Sony MZ-NH900 Setup Manual page 8

Sony MZ-NH-900
Hi-MD and MD format Recorder
Set-Up Steps for HiMD Record Mode Only
The HiMD recorders can record in two formats: the HiMD format which
can create a 16bit PCM file on HiMD disks and the older MD SP format
which uses compression.
Most users will want to record on HiMD formatted disks because, in
addition to better quality, one can transfer the files digitally to a PC
using a USB transfer cable and Sony's Soundstage/Wave Converter
software v3.2.
You can obtain higher resolution files and digital transfer capability
using the older MD discs but the discs must be formatted to HiMD
before recorded upon.
You also cannot make USB digital transfers of a recordings made onto
an older MD disc unless the disk is reformatted into the HiMD format.
There is a PC computer in B-56 or B-18 for making the digital transfers
from the Sony NH-900 itself. You must use a Mac compatible HiMD
recorder and disks recorded on this Mac compatible recorders (models
MZ-M100 or MZ-M10) to be able to transfer HiMD recordings directly to a
Mac. HiMD disks recorded on a PC compatible HiMD recorder like the
NH-900 must be transferred on a PC platform.
Set-Up Steps for the Sony MZ-NH900 MD Recorder
It is very important to go through these steps before you start recording
and, preferably, before you set off to your location. Take some time to
practice placing the recorder into manual record gain mode because
you'll need to be able to do this quickly and confidently in the field. If
you fail to do some of the below steps, your recording can suffer in
terms of quality and in some cases, it may not be able to be digitally
imported into a computer.
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