1. Hi-MD disc failure (was Olympus LS-10 reviews

["Rob Danielson" danielson_audio]

At 10:50 PM -0700 7/2/08, Roy Beckham wrote:

  . . .

>On my last trip to Australia I brought a Mindisc (MZ-M0) and used 
>the ECM--DS70 mic
>included with that MD. It provided a level of quality that I was pleased
>with. However, after returning from the trip one of the discs failed and
>has thus far not been retrievable.

Hi Roy--
There are some precautions for Hi-MD recording that greatly reduce 
the likelihood of lost data. Here's a handout we give to students 
that you can look over:

http://www.uwm.edu/~type/116/Hi-MD-Handbook/06116-HiMD-Hndbk.htm
or as a pdf:
http://www.uwm.edu/~type/116/Hi-MD-Handbook/06116-HiMD-Hndbk.pdf


You might recognize a set-up step or two that you want to adopt. I'd 
guess that 90% of the time, lost data can be traced to powering 
problem but there are other precautions that will improve your 
chances. We rarely loose data including whole semesters without 
incident.

Can you play your disk? Rob D.
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