Posted by Mattias Bergsten on 5/16/2000, 10:17 am
195.163.92.200

..is good for some purposes, but mostly a pain.

Posted by Luca Somazzi on 5/16/2000, 10:29 am
212.41.211.201

I've lost important live recordings due to this "feature".

Posted by Simon Barnes on 5/16/2000, 10:48 am
194.6.9.3

Surely a point must come where the face lost by implicitly admitting that a mistake was made, by removing the "feature", is less than the face lost by persevering in the error when it's obvious to most people that's the only plausible reason for keeping it ?

Posted by Gautier JEANMOUGIN on 5/16/2000, 11:08 am
212.95.80.253

This END SEARCH function is useless. All other Sony products excepts portables recorders and all other MD brands have automatic end search. Moreover, it happens sometimes that you forget to press END SEARCH before recording so you overwrite on recorded material. If you notice that too late, you have to re-record the whole tracks. And you are very irritated. So, removing the manual end search function should be a thing to consider seriously.

Posted by Ed Heckman on 5/16/2000, 2:00 pm
208.3.221.162

I bought my MiniDisc recorder so I could make high quality records of my live performances. In other words, performances that cannot be repeated exactly. I don't usually play full concerts, just individual pieces here and there. Because of the manual end search fiasco I've lost several recordings that can never be replaced. So it doesn't make sense to use a new disc to record just 5 minutes then set it aside. Yet this is exactly what I need to do to make sure I don't lose a recording. (Since I'm not running on the unit, I can't count on the user to remember, or even know about, the end search button.)

Posted by Jim Coon on 5/16/2000, 8:08 pm
216.40.148.72

Since the portable doesn't work the same as my Sony home deck, the stupid END SEARCH button has cost me more than one recording. Please get rid of it or modify it so if you push RECORD, it automatically records at the end of tracks already recorded. To record over existing material, have it set up so you play to the point, press PAUSE and then RECORD. THen it would work just like it's big brother, the home deck.

Posted by Jason Lynch on 5/16/2000, 10:46 pm
210.8.232.4

Simply a nuisance and a pointless "feature".

Posted by Richard Lang on 5/16/2000, 11:03 pm
202.36.174.178

"End Search" is simply inexplicable.

Posted by Mark J. Linkhorst on 5/16/2000, 11:48 pm
209.158.25.181

Sony! Listen up! This End Search is useless. Get rid of it please! Sharp has you beat until you lose the End Search button and mis"feature". Sincerely, Mark J. Linkhorst PS Don't stop making MDs, just lose the darn button!

Posted by D. Frakes on 5/17/2000, 2:48 am
63.205.228.3

You spend an afternoon making mix MDs. You decide to check on your recording. You then proceed to add more tracks... right in the middle of the disk you just spent hours working on.

Posted by Martin Clinton on 5/17/2000, 6:04 am
193.215.130.90

I have over a period of time made several compilations of 12" vinyl singles. One day I put a disc in to record a new single I had bought and started recording....about 20 seconds in, I remembered - AAAAGH! I Forgot to press 'End Search'!! So I lost the intro to the first single (which I no longer had!) on the disc.

Posted by Michael Stouffs on 5/17/2000, 2:13 pm
212.147.11.250

Is there even one single positive use for this button? Except accidentally erasing parts of my MD's on my MZ-R30, i couldn't find anything useful to it.

Posted by Paul McCombs on 5/18/2000, 12:23 am
24.11.174.159

I considered and rejected buying Portable Sony Minidisc Recorders because of the manual end search feature. Sharp and Kenwood have my business in the past and until this mis-feature gets corrected.

Posted by Byron Barry on 5/19/2000, 8:30 pm
24.93.48.49

This is a RANDOM ACCESS format - having to press END SEARCH is like having to fast foward to the blank spot on a TAPE. (Perhaps a little faster, but the destructive potential is there.) REMOVE END SEARCH NOW!!!!

Posted by Owen Terry on 5/19/2000, 8:36 pm
199.174.151.141

TAKE OFF THAT f##kING END SEARCH!!! NO OTHER MD MANUFACTURERS HAVE THAT!!! YOU DON'T GOD DAMN NEED IT!

Posted by Randy Phillips on 5/19/2000, 8:57 pm
24.1.113.48

Thanks for your consideration.

Posted by Steve Just on 5/19/2000, 9:06 pm
203.100.26.168

It annoys the hell out of me, i've had to re-record to many things because of this stupid button.

