I couldn't find the cd that came with my IM-DR80, so I found the
drivers for the Sharp DR420 - and installed them. They seem to work
just as well:
http://www.minidiscforum.de/netmd/sharp_420_treiber.zip
Hope that helps.
--- In "bobbaub"
<> wrote:
>
> Thanks so much for your reply! Managed to download the software with
> no problems. But the drivers...I will need help. I'm still in the
> same boat concerning the software that came with the MD unit(Japanese)
> that does contain drivers. I selected the Sharp drivers but those are
> in Japanese (or an attempt at Japanese). I searched the Sharp USA
> website but with no luck. Any suggestions?
>
> Your help is appreciated!
>
> Bob
>
>
> --- In "digidandy" <>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> > > Japanese and of course will not install on my PC.
> > >
> > > 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 just did this two days ago with the same player:
> >
> > * install the USB/Net MD-driver for the Sharp
> > * install SonicStage 3.0 from Sony (yes, it's crap, but it'll get the
> > job done)
> > * transfer the files you want to the library, then transfer the files
> > to the minidisc.
> >
> > Here's the link for SonicStage 3.0:
> >
> > http://sonicstage.connect.com/SonicStageInstaller.exe
> >
> >
> > By the way (drumroll, please!), I did this on a Mac Dual G5 using
> > Virtual PC and Windows XP - so if I can do it, anyone can. ;-)
> >
> > ...also, I'm hoping this will work with the Sony Hi-MDs, too. That way
> > it would actually be possible to transfer mic recordings from the
> > Hi-MD *digitally* to the Mac, and then convert to WAV. That would be
> > sweet.
> >
> >
> >
> > > boB
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