Anyone got a Minidisc player?

db

#chaplife
i recently found a minidisc of a one-off recording that i thought i had lost forever.. i want to transfer this to PC with as little signal degradation as possible, which ideally would mean over a digital connection..

does anyone have the facility to do this? the most obvious one would be a minidisc player connected to a soundcard via TOSLINK, but i'm open to suggestions..

thanks :)
 

theflamingred

Well-Known Forumite
I have one - and I have an optical cable somewhere... in the hell hole of my 'study'. I no longer have access to a soundcard with an optical in tho... slight prob.
 

db

#chaplife
jim-my said:
I have a minidisc stereo that you could plug a stereo jack into?
thanks, but i have the same here.. i want to try and avoid copying over analogue, though!

theflamingred said:
I have one - and I have an optical cable somewhere... in the hell hole of my 'study'. I no longer have access to a soundcard with an optical in tho... slight prob.
ah ha, now we're getting warmer! my PC has optical in, and i even have a TOSLINK cable, i just don't have a minidisc player with optical out! is your player a portable one, or a hifi separate? would there be any possibility of me borrowing it for a couple of days, pretty please?

edit: doesn't your mac have optical in? the spec's on the apple site reckon they all have.. is that only on the brand new models or samink?
 

theflamingred

Well-Known Forumite
Balls - stall that thought. Having had it sitting around gathering dust for some time I could have sworn it had digital output - alas only input. Tis a Sharp 702.
http://www.ericwhitney.org/websites/minidiscussion/rev_MD-MS702.html

Sorry - getting your hopes up and everything. :gonk:
 

db

#chaplife
theflamingred said:
Balls - stall that thought. Having had it sitting around gathering dust for some time I could have sworn it had digital output - alas only input. Tis a Sharp 702.
http://www.ericwhitney.org/websites/minidiscussion/rev_MD-MS702.html

Sorry - getting your hopes up and everything. :gonk:
old school! lol.. yeah, that's my problem - i've got a sony MZ-R55, which has optical-in but not out :(

i think it will need to be a hifi separate to feature such a thing.. anyone else able to lend a hand?
 

theflamingred

Well-Known Forumite
I'll ask the techies in our AV suite at work - see if they have the necessaries, unless a forumer comes to your aid first.

Least I can do after being such a plonker.
 

db

#chaplife
theflamingred said:
I'll ask the techies in our AV suite at work - see if they have the necessaries, unless a forumer comes to your aid first.
that would be wizard! i don't need anything complicated doing - literally just record the entire contents of a single minidisc to one mahoosive .WAV then bung it on a USB drive/CD/whatever.. i'll be happy to front any costs involved (assuming they will only run into a few quid, that is lol)..

thanks :D:up:
 

tek-monkey

wanna see my snake?
May have one, both me and my bro had MD players for our seperates systems, but don't use them. Think I gave mine away, my bro should still have his. Will ask.
 

db

#chaplife
tek-monkey said:
May have one, both me and my bro had MD players for our seperates systems, but don't use them. Think I gave mine away, my bro should still have his. Will ask.
thanks <3 :haw:
 

shoes

Well-Known Forumite
dirtybobby said:
anyone? ... anyone? ... bueller? :strange:
I have a portable at home, no idea if it has Optical out, if it has you're more than welcome to borrow it.
 

db

#chaplife
shoes said:
dirtybobby said:
anyone? ... anyone? ... bueller? :strange:
I have a portable at home, no idea if it has Optical out, if it has you're more than welcome to borrow it.
cheers rarse, but i doubt it has.. all of the portable players i have come across have optical in but not out :angry:

feel free to prove me wrong though.. that would be spiffing!
 

shoes

Well-Known Forumite
dirtybobby said:
shoes said:
dirtybobby said:
anyone? ... anyone? ... bueller? :strange:
I have a portable at home, no idea if it has Optical out, if it has you're more than welcome to borrow it.
cheers rarse, but i doubt it has.. all of the portable players i have come across have optical in but not out :angry:

feel free to prove me wrong though.. that would be spiffing!
Lol i think you're right but I will check nonetheless. I had a sharp one years ago which had both but that got nicked (don't worry there won't be a crossover between here and the dossers thread ;))
 
Top