Posted by Tony Stillwell on 5/19/2000, 9:35 pm
209.236.190.152

My parents visited from England last week, and I fell foul of the End Search function on MZ-R30 when I failed to press the infamous button and lost a hilarious and informative conversation over dinner. They are always the most talkative when they have just arrived. I don't know how many opportunities I will have to save their voices, since they are becoming elderly and they live so far away. I had just a week before bought a Sharp portable MD recorder for my wife, with a view to her recording her mother (she has just lost her father). Ironically, I had already discounted getting a Sony for her because of the End Search button, which had been annoying for me in the past. Hat's off to Sony if they listen to these messages to get rid of the Button, since they might be in danger of designing the perfect MD recorder after all. Tony Stillwell

Posted by ILWOONG PYO on 5/19/2000, 9:39 pm
210.117.67.213

to sony please admition our petition!!

Posted by Glen Wintringham on 5/19/2000, 9:48 pm
203.96.104.152

It serves no function other than to induce paranoia. I haven't lost a recording yet, but it's only a matter of time really.

Posted by CHUSEONG(ERIC) BANG on 5/19/2000, 9:51 pm
211.48.95.211

It is useless obiously. and sony mdrs must be easier to use.

Posted by The Sound Production on 5/19/2000, 9:51 pm
204.157.40.172

I have been a Minidisc user for over 7 years since the days of the MZ-1. Who came up with this stupid End Search button? Camcorders don't rewind to the beginning everytime you start a new recording. Nobody would buy them if they did! The original MZ-1 portable didn't have an End Search button but now every portable Minidisc recorder made since does. Why why why? I too have lost various recordings over the years because of the dumb "feature". Now, I ALWAYS record on a home deck (MDS-101) primarily to avoid losing any previous recordings on a disc. Come on Sony, you guys make some of the best electronic stuff there is. Don't kill Minidisc again with this completely useless and annoying button. Sincerely, The Sound Production

Posted by Jeff Laun on 5/19/2000, 9:51 pm
216.101.212.77

Please do some real QA on the use of your products before releasing new products. This requirement to press end search is a great example of a unit that was never tested as no-one in there right mind would put up with such a design

Posted by Capital ZH on 5/19/2000, 10:20 pm
211.115.232.51

go out!

Posted by R Barrotth on 5/19/2000, 10:27 pm
131.236.1.5

The portables should be the same as your other products. Too confusing!

Posted by Memout on 5/19/2000, 10:40 pm
24.200.76.247

well um.....i've only experienced this problem only once....for the other times i just don't forget...i REMEMBER to push the button and for those of you who forgot...then you guys need to smarten up and remember to push it u dumb idiots!

Posted by Michael Moore on 5/19/2000, 10:42 pm
24.13.60.194

I've yet to determine any situation which might require the use of an end-search feature. All it has ever done for me is ruin recordings and miss opportunities. Come on Sony, make the change.

Posted by will on 5/19/2000, 10:54 pm
203.134.24.180

ive had my mzr 90 for about a month now and screwed about 5 recordings

Posted by Brian Youn on 5/19/2000, 11:24 pm
129.116.226.162

There are a number of instances in which the record slider has accidentally been hit, starting a new recording over older material, erasing valuable material. If there was no END SEARCH button, then this would not be a worry, but the button (or the need for it) really serves no useful purpose.

Posted by Sylvester Ip on 5/19/2000, 11:33 pm
203.166.242.230

This has been the sole reason I never bought a Sony MD portable recorder, because I found that it would have been way too much of a hassle and not logical to have to push a button to to end search, it's ridiculous causes headaches and will save the company money if you just took out the button, I'll buy the MZR-100 or whatever new recording model u have in line up if u take that button out, and i'm sure alot more people will too

Posted by Eric Murakami on 5/19/2000, 11:55 pm
207.46.125.17

Hi, I have a sony md player but I refuse to buy a sony md recorder until they drop the end search button. When I want to record I just want to press record and not have to worry about deleteing something I've already recorded. Hopefully SONY will get a clue someday. Eric.

Posted by Mike Worrell on 5/20/2000, 12:08 am
165.121.207.102

It sucks. Drop it.

Posted by Gus Silber on 5/20/2000, 12:09 am
196.34.250.5

As much as I love Sony products, (my first MiniDisc recorder was an MZR-50), I bought a Sharp MS722 specifically because it is easier, more instinctive, and more logical to record with than a Sony. Reason? No "End Search" button. get rid of it, Sony. Now.

Posted by Sang Baek Kim (shark) on 5/20/2000, 12:11 am
210.94.6.92

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Posted by Yong-Tae Kim on 5/20/2000, 12:34 am
203.241.163.36

I bought a L7R, because of that single button

Posted by c. Jin on 5/20/2000, 12:38 am
128.238.4.117

I wish SONY's new MD product would get rid off the end search... Because the End search is just too annoying... I am a SONY lover... unlike the other brand,,, SONY should use automatic instead of end search C.Jin

Posted by Sam Whitman on 5/20/2000, 12:54 am
210.78.24.151

nt

Posted by Daniel Gil on 5/20/2000, 1:03 am
200.204.145.60

Hello First of all, the name of this button is meaningless ! ... i was not searching for anything ! I just want to record my music! If i wanted to erase anything, I would have done it before any new recording! Please... Give an end to end search!

