Sony MZ-NF610 High Speed Net MD Walkman Recorder

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• Item Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B00008IHP6
• Item model number: MZ-NF610
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #33,535 in Electronics (See Bestsellers in Electronics)

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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: February 10, 2003

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description The MZ-NF610 Net MD Walkman recorder provides unrivaled versatility, offering not only MD playback, but a special tuner for listening to AM-FM radio as well as TV and weather-band programming right from the remote control. The unit's SonicStage Jukebox software stores and manages digital music files, custom playlists, and music transfers, and bookmarking lets you program favorite songs in real time during playback. The MZ-NF610 offers high-speed transfer from a PC via a direct USB connection (up to 32x speed in LP4 mode) and can record more than five hours of music on one 80-minute minidisc (using LP4 mode). It also uses Sony's skip-free G-Protection technology, which eliminates or reduces skipping during many active uses. The MZ-NF610 is compatible with the RealOne music player and the pressplay.com online music subscription service. It plays back ATRAC3 files and supports multiple Internet audio formats, including MP3, WMA, and WAV.

The Easy Skip group-folder function helps organize songs into albums or groups. Once the songs are transferred to the MZ-NF610, it's easy to skip from group to group. Besides the bundled SonicStage software and SonicStage simple burner application, the MZ-NF610 includes MoodLogic software, which goes beyond typical jukebox applications, letting you compile music by mood or tempo rather than simply by artists and song titles.

MoodLogic corrects file information by identifying and retitling mislabeled tracks during ID3 tag cleaning. It also has a feature called Music Marker, which lets you "tag" music during playback. Once the device is reconnected to a PC, MoodLogic retrieves the marks, connects you to the Musiclub Web site, and provides information about the song and artist and links to download new tracks, purchase CDs, or discover similar artists. The unit provides up to 56 hours of continuous playback on one AA battery and comes with a rechargeable battery.

Here's how you can use the included Sonic Stage Software to manage your music files:

Product Description

Why NetMD? Sony's MZ-NF610 High Speed Net MD Walkman Recorder has all the answers. Offering High Speed Music Transfer to your MP3s or CDs at up to 32X the Speed, an AM/FM/TV/Weather Band Tuner Remote for direct access to the player's AM/FM/TV and Weather stations, a Rechargeable Battery, and MDLP Long Time Stereo Playback, this NetMD makes on the go entertainment easy. The supplied Music Management software includes SonicStage software and a Net MD Simple Burner application. The MZ-NF610 also offers ATRAC3 Audio, and MP3, WMA, and WAV Playback.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little recorder, June 3, 2003

By A Customer

I had been researching mp3 flash and hard drive players, when I found out about the Sony NetMD minidisc players. This player has everything I wanted in a mp3 player: small size, expandable memory, am/fm tuner. One of the big selling points for me was the inexpensive minidiscs: they cost only [...] dollars apiece and provide up to 5 hours of music (in the LP4 mode). The player comes with software that allows you to rip music directly from a CD or copy from a hard drive. So far, I have been using it only to rip my CDs. I have read if you have mp3 or wma music on the hard drive it will take longer to load because the Sony converts files to ATRAC3.

NOTE: This player uses Sony's proprietary compression scheme for music files (ATRAC3). This player will not directly play mp3 or wma file format. Also, software has a check-in, check-out feature for music; you are allowed to copy or check-out a song only 3 times. If you want to copy more times, you have to check-in the song. This is some kind of copyright protection scheme to keep you from making unlimited copies of music.

37 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars NOT an MP3 player - but in many ways, better., November 23, 2003

By	Blodwyn "mmp64" (Charlotte, NC, USA) - See all my reviews

Hey everybody - this is not an MP3 Player! It is a MiniDisc Player. Yes, you can "transfer" MP3s to it using the software, but really it is meant to record directly from CD to ATRAC - which is Sony's proprietary (and superior) compression algorithm. When you transfer an MP3 - the software first converts it to ATRAC, then copies it to the MiniDisc player. So doing the math - the music is compressed twice. If all you want to do is listen to MP3s - GET AN MP3 PLAYER!!! Using an MD player to listen to MP3s is kind of like buying a bunch of DVDs, then recording them to VHS tape and watching them on a VCR.

As far as the software is concerned - if you don't care about transferring MP3s - you don't have to use the SonicStage software everybody whines about! You can use the supplied SimpleBurner - which records CDs in your PCs CD-ROM drive to your MD at either LP2 (160 minutes on an 80 minute blank MD) or LP4 (320 minutes). The quality of LP2 is very near CD quality. You can also hook the unit directly to a CD player (remember those) using analogue or digital connections. When you do it that way - you can record at SP (highest quality - 80 minutes on an 80 minute blank MD) or LP2/LP4.

Why would you want an MD player vs. an MP3 player? If you don't have a bunch of MP3s, and all you want to do is make your existing CD collection portable - MD offers a cheaper, more versatile, and sonically superior alternative to MP3. Blank MDs are cheap (less than $2) - re-recordable, durable, and easy-to-handle. Individual tracks can be split into multiple tracks, re-ordered, re-titled, and deleted directly on the MD unit, or using the supplied software. This is very useful for students, musicians, etc. Can't do any of that w/ an MP3. Again - if you have thousands of MP3s - then get an MP3 player. But if you don't - you should check this out.

25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading info in Amazon listing????!, March 18, 2005

By	J. Mensch - See all my reviews

This "review" is really a caution: the Amazon page on this item lists a microphone in the 'Accessories' category, yet a review states that no direct voice recording is possible, and the Technical info does not specify any input for a microphone.
Amazon browsers beware!
I believe older MD recorders did have line/mic inputs, but the newer "Net-MD" types may lack them.
I gave this 1 stars because I had to choose something and wanted to get the browser's attention--I don't have one of these devices (trying to find one that will record live music via a microphone).