About Net MDs About system requirements/connectivity About media (MiniDiscs) About MDLP About the Group function About various other functions About operations About playback and recording About batteries About OpenMG Jukebox Trouble shooting MZ-NF810(JE) MZ-N10(JE) MZ-N910(JE)   MZ-N707(JE) MZ-N1(JE) About Net MDs Q1. What is Net MD? Q2. What are the differences between a conventional MD player and a Net MD? Q3. What are the functional differences? About system requirements/connectivity Q1. What is a USB connection? Q2. What are the advantages of connecting your digital audio device to a personal computer? Q3. Can I use a Net MD without a personal computer? Q4. What kind of personal computer can I use my Net MD with? Q5. Can I use my Net MD if there is no USB port on my personal computer? Q6. Can I use my Net MD via a USB hub? Q7. Can I use a USB extension cable? Q8. What is the USB cradle used for? (MZ-N1(JE) /N10(JE)) Q9. Can I use a USB cable other than the one supplied? Q10. What is the supplied CD-ROM ("OpenMG Jukebox"/"SonicStage" software) used for? Q11. How do I actually go about connecting my Net MD to my personal computer? What are the steps involved? Q12. What kinds of input/output terminals are there? Q13. Can I connect my Net MD to my stereo system? Q14. I've loaded a MiniDisc into the Net MD, placed the Net MD on the cradle and connected it to my personal computer via the USB cable, but I don't seem to have a connection. What's wrong? Q15. What is the simple checkpoint on a stereo plug and a monaural plug? Q16. What voltage is the AC adapter compatible with? Q17. Even though a Net MD device is connected to a computer, the Net MD is not recognized by the computer. Q18. How to record from CD player or DVD video player using optical digital cable? About media (MiniDiscs) Q1. Can I use ordinary/current MiniDiscs? Q2. Can I play my old MiniDiscs on my Net MD? Q3. Do I need to use a special kind of MiniDisc when I record using OpenMG Jukebox/SonicStage software? Q4. Can I take a MiniDisc I have recorded in my Net MD and play it on a non Net MD recorder/player? Q5. Can I playback a MiniDisc I have recorded with my Net MD in conventional MD recorder/player? About MDLP Q1. What is the MDLP (MiniDisc Long Play) mode? Q2. Can I record in MDLP mode? Q3. Can I perform MDLP recording of line input analog signals from a cassette deck, FM radio or other device? Q4. Can I play back a MiniDisc on earlier machines that do not have an MDLP function? About the Group function Q1. What is the Group function? Q2. How do I use the Group function? Q3. What do you mean by "Group setting"? Q4. What are some group setting methods? Q5. What will happen if I play a song with the Group mode ON? Q6. How do I select a group? Q7. Why does the number of songs displayed go down when the Group mode is ON? Q8. Can I choose the playback mode even when the Group mode is ON? Q9. Can I transfer songs to another group? Q10. How do I group unassigned songs or groups together? Q11. How can I playback using the Group function? About various other functions Q1. What is the Melody Timer function? (MZ-N1(JE) /N10(JE)/N910(JE)) Q2. At least how many seconds are needed for the system to recognize that there is no sound? Q3. Does the display have a backlight function? Q4. Will the system remember the AUDIO OUT settings after I turn off the power? (MZ-N1(JE)/N10(JE)) Q5. Can I search for the start of the MiniDisc at the single touch of a button? Q6. Can I listen to the radio? Q7. Can I set a timer to preset the start of recording? Q8. Is there a double-speed recording function? Q9. Is the Net MD compatible with the MD Link Plus function? About operations Q1. Can I erase a song? Q2. How do I record over the top of existing songs? Q3. How do I begin recording at the end of the part that has already been recorded? Q4. Why did recording begin at the end of the disc even though I selected [From Here] when I chose the [REC-Posi] setting? Q5. Can I set a track marker when either recording or playing back? Q6. When my Net MD is connected to my personal computer, neither the Net MD nor the remote control switches respond. Are they broken? Q7. When I look at the Device Manager, I see the words "Unknown Device." What does this mean? Q8. Sometimes my personal computer does not