Posted by DANNY TRAN on 5/20/2000, 1:10 am
216.67.51.198

A Petition Asking Sony to Remove the MANUAL END SEARCH Function from its Portable Minidisc Recorders and Offer AUTOMATIC END SEARCH Instead To: Sony Electronics Corporation Portable Minidisc Division Tokyo, Japan Sony Electronics USA Portable Electronics Division Park Ridge, New Jersey From: The Community of MiniDisc Users on the Web Dear Sony MiniDisc Designers, Without a doubt, Sony is the backbone of the MD format. Our petition seeks a change to the Sony portable MD recorder user interface for the betterment of all MD users. It is not our intention to cause general trouble or engage in ad hominem harassment of Sony. On behalf of all Sony MiniDisc users, we kindly ask that you heed our petition, as follows: WHEREAS Sony portable Minidisc recorders require that users manually push an "END SEARCH" button in order to have a new recording placed after existing material on the Minidisc, and WHEREAS Often in the hectic moments before starting a recording it is easy to forget this crucial step, leading to a loss of precious material, and WHEREAS Other Sony Minidisc equipment (decks, bookshelf systems, boomboxes, pro-equipment) and other manufacturers' Minidisc equipment feature an Automatic End Search function that always places new recordings after existing material, and WHEREAS Minidisc is an inherently random access medium, with a Table of Contents directory and an embedded computer that makes automatically positioning to the end of existing material a natural and straightforward task, and WHEREAS The MANUAL END SEARCH function only serves to complicate the user interface of MD portables with no added benefit, WE THE UNDERSIGNED kindly request that Sony henceforth remove the MANUAL END SEARCH function from its portable recorders and adhere to the convention followed by all other Minidisc equipment makers of providing AUTOMATIC END SEARCH that (by default) places newly recorded material at the end of the logical disc, after any existing material.

Posted by Adrian Cheong on 5/20/2000, 1:17 am
202.75.152.18

A hopelessly superfluous 'function' that has caused more lost recordings than I care to mention. Why don't the portables mimic the home decks where End Search isn't the default setting?

Posted by Jung Geun-Yoo on 5/20/2000, 1:21 am
210.94.6.84

Must........be

Posted by Kevin Po on 5/20/2000, 1:47 am
24.64.52.23

If you forget to hit the button it's your problem. The "end search" button gives me far more flexibility... it's easier to overwrite crap

Posted by Gary Bingner on 5/20/2000, 2:01 am
208.42.18.161

Don't get me wrong. Sony MD products are awesome. I love the format. But I've never understood the necessity of End Search. NO OTHER MD MANUFACTURER IN THE WORLD includes it. All other non-portable Sony MD recorders eschew it. Hey, there are other easy ways to override unwanted recordings. If someone could at least EXPLAIN what compelled you, Sony, to add this "non-feature", I'd at least TRY to understand. What the heck, forget the explanation. Let's just dump it, shall we? Thank you. And keep up the otherwise great work. Gary

Posted by kelvin on 5/20/2000, 2:17 am
24.108.29.35

Well, the end search button has it's pros and cons. From the arguments I think the best way is to have it as a option that can be turned on or off from the menu. And as for the extra button it could double as the stop button. So must press stop once to stop the unit from playing then press stop again to do end search. If the option is off then just record with out doing the stop button thing. This gives people the flexibility of the end search (or not). kelvin

Posted by Mohit Goyal on 5/20/2000, 2:26 am
206.170.32.197

Please remove manual end search

Posted by Pete on 5/20/2000, 3:00 am
216.13.198.108

I thought Sony has the smartest people. I know now I'm wrong !!...... I don't really see the point of end search!!! I lost my important lecture just coz of that stupid END SEARCH button !! I have to retake the course all over again!!

Posted by Simon Wilson on 5/20/2000, 3:27 am
148.176.238.34

I do prefer the Sony MiniDisc models to others, which is why I've returned to Sony after using Aiwa models. I do however detest having to press "end search" before recording, especially after using a unit that moves to the blank space on the disc automatically. With non-linear recording, why bother with end search? It makes me think that you're trying too hard to make MiniDisc "feel" like cassette by having to wind to the end before you can record.

Posted by Irving Liaw on 5/20/2000, 4:35 am
128.40.211.49

I've been a Sony supporter for ages and this must be the most redundant function they've put in. Further to this, the inability to charge the set during play back puts us behind them Sharp sets. Else we're suppose to be the Superior ones!! So pls do justice to a Sony!! It's a Sony... FOREVER!!

Posted by Paul Kristoff on 5/20/2000, 4:45 am
203.12.221.210

PLEASE!!!

Posted by Reuel Lubag on 5/20/2000, 4:49 am
165.121.35.39

The end search function should not exist. Your main competitor Sharp, doesn't require this feature because they automatically start recording after all previous material. I am considering making my next purchases Sharp products for this very reason.

