Minidisc Recorder Battery question

Derek W

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Yes, Minidiscs!

I've unearthed my minidisc recorder (Sharp MD-MS701) to transfer all my minidiscs onto my pc so I can listen to them on my iPod instead but as you may expect the battery is not holding a charge and although it eventually does work when plugged in, I'm looking to buy another battery for it.

The battery is listed as 3.6v 800mAh but the nearest match to it is a 3.6v 1000mAh one from some random battery website in the uk. Will this have any potential compatibility issues on my player?
 
Nope, it'll just last longer (assuming it's a 1 for 1 replacement and not just some random battery you found).
 
I think there's about be a few Minidisc questions, because just by coincidence I was going to ask some stuff about transferring from Minidisc to PC :D

That battery should be fine. As long as it's the same physical size and voltage it'll work. It's just got a bit more capacity at 1000mAh. Mine uses the pathetic little 1.5V stick NiMh batteries. Lovely and small and were great for tape Walkmans but don't hold enough charge for high drain stuff like Minidisc players :(
 
it was sort of 'a random battery i found' but its the closest to a direct replacement. I did see a couple which were 3.7v as well but since they were different i avoided them.

Johmmy69, I've got my MD linked up to my line in socket through headphone output on my minidisc playing it through my pc while recording using audacity.
 
Cool, good to know. Both my PC and Minidisc player have an optical connector. Back in the day you could hook up a CD player to the Minidisc player and it would automatically record the tracks for you, but I don't know if you can reverse the process (or if any software these days even knows what an optical connection is :()
 
had a look again at the random battery site and its registered in hong kong! That really only leaves the 3.7v battery options but i have also been looking on the bay and rainforest for a cheap second hand MD recorder.

Do any MD recorders take normal AA batteries rather than the flat ones I'm using?
 
RomanNose said:
I was very young at that age, were they meant to be the CD replacement but mp3 took over?
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yeah they were billed as the replacement to CDs. Cant fault mine at all. Well apart from not being able to edit any recordings since it got water damaged :mad: but hey ho thats life.
 
RomanNose said:
I was very young at that age, were they meant to be the CD replacement but mp3 took over?
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Pretty much. They were a LOT more portable than CDs and the little sliding cover (like an old floppy disk) meant that they didn't get scratched up like CDs and you didn't really have to look after them. On the move they played like a CD but were as small as a Walkman and had good anti-skip. They didn't quite hold a full CD of music though, which was annoying, because you'd lose the end of the last track on some CDs!

Oh, and they were recordable like a tape, which CDs weren't at the time :p
 
I still have my Sony netMD somewhere including it's original box and everything!

Loved the in line control unit - made life so easy - wish I could get one like it for my ipod :p

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Brings back good memories!

I thought you could store more than one CD on a disk though? I seem to remember having a couple of standard length albums on one? Was quite a while ago so may well be rose tinting things!
 
Jonny69 said:
Pretty much. They were a LOT more portable than CDs and the little sliding cover (like an old floppy disk) meant that they didn't get scratched up like CDs and you didn't really have to look after them. On the move they played like a CD but were as small as a Walkman and had good anti-skip. They didn't quite hold a full CD of music though, which was annoying, because you'd lose the end of the last track on some CDs!

Oh, and they were recordable like a tape, which CDs weren't at the time :p
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Thats why you bought the 80 min MDs not the 74 min ones :p and if all else failed you chucked on the LP mode so you could get double the time :D
 
moss said:
Had to Google not used it for about 10 years!
http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R700.html
(I think!)
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That was the one I had, it was great at the time, so much smaller and more convenient than carrying about a portable CD player plus was much less likely to skip.

Derek W said:
Thats why you bought the 80 min MDs not the 74 min ones :p and if all else failed you chucked on the LP mode so you could get double the time :D
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There were even a couple of players that used to offer up to 4x recording in the long play function I'm sure - maybe Panasonic players?
 
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