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Re: Sharp IM-DR80 Net MD

Subject: Re: Sharp IM-DR80 Net MD
From: Klas Strandberg <>
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:57:17 +0200
I can copy the manual for you. I have some 10 units of that kind in stock. 
Please get in touch at 

Klas.

At 07:19 2005-03-28, you wrote:


>I just picked up one of these on Ebay.  Is there anybody out there
>that owns one of these?  It's a nice unit from what I can see but as
>some may know it is from Japan.  The previous owner was kind enough
>to download the English version of the manual and had it nicely
>bound.  One problem though...the software supplied(BeatJam) is in
>Japanese and of course will not install on my PC.
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>I'm not planning on mainly using this unit to download music into it
>however, I would like the option to do so.  I thought maybe it would
>be nice to utilize the music software that it came with (or shall I
>say WHEN I find the alternative)and take some recordings that I've
>done from my PC and transfer them back to the portable.  I travel
>quite a bit for work and thought it would be great to listen to my
>recordings as I do so.  Do I need the BeatJam software that I'm
>searching for OR do I simply download the drivers for USB use?  I
>would imagine I would need the sofware application for transfering.
>
>I read somwhere that there was an English version of the BeatJam
>software being that this unit was marketed in Europe (IM-DR580).  I'm
>starting to believe that non-Japanese people whom use this unit don't
>download music into it and simply use it to record...kidding.  I
>thought the majority of people out there that buy MD units use them
>to download their favorite MP3's, ATRAC music into it and use it
>strickly as a player.  I've searched many MD FAQ's, newsgroups, ect
>and can find no info concerning the mystery of the BeatJam software
>or transfering music/recordings to the portable unit.  Maybe the
>solution is right in front of me?  Maybe the solution is so simple
>I'm overseeing it?
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>Do most of the MD recordists in this group record their recordings to
>PC via RCA cable?  OR do some buy a seperate MD standalone component
>with digital OUT and upload to PC equipped with a soundcard with
>digital IN that way?  I do own one of these soundcards and thought of
>doing things this way to keep the transfers all digital thoughout.
>
>Anyway...I'm looking forward to using my new MD.  Spring is almost
>here and we live in a nice secluded part of central Ma which is
>wonderful for recording the outdoors.  I did build a nice preamp for
>the MD utilizing some layout software and a T-Tech machine for the pc
>board.  I'll keep everybody posted on how it sounds.  In the mean
>time...PLEASE HELP.
>
>Thanks,
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>boB
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>"Microphones are not ears,
>Loudspeakers are not birds,
>A listening room is not nature."
>Klas Strandberg
>Yahoo! Groups Links
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