Posted by Yves on 5/20/2000, 5:14 am
194.149.167.181

Nothing else !

Posted by Nick Day on 5/20/2000, 5:39 am
213.48.110.138

The End Search requirement is my main reason for not buying Sony MD recorders; it makes it too easy to lose existing recordings.

Posted by Ugelstad, Per on 5/20/2000, 5:53 am
193.217.215.2

I`m a heavy duty user of Sony equiment, both proffessional and consumertype MD recorders. After 3 years use , my only serious complain is the end searh button of the MZ-R 30.

Posted by David Ampaw on 5/20/2000, 6:01 am
195.44.206.164

End search is absolutely useless and has caused much grief in my MiniDisc use. When is the Sony MR100 (or whatever) coming out? Since until then, me and many others will continue to buy Sharp/Aiwa etc because of this annoying little function. Please listen up Sony!!

Posted by Philip De Jonghe on 5/20/2000, 6:08 am
212.65.56.42

Another thing to keep in mind when making recordings while the logic is there to do it for us. The End Search button can go.

Posted by Olaf B�decker on 5/20/2000, 6:11 am
149.225.36.132

When I had to decide between the Sharp 831 and the Sony MZ-R 90, I opted in favour of the Sharp just because it doesn't have the useless end search button. As I usually buy the latest model every year or so, you should get rid of end search in case you want me to buy the next generation Sony porti recorder, which I would love to do.

Posted by Desmond Ng on 5/20/2000, 6:56 am
203.117.188.5

I had lost some of my precious songs after i forgot to press the end search before recording!!

Posted by ted ching on 5/20/2000, 7:05 am
24.24.238.42

sharp doesn't use end search.. and its MUCH better. get with the program sony

Posted by Ferry Heibrink on 5/20/2000, 7:20 am
213.171.131.169

The end search button destoyed one of my favourite songs because when I grabbed my MD PORTABLE out of my pocket the record slider activated a recording over my favourite 1st track of my MD. It was a number I recorded in Germany and now the 1st 10 seconds are gone. QUIT END $EARCH !!

Posted by Will Smith on 5/20/2000, 7:22 am
194.83.240.40

A very annoying feature, often hit it when the player (mzr-90) is in my pocket. Then I have to start from the beginning again....

Posted by Ferry Heibrink on 5/20/2000, 7:22 am , in reply to "Lost Recordings"
213.171.131.169

ME TOO !

Posted by ALY ABUBACAR on 5/20/2000, 7:32 am
196.3.96.74

I THINK THAT THE END SEARCH KEY IS USELESS, NOT PRACTICAL AND INCOVENIENT AND WHY ONLY SONY MD RECORDERS HAVE IT. PLEASE MAKE US CONTINUE LOVING SONY PORTABLES. THANKS!

Posted by Niklas Johansson on 5/20/2000, 8:22 am
212.151.142.159

As stated in a previous message, the end search is a reason not to buy a Sony MD-Portable.

Posted by Blas on 5/20/2000, 8:42 am
62.82.250.10

El boton de END SEARCH es un anacronismo en una m�quina tan avanzada como el MZ-R55

Posted by Jay Kirk on 5/20/2000, 8:50 am
151.203.19.8

Endsearch: Lose it Headphone Volume: Improve it. Display Backlight: Add it. and while I have your attention Make MD audio and MD data compatable so we can store and play MP3/etc. right from our future MZR-xx Md units. A portable MD drive that decodes MP3 ( or other formats) but will also work as a normal ATRAC MD recorder/player and you could use it to back up files or act as a super floppy.

Posted by Andy on 5/20/2000, 9:13 am , in reply to "Keep END SEARCH!"
195.28.165.18

I agree.

Posted by Bjoern on 5/20/2000, 9:26 am
62.224.61.10

You�re right, the End Search Button should be replaced by an Auto End Search. I�ve lost enough important recordings because of that button. -Bjoern Starke

Posted by Edward Foster on 5/20/2000, 10:02 am
169.132.70.41

Love Sony, but ahd to buy an Aiwa instead. Sony, you are killing your own market. please reconcider this option. Thanks

Posted by Tao Pan on 5/20/2000, 10:22 am
207.86.135.20

The "End Search" is a really unecessary "feature" for the portable. No Sony decks or other brand portables have this feature. It is not just useless but causes the loss of precious recording in many cases. I almost my recording once and the other time I was able to recover the loss by removing the battering thus avoiding TOC update. Since then I seldom use SONY portables for recording. Getting rid of the End Search will win back a lot MD users, both old and new. Keeping this "feature" will lose more SONY users.

