So... I wanted to put this in a separet thread, as it didn't seem appropriate putting it with my question about the website.
I have a Sony MZ-N505 Gold colored portable minidisk recorder unit that was recently donated to me. Obviously, the menus don't speak, and I can't really get someone sighted to help me, as the problem is, the menus though don't wrap, don't seem to be very consistent. For example: One minute after enterring the edit menu, I'll right arrow twice to get to the erase option. Other times, I'll find that I have to arrow 3 times, instead of 2. It's fvreaking stupid! There is no pattern that I can see to things. The menus basically seem to change slightly at full random. You'd think that wouldn't be possible. A menu's a menu, but apparently not. Anyway, to tie this back into the mac side, here's my question. The unit has a mini USB port on it. I indeed do have a cable that fits. Looking on the Sony website at: https://esupport.sony.com/US/p/model-home.pl?mdl=MZN505 Under drivers and software, you'll find that there are update patches to things like Simple Burner, and OpenMG® Jukebox, etc, as well as Sonic Stage, but the actual software itself isn't there. Only the walkman drivers, and the patch/updates. I can't find the full fledged installers for the software. The lady who donated this to me swears to God that it's not USB compatible, and there is no CD rom that came with the unit. The website is saying differently, and obviously, yes it is USB compatible, as I can plug it in with no problem, and when I do, then go under system profiler report in About this Mac, I definitely see it listed. My question is, first of all, is there anywhere to get the OpenMG Jukebox software? Apparently, it's not model specific. It supports several different models, mine being one of them. Secondly, If not, then are there any free software packages out there, or if not free, at least very affordible, that will allow you to connect a minidisk recorder via USB, then transfer mp3's over to the minidisk which is in the recorder, as well as let you delete tracks over USB. Before anyone asks, no, this unit doesn't act as a removable media drive. You absolutely cannot use it with the Finder. At least not natively. It's not like a CD drive. And no, it doesn't show up as another burnable drive in burning apps like Simplyburns, or what not. It's not quite that easy. I just figure, if I can find a way to transfer via USB, then that may solve 90 percent of my problems. Apparently, that's exactly what the OpenMG Jukebox software was supposed to do. Chris. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
