quiet. Is the mike plugged into the mike input of

MD: MDS-JA20ES weirdness

2000-02-13 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
Hi, I'm experiencing some weirdness with this unit regarding Control A1, track marking and TOC writing. I use (following the manual) to activate the "megacontrol" on it (It's hooked to a CDP-CX57 50+1 CD caroussel via S-Link Control-A1) to make random recordings to a MD for

MD: MD chargers for home use?

2000-02-09 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Tue, 8 Feb 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, do any manufacturers make minidisc decks that have a carousel feaure, i.e. play 2 or more minidiscs? The Sony "car" 6 disk MD player MDX-65 will relay play across all 6 disks. need a Sony Head unit or Unilink controller though.

Re: MD: How to mark tracks when recording digitally from a soundcard?

2000-02-05 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Eric Woudenberg wrote: Hi, I have got a Aureal Vortex 2 SuperQuad Soundcard (with SPDIF output), and a Sony MZR50 Minidisc (with SPDIF input). There is no problem with the recording(from Computer to MD), but there will be only one track on the disc. If I make

Re: MD: OT: Victor Bouch's autoresponder

2000-02-05 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Edmund Wong wrote: Hi, Something tells me I don't want to get a prepackaged message every time I send a message to the list, as I am undoubtedly going to after I send this one. Victor Bouch apparantly went on a holiday and setup an autoresponder to all incoming

Re: MD: How to mark tracks when recording digitally from a soundcard?

2000-02-05 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Jeremy A. Rosengren wrote: Hi, Certainly, ranting about it in such a manner will not cause the answer to suddenly appear, as if the list community was holding back information. certainly... NO NO NO NO NO NO, I HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS CRAP, SORRY ABOUT

MD: cheap MD carrying case

2000-02-05 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
Hi, I found some days ago on a 724 kind of store a dirty cheap, and cool (translucid colors), pen intended carrying case that happens to fit exactly 8 MDs, with jacket. Take a look at http://www.foldermate.com/pop12.html, I spent on it the tremendous amount of 295 pesetas (about

RE: MD: SLINK for interfacing with MD

2000-02-03 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Norman, Dustin wrote: Hi! CD: PC interface, exploiting CDDB and CD-Index CD-MD: Automaticly title MD name and tracks from CDDB MP3-MD:Automaticly title MD tracks trom mp3 tags MD-PC: Automaticly name sound

RE: MD: SLINK for interfacing with MD

2000-02-03 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Norman, Dustin wrote: Hi! I mean, you title a position on the CD caroussel, not the CD itself. When you replace it, the position remains titled; the exception are CD-TEXT CDs, but I have seen only 3 of them in my whole life, and oh-no, they're not text

Re: MD: OT - CDR/W

2000-02-03 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, Guy Churchill wrote: Hi, A while ago someone posted a URL that listed CDR and CDR/W drives that were capable of "overburn" and "CD text". As I've stated on a post earlier, very few drives support CD-TEXT, the most annoying being Yamaha (damn! :)

MD: SLINK for interfacing with MD

2000-02-01 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
Hi, I'm interested (as will be surely Sony deck units owners) in interfacing with a S-Link bus with my PC. I prefer S-Link to IR because that implies that the computer must be near the Hi-Fi components, and aiming to them. I think also S-Link is the way to go, at least

RE: MD: Linux S/PDIF soundcard

2000-01-25 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Andrew Hobgood wrote: Hi! I'll also need to get a sound card for my machine that supports S/PDIF bidirectionally under Linux/Alpha... anyone know of any that work under Linux, particularly with the ALSA drivers? I dunno if the drivers, which are

MD: MDX-C670RDS manual?

2000-01-14 Thread Francisco Jose Montilla
Hi! I've browsed and searched trhough this list archives before buying MD equipment; both this list and the minidisc.org are great! I have been offered a used MDX-C670RDS at a reasonable (very) price, but problem is there's no user manual. I know it will be relatively