Posted by Jong-Won, Kim on 5/20/2000, 10:26 am
210.183.28.42

I had ruined many recordings because of end search :-( ........................ Let's get rid of damn End Search! (..Now I'm using a sharp-mdr)

Posted by Jae-Kyum Kim. on 5/20/2000, 10:37 am
211.37.148.102

Just, I wonder why SONY made such a function. (Maybe I'm a sony freak?-_-

Posted by J Zorro on 5/20/2000, 10:53 am
138.89.33.59

I think the end search function is good if you want to start recording not at the end of the MD, but at a spot you choose.

Posted by Someone from Korea on 5/20/2000, 10:53 am , in reply to "[It's font KOREA] I'm not want end search."
210.112.182.33

Posted by Yi-young, Chang on 5/20/2000, 10:54 am
210.112.182.33

This is the one important thing that makes SONY's recording interface really annoying. All the other companies' Minidisc recorders are even more functional and easier than SONY's. You really should get rid of that END SEARCH...

Posted by Robin Rushton on 5/20/2000, 11:38 am
195.92.194.19

An ergonomic and unnecessary nuisance

Posted by End Search on 5/20/2000, 11:46 am
207.155.177.251

i hate myself

Posted by Ian P.Heitmans on 5/20/2000, 11:47 am
213.46.29.106

As a singer of a dutch electronic pop band we make recordings on MD often. On several occasions I lost recordings of previous nights by forgetting to select end search first.

Posted by Mikey Milker on 5/20/2000, 12:29 pm
207.228.6.141

Sony portables are usually my favorite, yet the idea of your 'End Search' function just drives me crazy. I've never had so much trouble recording or destroying music because of one "feature," please remove it from future models!

Posted by Oh youn Ha on 5/20/2000, 12:30 pm
210.115.32.103

i do not english.. just a little bit.. Because i'm korean.(sorry poor my english) i agree .. End search button remove... r u ok? bye bye~

Posted by @l@n Li on 5/20/2000, 12:37 pm
212.49.237.128

Although I have got used to it and press it everytime now, it has in teh past erased some music I wanted. But if there was no End Search life would be so much easier

Posted by Carl on 5/20/2000, 12:42 pm , in reply to "yes please....."
24.4.254.107

I like the end search button : ) But remove it anyway :D

Posted by Sky on 5/20/2000, 12:47 pm
24.113.99.14

My MD walkman will be very helpful if the end search botten is automatic and not manual,because sometimes people forget to press the end search key(which alot of people had done many times before).That makes the MD recording so much easiler for people like me haha..........

Posted by Max Waterman on 5/20/2000, 1:06 pm
204.94.209.1

Please remove it.

Posted by lee ki-won on 5/20/2000, 1:31 pm
210.183.28.102

no end search

Posted by Justin Quon on 5/20/2000, 1:36 pm
24.14.150.223

The function has got to go...there's been too many times that I've forgotten to push it...there's times that I get sick of having to push it. If there is one thing that I truly like better on the sharp MD recorders (i've had a sharp 702, 722), it's that they start recording where the last track had ended..automatically. Sony, I love your recorders too (i have an r50, and an r91), but the END of "end search" must be here. thanks, Justin Quon

Posted by Michael Goolsby on 5/20/2000, 2:15 pm
209.246.181.218

I've always hated END SEARCH. Why does it exist?

Posted by Erik Andrews on 5/20/2000, 2:42 pm
24.31.131.82

All the end search button does is complicate things, and the best thing about MD is its simplicity! Please Sony, get rid of it or i will buy Aiwa or sharp!

Posted by Martijn Morrien on 5/20/2000, 2:50 pm
194.109.6.96

4 Years ago ok... but still using the manual end search... OH MY G** and why arent there the same editing capabilities? Like searching frame by frame before dividing!!???!!! Martijn

Posted by James on 5/20/2000, 2:53 pm
130.65.218.45

It's useless and dumb!

Posted by Cong Ying Huang on 5/20/2000, 2:56 pm
63.17.183.207

please drop the end search and supplis the lion battery. It is the main reason for me to choose Sharp.

Posted by G-SHOCK on 5/20/2000, 3:00 pm
194.190.240.148

I hate this funcnion!Sometimes I forget to push IT and delete my old music!!!Nobody (Sharp,Panasonic e.t.c.) uses this function,but SONY use:-(((

Posted by John Jairo Corrales on 5/20/2000, 3:08 pm
216.226.230.58

Additional to the general asking, in my particular case (I hope it�ll be the same in other people) for editing music or portable equipment, it�ll be usefull to add the REHEARSAL fuction while in DIVIDE mode. Thanks for your attention.

Posted by Russ Goerend on 5/20/2000, 3:16 pm
216.145.135.51

I own a bookshelf Sony Recorder and a portable. I love my bookshelf. and my portable is great. But the endsearch is just annoying.