recognize my Net MD. (MZ-N1(JE) /N10(JE)) Q9. No sound comes out of one of the channels (R CH) when I record or play when the Net MD is connected to a radio cassette player or an amplifier or other device. What should I do? Q10. The volume is very low when I play back the MiniDisc I recorded. Why? Q11. When would I use LP2 or LP4? Q12. When I play back or edit my LP4 recordings, I notice noise in the recording. Why is that? Q13. How to name the tracks, groups and Discs? About playback and recording Q1. How long can I record in each mode? Q2. Can I record from an MD player (or from a stereo component system that has an MD player) to another MD player? Q3. How do I record from a stereo component system, or a radio cassette player or amplifier or other device? Q4. When I try to make a digital recording from my portable CD player, my NET MD displays "NO SIGNAL" and I can't record. What's the matter? Q5. Does the Net MD have a built-in microphone? Q6. Is the date recorded on the MiniDisc recorded too? Q7. Can I record MP3-format files on my Net MD? Q8. Can I record sound from my TV? Q9. Can I record from a device that does not have an optical digital output terminal? Q10. Can I make a digital recording from a source that has a sampling frequency of 48 kHz? Q11. How do I record from a stereo component system, a radio cassette player, an amplifier or other device? How do I connect my Net MD to a stereo component system, a radio cassette player, an amplifier or other device and play songs back through them? Q12. How do I record from a stereo system, radio cassette player, MD/CD player or other device that does not have LINE OUT/AUX OUT/REC OUT or other output terminals? Q13. Can I use "OpenMG Jukebox"/"SonicStage" to record from a DVD? Q14. Can I perform synchronized recording of an analog LINE input signal? Q15. What is the difference between directly recording from a CD player and recording using the OpenMG Jukebox/SonicStage software application? Q16. While I am making a digital recording from my mini component system, my NET MD displays "NO SIGNAL." What's the matter? Q17. When I am using "OpenMG Jukebox"/"SonicStage" application software and I try to play a MiniDisc in my Net MD, there isn't any sound. What's the matter? Q18. Can I check-in music data that I have recorded with my Net MD into the OpenMG Jukebox/SonicStage application? Q19. I can't play back music on my car stereo. Q20. What is "TYPE-S"? Q21. At least how many seconds are needed for the system to recognize that there is no sound? About batteries Q1. How do I charge my Net MD's battery? Q2. When my Net MD is connected to my personal computer, can I run the Net MD on its rechargeable battery alone? Q3. How long will batteries last? Q4. Can I use AA nickel-hydrogen rechargeable batteries in my Net MD? Q5. If I run my Net MD off rechargeable batteries as well as alkaline batteries, which will run down first? Q6. How long does the battery need to be charged? About OpenMG Jukebox For information about the supplied OpenMG Jukebox application software, click here. We also have text and illustrations to show you how to operate your Net MD using OpenMG Jukebox Ver. 2.2. For further details, click here. Trouble shooting Q1. While connecting with personal computer, this unit and remote controller switches do not work. Q2. While I am making a digital recording from my portable CD player, my Net MD displays "NO SIGNAL." What's the matter? Q3. Why does the message 'Tr Full' appear and recording stop even though there is enough empty space in a MiniDisc? Q4. Although I playback music that is in a Net MD Walkman on "OpenMG Jukebox"/"SonicStage", there is no sound. Q5. I can't play back music on my car stereo. Q6. The volume is very low when I play back a MiniDisc I recorded. Why? Q7. I can't erase a song. Q8. Why did recording begin at the end of the Disc even though I selected [From Here] when I chose the [REC-Posi] setting? Q9. When I play back or edit my LP4 recordings, I notice noise in the recording. Why is that? Q10. While the group mode is on, the track number is reduced. what is happened? Q11. Why the battery is discharged even though I didn't use it. Q12. The message "An error has occurred while creating an image" is appeared.

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