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Sony MZNH600D Hi-MD MiniDisc Walkman | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $249.99
Buy New: $130.00
You Save: $119.99 (48%)
New (6) Used (4) Refurbished (5) from $78.99
Rating:  57 reviews
Sales Rank: 6678
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries: 1
Batteries Included: No
Battery: AA type
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 9 x 3
MPN: MZNH600D
Model: MZNH600D
UPC: 027242636514
EAN: 0027242636514
ASIN: B0001M3MVG
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Store 45 hours of music on a Hi-MD MiniDisc | | • | Record your MP3s or CDs at up to 100x speed | | • | Skip-Free G-Protection technology | | • | Easy jog dial navigation | | • | NOTE: The MZNH600D's recording features and bundled software are not compatible with the Mac OS operating system. |
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Product Description
Sony MZ-NH600D is a portable minidisc powered by a single AA battery or, when connected to a Windows PCcomputer, through a USB port. It can be used to record MP3 and ATRAC music files, downloaded from Internet sites and includes advanced ATRAC-plus compression. Each HiMD disc has a capacity of up to 1GB of information. The unit also offers backward compatible playback of previously released minidiscs. It also supports playback of WMA - Text - Spreadsheet files. Plays back in ATRAC3 Audio, ATRAC3plus Audio -- And supports MP3, WMA ( Windows Media Audio ) WAV Music Management Software Supplied Skip-Free G-Protection(TM) Technology Easy Skip Group / Folder Function Included Music Management Software - SonicStage 2.0 and SimpleBurner Unit Dimensions - 3.3 x 1.13 x 3 inches / Weighs 3.5 ounces
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| Customer Reviews: Read 52 more reviews...
 The only way to listen to music March 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The 1 gig capacity and atracplus codec are reason enough to use HiMD. The fact that the media is removable makes this device even more attractive. If your hardrive player or flash player breaks and it will, or if the battery fails then you can't access any of the music on the player. In contrast, you always have your mini-discs. Minidiscs last longer than cds. I've had cds corrupt data in as few as 2 years. Minidiscs have a much longer life span. Minidiscs are rewritable a million times according to Sony, and act as a hard disc drive meaning you can delete and rearrange the music or data on the disc. Since the advent of HI MD minidiscs Sony has made this the only portable way to listen to music.
Only if Sony upgrade it to USB 2.0 October 3, 2007
The Pros: It's a thing of beauty. Some people say it's made of cheap plastic. Well may be true priced at $100.00+, but that aside I would have to disagree. Runs on a single AA battery for days. Sound quality is excellent for compress music. The bad . . . It uses the obsolete USB 1.0 so it take 45 min to 1 hr to transfer 1gb music or data. Sonicstage isn't music-sharing friendly.
 DO NOT USE AS A DATA DRIVE!! December 23, 2006
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have been a long time user of Sony's minidisc equipment. I mainly liked the removable media feature. For about $3, I could copy a whole CD to one regular minidisc and keep it in my media library. The early units seem to be made better. The more recent units look to be cheaply made. There is one inherent design flaw with a media that has to spin. The read/write heads have to move back and forth across the media, and this is the weak point. There is a tiny ribbon cable that attaches to the read/write head. THIS CABLE WILL FAIL in time. It may be 6 months, it may be three years, but it will happen. When it does, you will get the famous "BLANKDISK" error whenever you insert your disc. This will destroy whatever data was on the disc. No great loss if you use the minidisc for music only, but a potential disaster if you use it for backing up data (which I used to do). I researched this on minidisc forums and found that It had happened to others.
I used minidiscs for data backup because the $3, 300MB discs were perfect for my needs. After loosing valuable data, I have put all 3 of my units and dozens of recorded and blank discs in a drawer. Probably never to be used again.
 Does what I need it to do October 6, 2006
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ok, first things first. Since I deal with a huge number of mp3 files, mainly on mp3 cd's, the idea of being able to put them on a minidisc sounded to good to be true. And it was, because the files are converted before they are transferred to the minidisc, so technically, they are not actually mp3 files, they are oog files. Plus, the software is a nightmare. Other people have said that the updated version is better, which is the version I have, so I can't even imagine how terrible earlier versions were. SONY is really screwing the pooch, as they could absolutely rule the mp3 world, with major improvements, because with these Hi MD players, if the unit messes up, you don't lose your music, because it is on a removable disc, whereas with a conventional mp3 player, if something happens to the unit, you're done. One big thing that disappointed me was way these things were pitched to work as removable drives for a computer, but in reality, they are a long way from that. Sony has a very long road to make that particular part of the dream a reality, but I get the feeling they are just going to sit on their hands, and these things are eventually going to be phased out. So I say, pitch any other company out there to actually take over the market for them, maybe Magnavox or Panasonic, two companies who aren't afraid to improve their products and are known for decent reliability. But, as I mentioned in the title, they work for what I need them to, which is to put large amounts of music onto a tiny disc and never having to worry about the disc again, which is a huge improvement over cd's, which have to be replaced from time to time. I know people who are using the same minidiscs from ten years ago with no trouble, and these guys are professional mobile dj's. Sony is a really screwing themselves over this time by not making faster improvements with the software and etc., so Magnavox, I hope you hear me. Peace out
Sony has made the SonicStage software MUCH easier to use. August 16, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have been a LOUD critic of Sony's SonicStage software. (You can see my rants on older models.)
But that has changed. The new version of SonicStage is very much better.
We active MD users have complained to Sony for years and -- to their credit -- they gave us the main feature we asked for: the ability to take music off the player in a non-proprietary format.
(Sony chose WAV which is very useful but big. You can also burn to CD.)
While I still find Sonic Stage 4.0 quirky it is MUCH easier to use than previous versions. Again, I give credit to Sony.
Personally, I wish I could just drag-and-drop the files off the MD but the SonicStage method isn't too bad.
So, for under $200 you get GREAT audio recording quality and a really well-designed piece of hardware. That's hard to beat! You do have to put up with some "only OK" software.
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