Posted by Robert Thomas on 5/20/2000, 4:14 pm
63.27.144.90

It's the primary reason I'm going back to Sharp--that and the lack of ability to adjust recording volume during recording

Posted by Andy Taylor on 5/20/2000, 4:35 pm
158.152.12.48

Why do you have to press the End Search button before recording a new track on a portable MiniDisc But not on any other type of recorder (full-size, midi etc.)? None of the other manufacturers have it, so why Sony?

Posted by Bryan Ferranti on 5/20/2000, 4:36 pm
24.189.199.40

GET RID OF IT!! PUT ON AN AUTOMATIC ONE

Posted by Jeffrey Lan on 5/20/2000, 4:42 pm
172.139.70.106

i bought a sony MD walkman in 1998 (an MZ-R50, which has since been replaced by an MZ-R70 since it broke) due to Sony ATRAC's better codec. i was, however, tempted to buy a sharp portable because of its features, such as slot-in loading, on-the-fly manual recording levels, and automatic end search. although i am quite happy with my R70's sound quality (i fooled several audiophiles into thinking they were listening to a CD) and small size (i.e. my MP3-player owning friends are jealous of its size!, I still wish for some more convenient features. thank you for taking this into consideration.

Posted by Sebastiao R. Lima on 5/20/2000, 4:45 pm
200.210.170.179

Quit it!

Posted by Nate on 5/20/2000, 4:47 pm
208.28.58.248

END THE END SEARCH

Posted by Adam Ma on 5/20/2000, 4:55 pm
63.22.187.130

No more please!

Posted by Alan Bradburne on 5/20/2000, 5:14 pm
216.254.78.209

I've never understood why my (numerous) Sony recorders have done this. Please make it automatic!

Posted by mark stringr on 5/20/2000, 5:43 pm
207.198.223.69

i don't use sony and end search is one the reasons.

Posted by Thierry J. Braham on 5/20/2000, 5:47 pm
209.86.138.189

I was an early adopter of MD, purchasing my first recorder (MZ-1) in early 1993. I bought it the minute it was available in the NYC area. The also have a MZ-R30 recorder, and I agree lose the end search button. It is useless and adds to customer confusion. I have only bought Sony MD players/recorders to this point (7 in all), and have recommended to others. Silly functions like this do not encourage me to continue recommending Sony, especially when there are many more equally competent equipment on the market these days.

Posted by Timothy Stockman on 5/20/2000, 6:08 pm
208.177.112.180

I am a devoted Sony MD user. I have a MDS-JE520, MDS-PC2, MZ-EP11, MZ-R70 and 3 MDX65 changers. The "end search" mis-feature was the major reason I considered a JVC before buying the MZ-R70. If not for "end search", purchasing the MZ-R70 would have been a no-brainer.

Posted by Andrew Abernathy on 5/20/2000, 6:12 pm
198.151.161.90

(and please change the petition to allow empty subject and message - I don't have anything to add, I just want to sign the thing.)

Posted by Jerry Chan on 5/20/2000, 6:46 pm
204.32.146.11

I have a have a Sony Portable MD recorder for about 3 months now and I have already lost 4 recordings due to forgetting to put the "End Search" Button. Sony, please remove this extra step to help MD users over the world Thank You

Posted by Kingsley Smith on 5/20/2000, 6:48 pm
62.252.38.165

This silly feature makes people buy sharp,aiwa, panasonic etc... Rather than SONY Sony are the best apart from the "End Search" button. Kingsley Smith www.superfi.com

Posted by Kevin Lec on 5/20/2000, 6:52 pm
129.21.146.8

I think that End Search is a generally out of place function to most people. However, it does serve a purpose, contrary to what some may believe. Those of us who may use our minidisc recorder/players as mixers, record certain material into tracks or insert them into a song. For general minidisc recording, however, End Search only proves to be a hassle. I strongly recommend that Sony Designers make it so that End Search is an option -- not a mandatory button that one must manually push in order to start recording. I feel that it would help minidisc enthusiasts everywhere and I can almost guarantee that sales WILL go up. Thank you.

Posted by Wan-hao Wang on 5/20/2000, 7:07 pm
152.167.140.61

I bought an AIWA AMF70 because I could not stand The Button.

Posted by Octavio N. Vicco on 5/20/2000, 7:39 pm
24.232.1.220

Instead of it (the end search), should try new functions, making these new options another reason why people would be willing to buy your products, stay away from the competition!

Posted by Mathieu Archambault on 5/20/2000, 7:43 pm
132.203.190.111

I feel pushing this button each time I record on my MZ-R90 is useless and pointless. If I have to push this button every time systematicaly then it is logic to put an auto end search fuction and therefore maybe save a lot of precious audio material. Thanks

Posted by Rod Verette on 5/20/2000, 7:56 pm
206.173.201.15

I can only strive to reiterate other's feelings regarding this issue. Abolish the end search button and immediately offer a menu item allowing the bypass of an automatic eand search. Thank you. Rod

Posted by Doug Mandell on 5/20/2000, 8:13 pm
216.36.51.138

I will gladly sign this petition because end-search serves no useful purpose on the MD medium. For the above stated reasons, end search is a problem for me, and has me looking at a Sharp for my next recorder. Thanks, Doug Mandell

Posted by Oliver Farrens on 5/20/2000, 10:27 pm
209.19.139.2

.......I don't see why the end search have to be included on a portable, why???

