I have been using my MD for almost 10 years. I am a classical singer, singing everything from church hymns to opera. I've recorder everything I have sung, and the quality is great!! For the size and cost of the unit, you can't beat it. The only problem I had was that I couldn't figure out how to get my MD's onto my computer to burn a normal CD. I ended up having to purchase a stackable unit MD with a digital output. Smooth sailing every since. Highly Recommend!!

i own a sony minidisc player thats a bit old a n mz -r30 the problemis i dont now how to move a track from 1 place on the disc to another and the battery died bot since i live in zimbabwe i cant get one can anyone help me .r_mu4row@hotmail.com

I have bought an md r-70.
I'm runnin windows xp.
With the md-port an 1 I can put the music on my minidisc.
The problem is that every sound is being recorded, also the sounds of windows notificications, messenger notifications, ...
Is there any way I can make him record only the media player sounds?

My friend has a minidisc player with usb port build in. He received software with it so he can actually donwload the music without having to play it like I have to do.
Can I use his software to write the music via the md-port an 1? I figured that it could be the same system, only with his newer model, the an 1 port is smaller and build in. But when the signal reaches the write laser, it is decoded the same way, and so, the laser writes it the same way. but only faster with the newer model.

Can I make the minidsc with the names of the numbers on it? (like an m3u- playlist?)
My friend can with his software...

Thank you, Samuel muelsam8@hotmail.com

I'm new to mp3 players and I dont know how to go about using them and how I download the songs on to it.Could you help me?
I am also not sure what equipment I need on my pc to do it.

Who gives a damn how old MiniDiscs are? Damn... CDs are about two decades older than MiniDiscs.

MP3 players are just like Windows CE handheld computers. They are toys for idiots with too much money and not enough brains.

You shell out your last buck for a handful of 64MB CompactFlash cards which hold less than a single CD worth of music at a decent quality... And how often do you let people borrow your music on CF card?

I'll be buying MDs that hold more than a CD can, and cost less than $2 a piece. Not to mention that they never skip, the quality is better, you can record live audio directly to them, you can erase and re-record them more times than even a CF card, and the battery life is much much longer as well.

Just try to give me THREE reasons an MP3 player is any better than MiniDisc.

How is it that MZ-r70 not compatable with XP? If your computer will play the sound you can record it to the MZ-r70 using your sound card or an optical pc link. Of course you can not actually download the data to the md. That is where NetMD comes in,and in that case the mp3 file is converted to ATRAC3 either LP2 or LP4. By the way, md is alive and well in Asia Pacific.

Originally Posted by jam123
i have a sony mz r70 but i have broken the lcd screen i have phoned sony but they are charging to much for it. If anybody can sell me a dead mz r70 with a good screen i will buy it off them. Or if anybody can sell me the lcd of knows somebody that can please email me
Any help appreciated
James Coalter
jamescoalter@hotmail.com

Originally Posted by jam123
i have a sony mz r70 but i have broken the lcd screen i have phoned sony but they are charging to much for it. If anybody can sell me a dead mz r70 with a good screen i will buy it off them. Or if anybody can sell me the lcd of knows somebody that can please email me
Any help appreciated
James Coalter

This list is THE DOPE!!! Used the service manual and was finally able to fix my r70 after about 2 years of being "broken."

Originally Posted by peeg67
I bought the MZR70, and 6 months later upgraded my computer to Windows XP, then found out that the 70 is \"not compatible\" with XP! I spent a lot of hard earned money on the minidisc player... Can anyone help me or give me suggestions? Thanks..

I don't have the manual but in searching for the manual for the digital PC link I found a link to the user manual on:

http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R70.html

good luck

I asked for an owner's manual for the mz-r70 and was told by sony that i had to purchase it, can someone send me the owners manual i don't know how to use my player. wflintstone@newyork.com.

I've used alkaline before and they work fine. Longer battery life. Just don't try to charge them in the R70. Right now I use NiMH AA's, work great (with seperate charger). Unfortunately, my R70 is on the fritz right now; just keeps spinning eternally when I put a disc in.

I have a Sony MZ-R70 mini disc player which I want to take on trips... problem is that the battery needs to be charged every 2 hrs or so. Has anyone tried using regular alkaline batteries? I called tech support and they warned that it could burn out the LCD screen, so I have been afraid to try it.

i have an old MZ-R70 mini disc player - is there software/coonnections available top download MP3s to the MZ-R70 ? it did not come with it, i bought it 2 years ago

Here's a link to the user's manual: http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/sony_mzr70_manual.pdf

Here's a link to the service manual:
http://www.minidisc.org/manuals/sony/service/sony_MZ-R70_service_ma...

Enjoy! :0)

will sum1 plz send me an instruction manual 4 d mz-r70? I didn't get it and dnt have a clue how 2 use my player :(
lisa2isa@hotmail.com

will sum1 plz send me an instruction manual 4 d mz-r70? I didn't get it and dnt have a clue how 2 use my player :(

hello fellow mz-r70 user......i need some help.
i just got my mzr70 yesterday and started recording some guitar and vocals on it in the the dark, the sound was amazing!!!! but then i went to record the next day and the sound was muddy.
i dont know what the problem is since i didnt get a instruction manuel with it......the sound was so perfect but then the music died. help doonpeace@hotmail.com
jacob seltzer

Hey everyone. I got one of these a while back and recorded some live shows(concerts) with it, but never really got around to uploading the recordings onto my computer. Could anyone help me out with how to upload some recordings onto my hard drive and turn them into mp3's? It would be GREATLY appreciated.

Mario, undertheboot@hotmail.com

I want to know how much the md mz-r70 cost....

Wow, finally a place to ask stupid questions on what now appears to be an obsolete bit of technology.
I purchased my MZ-R70 last year- summer 2001.
While I know that tech. goes fast, this definitely outstrips Gordon's law of 18 months.
So, like Zendoc I need to move my MD files off the discs and on to my hard drive. What escapes me is that I had everything configured last year, and now, after having upgraded my OS from Win98SE to XP-Pro, it no longer will recognize my recorder. All the drivers are still in there when I look in my device manager, but when I connect the player, it says that I've got an unrecognized usb device. Also, when I leave it connected during a reboot, it loads all the appropriate drivers all over again, plus that 'unrecognized usb device'.
So much for Sony.....
Help.... Please?

The reason that you cant play the MDs on the R70 is, maybe, because you record on the R700 in LongPlay, and R70 does not support that.

Originally Posted by zendoc
I would like to know how to set up windows media player to record to my mz-r70 using the optical connection...I have no instructions on how to do so....I have a gateway solo 9550

Originally Posted by Marc G
Hello,

anyone got a dead MZ-R70 that is blue that they would like to trade or sell? I need a good battery door for mine. I just called Sony and they want too much for the part.

Thanks!

Marc G

Marc@waahoo.net

I´ve broken my LCD Screen on my R70 :(

Does anyone know if that screen is some kind of speciall screen for Sony only, or is that a universal screen?

Andreas
Sweden

Originally Posted by bteter
I need some help on a couple of Sony MD products I have. I have the MZ-R70 model and the MZ R700 model. The discs recorded on the 700 model won\'t play on the 70 model. What am I doing wrong? And is there any way to get past this?

how do i download songs on to the md mz-r70? if u could help i would apriaciate it

I need help downloading songs wit my sony md mz-r70. can sumbody email me at boss12991@netscape.net and help me pleez

Originally Posted by nang66
Did you find a manual for the mini disk player MZ-r70?