Sony MZ-R700 Silver Recordable Mini-Disc Walkman (discontinued by manufacturer)

My son bought one of these minidisc player/recorders last year and I was impressed from the word go. When I discovered that Amazon was selling a vastly superior (sorry Gary) machine for much less money, how could I not buy it?To say it is incredible is a gross understatement as I knocks most of the competition into a cocked hat. I have been thinking about buying one of these little beauties for some time, but I never realised just what they can do. This particular model is as good as it gets, and more so. I will be using it to record natural sounds (birdsong, waves, leaves rustling in trees, etc) as well as using it for pure entertainment.Minidisc is superb and this Sony is the tops. I'll guarantee that if you buy it, you won't be disappointed...

This can be used with a battery that's good as no electric charger came with or the black controller at the top of picture or earphones it does what its suppose to do expect everything with it ?

Did not work, i tried again and again.The problem was everytime I listened to songs the earphones did not work, as though it was a loose wire.I went out and bought brand new headphones and it still does not work

This is my first minidisc, and I'm not disappointed. The actual minidisc has many features that you would expect and others you do not. There are four recording modes, as well as 2 long-play modes, which means that you can record up to four CDs on one minidisc without too much loss of quality. The playback is very crisp, even with the supplied earphones. The stick remote is extremely handy with its clip-on nature, so you can clip it onto your collar or jacket and have easy access to songs, as well as powerful editing facilities suck as renaming and editing tracks. Editing is very powerful, with the ability to move songs, erase a disc in a few seconds and name the disc and songs on it very quickly. The rechargeable battery lasts a good deal longer than normal batteries, so you do not always have to swap batteries. The player itself is very sturdy and resilient to all of my brutality upon it.One of the only downsides is that your hi-fi system has to be pretty new to start recording straight away without buying more leads, as an optical jack (that is supplied) is required to fit into the stereo, and older systems (2 years old +) will not have such a socket, but the manual tells you what leads you need if you want to record tapes or don't have an optical output. But there are many more features that I have not discussed here, but I found this to be a very good player and if you're new to the world of minidisc and you have the money, this is a very good buy, with clear and easy instructions throughout and an easy interface- I recorded my first disc as soon as the rechargeable battery charged up after I bought it.

I bought this minidisc player a couple of weeks ago. I have had many CD players but this thing is far superior. I thought I would buy an MD player, get up with the latest technology but i had no idea that MD players were this good. I would have bought 1 years ago otherwise. The sound quality is great and you can fit more than 4 cds onto 1 MD. The digital mega bass is superb as it really emphasises the backround sounds. I would recommend anyone to buy this product. PHAAAT.

Since christmas, I've been using the MZ-R700 as a dictaphone in combination with a Vivanco EVM288 camcorder microphone. The MD unit offers superb sound quality and many useful features.The only problem that I've found is that the editing functions are slightly limited. There is no option--that I've found--to combine tracks, and to delete portions of tracks.A good product and an affoardable price.

Was in perfect condition replaced mine that stopped working I was absolutely thrilled when it arrived a week early best buy ever