Posted by Reg Smith on 5/20/2000, 10:47 pm
207.42.201.149

Dear SONY (to whom it may concern): I have been a loyal Sony user for over 40 years, and an enlightened MiniDisc fan and daily MD user since December 16th, 1992. Along with my many fellow MD users on this petition, I respectfully recommend that SONY delete the END SEARCH button from all portable MD recorders, and replace that function with an automatic end search. The clumsy end search button is the only reason I bought my most recent machine from a competitor - Sharp - who have the good sense to do this a better way - assuming that users do not want to overwrite music they already have recorded to the disc. Sincerely, Reg Smith (supporting MD format in the Fall/Winter 1999 SONY STYLE MAGAZINE, p.33)

Posted by Renard DellaFave on 5/21/2000, 12:42 am
209.214.162.145

I have been using MD equipment for over 2 years now, having bought 7 slots worth of gear (6 from Sony including 4 portables and 3 portable recorders), use it extensively, and am technically savvy (incl. a BSEE). I still forget to use End Search all the time, and almost always LOSE MUSIC because of it, generally the first few seconds of whatever disc I want to add new tracks to the end of. The feature makes no sense. MD is not cassette, isn't linear, and the idea of defaulting to overwriting existing material is simply a poor interface design decision, as all other mfgrs and the Sony MD deck division seem to have realized, if the idea of a useless, dangerous, and completely un-intuitive "end search" function ever occured to them at all.

Posted by sony fan on 5/21/2000, 12:58 am
205.252.144.24

Sony portable MD recorders are very good already ,just get rid of damn end search. It has killed so many of my discs before and it is totally useless.

Posted by Jim Garbern on 5/21/2000, 1:01 am
24.163.232.222

And while you're at it, please add a recording volume control to the remote.

Posted by Warren Bowman on 5/21/2000, 1:07 am
24.24.129.236

Please remove end search

Posted by Native Speaker of English on 5/21/2000, 1:34 am , in reply to "Re: Not in English? Then why write?"
207.75.176.243

I know English (am U.S. born) but SHARK doesn't. However, he has the right to vote in his own language. The Internet is for everyone. English must not be a requirement for participation. All languages of the world deserve respect, even though for practical reasons English is more useful right now. Use the Korean language and be comfortable with it, proud even. I guess we need more automated universal translation programs. Let Sony hire someone who knows Korean to translate this message.

Posted by ho seok Lee on 5/21/2000, 1:55 am
210.94.6.93

please

Posted by Dave on 5/21/2000, 2:06 am
209.179.233.136

just kidding. please no mo' button.

Posted by Mac Dekker on 5/21/2000, 3:38 am
193.172.127.86

Please remove this illogica feature from what otherwise is a excellent product range

Posted by Mats Wallis on 5/21/2000, 4:03 am
213.212.48.31

Please!

Posted by Shan on 5/21/2000, 4:15 am
161.142.2.11

Dear Sony, Although i don't own any sony portable recorder, I sincerely request you to drop the end search. It it totally agonizing sony users. So, please react something..Sony..!

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24.113.109.14

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Posted by B�la V�gh on 5/21/2000, 4:39 am
213.200.152.48

By manually setting the place of the start of a recording, I feel more control over the whole process. I like this function, it would bother me more if the machine makes this decision on my behalf. I've never used other than my 2-week-old MZR90, but if you cannot learn how to use it......., you shouldn't buy a Sony.

Posted by Christoph Berger on 5/21/2000, 5:51 am
62.2.67.46

Adds a useless step when recording

Posted by Kingsley Smith on 5/21/2000, 6:05 am , in reply to "I like end-search"
62.252.40.173

I can see it's uses, but there should be a auto setting in the menu, as well as keeping the "E-S" button. A contiuous recording setting would be more useful for reporters, interviews etc..

Posted by Shane Lord on 5/21/2000, 6:13 am
203.54.218.137

I don't want you to remove the end-search button as it can be useful, but please make the units default to recording at the end of the last track!

Posted by Russell Macdonald on 5/21/2000, 6:41 am
194.222.114.238

This is a pain, please remove

Posted by kim moohyun on 5/21/2000, 7:42 am
210.112.1.14

End search - oh! no..

Posted by Dominik Zumstein on 5/21/2000, 7:58 am
195.24.82.194

it is not userfriendly and not necessary in point of a technichel view

Posted by Bob Wall on 5/21/2000, 8:00 am
199.201.184.213

Hopefully it's outta there.

