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i was offered one for $200.00 US but it would be coming from the netherlands,,,(fully assembled and functional..give me a day to check old E-mail,,,and i'll post the source later james At 10:59 PM 3/15/98 -0500, you wrote: >Thanks to Bret for these tips from some 10 days back--finally got some >time >free & picked up a couple "normal" CDRs for testing. I'll be >durned--works >like a charm. Of course you must record the entire disc & finalize it >before the machine is shut down, but still, at a price as low as 99 cents >for 74 minutes of digital recording, can this be beat? Anyone out there >shopping for a DAT machine, think this over. How much do you pay for a 74 >min. DAT tape? And can you jump to tracks instantaneously? Suffered from >tape dropout? The CDR870 is cheaper than pretty much *any* DAT machine I >know of, and--for me--being able to play the disc on any CD player is a >BIG >plus. > >Only problem: SCMS! Of course want to put my freshly-recorded CDR into my >CD deck and make copies. Does anyone know of a good source for a SCMS >stripper? In NYC, Manny's didn't know what I was talking about and Sam >Ash >Pro Audio just put me on hold for about an hour. I know there are kits >around for under $100, but my soldering hand is exhausted & I've heard a >ready-to-go stripper might be $200.... > >I told my girlfriend I was looking for a scum stripper and she thought it >had something to do with my bathroom. More like she was *hoping* it had >something to do with it.... > >>Loopsters, >>David Myers asked where to find a good price on Audio CDr blanks for >>use with the Phillips 870 CD recorder. >> >>I can't help you with the Audio CDr blanks, but you may not have heard >>that there is a trick you can use in order to record with the Phillips >>870 using data CDr blanks (the cheap ones). >> >>I learned about this via the Roland VS-880 mailing list. Some of the >>folks there have the Phillips 870 and have successfully used this trick. >> >>The difference in the Audio CDr blank and the data CDr blanks is that >>the Audio discs have information written to them that tells the 870 >>(or similar Pioneer consumer CD recorders PD04, PD05) that the disc is >>a Consumer disc (and tariffs were paid). Without that data, it will >>not allow you to enter record mode. >> >>I don't have a CD recorder, so what I tell you now is based on my >>reading others accounts, and leveraged from a similar trick my kids >>use to play Japanese Playstation CD roms in an American Playstation. >> >>You will need an Audio CD blank of the same capacity (time) as the >>Data CD blank you want to record to. >> >>1. Put the Consumer blank into the recorder. >>2. It will read the identification information, and will indicate you >>can record. >>3. Reach under the CD tray door and slide the tray open (manually, do >>not use the tray open button). >>4. Remove the Consumer CD blank >>5. Place the Data CD blank on the tray >>6. Manually close the tray completely >>7. Record >>8. Do not remove the CD until you finalize it, or it will not play. >>You cannot remove it, and reinsert it later to record. >> >>Again, this is from others accounts, I cannot tell you the nuances of >>this trick. Others say it is easy, works, and has not harmed their >>recorders. Proceed at your own risk. >> >>The only caveat I have heard regarding this procedure has to do with >>calibration. When a blank disk is inserted into a stand alone CD >>recorder, the recorder performs a calibration on the blank. This >>calibration consists of writing and reading a reserved area of the >>blank in order to determine the optimal laser intensity for that exact >>disc. This is done because there is unit to unit and manufacturer to >>manufacturer variations in the CD blanks' dye layer. The cal insure >>the holes burned in the dye layer will be of the correct size (depth?) >>in order to be read later without error. Since this trick requires >>you swap discs AFTER the calibration, there is some risk the burn will >>not be optimized to the proper level for the second (actual record) >>disc. So far, anecdotal information says this has not been a problem. >> >>Again, proceed at your own risk. >>See >>http://www.stereophile.com/shownews.cgi?83 >>for stereophiles article on 'CD Recorder's Dirty Little Secret'. >> >>bret >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>_________________________________________________________ >>DO YOU YAHOO!? >>Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > >