Option for Mini-Disc player?
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Yeah you can have either a tape deck or a minidisc player on hte 6.
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Sony has been saying "yet" since 1922. Forget MiniDisc... CD is the best quality, MP3 the best for fitting large amounts of music. MiniDisc falls somewhere between that's kinda pointless.
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No, I pretty much meant 1922. 
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LOL.schulkw said:
Are you joking or serious?
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OK good
Well, I happen to own both home and portable mini-disc players. I like that I can make live recordings, I can bypass copy-protection by making analog recordings, I can store up to 320 minutes of audio on one minidisc, and unlike mp3 players (other than i-pod style devices) I don't have to upload new tracks from my PC every time I want to change the disc - I can bring as many mini-discs as I want. Much more practical than standard (say 64-128MB) mp3 players, especially on trips. Now, the I-pod is a different matter but supposedly those will get screwed over by copy protection in the near future, whereas I can always make copies of my Cd's on to minidiscs using an analog connection.
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"supposedly they will"? Let's deal with facts, not rumors
Regardless, I don't see why you'd use minidisc over CD-MP3.
Regardless, I don't see why you'd use minidisc over CD-MP3.
Minidisc
Minidisc is one of the best inventions ever to hit the market.
500minutes on mine, 52 hours of music with a AA battery, $230 CDN bucks for the player. Amazing stuff. Now that's for the portable, as far as an in-car set, that's a waste of cash. Stick to the MP3 player
Minidisc is one of the best inventions ever to hit the market.
500minutes on mine, 52 hours of music with a AA battery, $230 CDN bucks for the player. Amazing stuff. Now that's for the portable, as far as an in-car set, that's a waste of cash. Stick to the MP3 player
Re: Minidisc
I think the Mazda3 has the MD player as a DIO, Mazda's "module" system allows easy OEM sourced upgrades. Wait a couple months you'll probably see them on ebay for significantly less.
Definitely! MDs are incredibly useful if you have an account with a subscription audio service like Rhapsody or Napster. $10/mo unlimited music + a decent MD recorder and you can record right to the Disc without paying money to burn the track, all completely digital. :wink:factrzero said:Minidisc is one of the best inventions ever to hit the market.
500minutes on mine, 52 hours of music with a AA battery, $230 CDN bucks for the player. Amazing stuff. Now that's for the portable, as far as an in-car set, that's a waste of cash. Stick to the MP3 player
I think the Mazda3 has the MD player as a DIO, Mazda's "module" system allows easy OEM sourced upgrades. Wait a couple months you'll probably see them on ebay for significantly less.
I've only seen mini-discs being popular among musicians. I bought a portable player/recorder before CD-R's hit the market, now that you can play MP3 CD's I don't see a point for them myself.
But I have seen something where it looks like minidisc and mp3 players are an option in the 3. It's in the brochure at the US dealer I went to. I'm just wondering if it's something like a plug in for an adapter in the front. To me, that combined with a 6 disc changer would be great because then you could listen to whatever fromat you want no problem.
But I have seen something where it looks like minidisc and mp3 players are an option in the 3. It's in the brochure at the US dealer I went to. I'm just wondering if it's something like a plug in for an adapter in the front. To me, that combined with a 6 disc changer would be great because then you could listen to whatever fromat you want no problem.
Audio Controls
The cassette/MD player would go in the slot between the audio adjustment knobs. I believe that small panel can be removed independently and replaced with one that allows for a cassette/MD port.
The cassette/MD player would go in the slot between the audio adjustment knobs. I believe that small panel can be removed independently and replaced with one that allows for a cassette/MD port.
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