Posted by Thomas Rasmussen on 5/21/2000, 8:42 am
212.54.80.210

Indeed.

Posted by Richard M. Zabriskie on 5/21/2000, 10:01 am
24.188.170.7

I Love "SONY"... I have Every Sony MD-Walkman Recoder Ever Made & In Every Color... Also A Lot of Players and Other Sony Items as DAT's DVD's Music Clip, Memory Stick Walkmans... Just Everything Sony makes... Sony is the Best. And MD is the Best... Please Make the End Search "Auto" Thank You... Richard M. Zabriskie

Posted by Hong-Nam Kim on 5/21/2000, 11:39 am
210.183.28.102

end search... D.I.E Hahaha..-.-

Posted by William Taylor on 5/21/2000, 11:39 am
144.132.9.198

Manual end search in conjunction with a fault in my MZR3 where it is liable to reset at any time a t random, means that I have to be increadibly careful to end search before recording. I've already lost stuff because of this. Record from pause should record from current position whereas record from stop should default to end of disk. Another thing I find extreemly annoying about my Sony portable is its refusal to remember the state of auto/manual record level setting and the setting of the level itself. Also mono/sterio. These have to be re configured each and every time I go to press record. It's really bad logic and makes me recall fondly the switches and pots concept we all loved in cassette recorders. Cheers: Will

Posted by Bill Sturrock on 5/21/2000, 12:47 pm
24.69.48.14

Ergonomics...ergonomics...ergonomics. QED.

Posted by tommi on 5/21/2000, 1:15 pm
195.148.170.79

automate end search

Posted by Heinz on 5/21/2000, 1:17 pm
172.135.219.224

i'm a drummer. when i want to record a session for example and i forget to press end search (that had happened sometimes before) i overwrite songs i never can get twice!!!!!!!!! Please remove this button and add automatical end search!! Many many thanks!!

Posted by Petru on 5/21/2000, 1:46 pm
193.231.222.126

This is an unusefull, and time consuming thing... I use md to record lectures, and if i had a sony portable i would have surely erased some of my things - by forgetting to press the STUPID end search button.

Posted by Patrick Reiner on 5/21/2000, 2:35 pm
62.96.161.110

I agree to the removement of end search P.R

Posted by Magnus Johansson on 5/21/2000, 3:00 pm
195.252.42.100

Auto "End search" please

Posted by Brendan McNulty on 5/21/2000, 3:25 pm
216.78.102.150

My first MD player is a MZ-R70, and it took me a long time to figure the thing out with "End Search". I never do RTFM....

Posted by Mikhail Perfilov on 5/21/2000, 4:01 pm
195.34.28.56

Please, remove End Search key !!! It will keep me away from accidental erase of my music. Mikhail Perfilov, Moscow, Russia

Posted by Ofer J. Fuchs on 5/21/2000, 5:03 pm
63.212.151.247

I would like to add my name to list of people sening in this petition requesting Sony Corporation to get rid of the annoying manual "End Search" button on all portable minidisc recorders.

Posted by Billy Hetherington on 5/21/2000, 5:39 pm
142.177.102.112

im not THAT bothered by the end search; however, in light of the testimonies of others and in light of other equipment which doesnt contain this feature , it does seem illogical for it to be in place.

Posted by Zachary Norman on 5/21/2000, 6:11 pm
63.225.152.76

It's a feature that can be improved.

Posted by Jim Morgan on 5/21/2000, 6:49 pm
24.25.23.204

I've never lost any recordings, but I must hit End Search like 4 times before actually recording on a disc that already has something on it. Think about how the average consumer would react to this...one mistake and they would say 'That really sucks'. The only reason why this feature was not canned long ago is because the average MD user is a tekky, and as such is willing to overlook even horrible features like this to get the other good stuff on the unit. I think the time has come for Sony to allow user settings that are saved in a CMOS-like way for whether the user would like to use End Search, or to have the recorder behave the way every other one on the planet does (including Sony home decks!). While I'm at it, could we also store an option for the default display? Why in the world would anyone want to see the track time count UP instead of DOWN??

Posted by Lars Hoyer on 5/21/2000, 6:57 pm
195.252.133.21

starmarket rules..

Posted by Jeff Hegedus on 5/21/2000, 7:23 pm
207.105.246.1

It's strange that Sony, a company known for its user interfaces, could miss the boat by such a wide margin with its stupid manual "End Search" requirement.

Posted by Kelvin Wong on 5/21/2000, 7:28 pm
192.216.87.100

you don't know how much stuff I have lost doing this...totally agree.

Posted by Ivan Gepner on 5/21/2000, 7:52 pm
204.152.149.235

I agree with the text of this petition - having lost recordings because I neglected to hit end search before recording - I would like this function to be automated in the next model.

Posted by Bede Lee on 5/21/2000, 8:18 pm
130.194.11.179

NT

Posted by Adam C. Lawrence on 5/21/2000, 8:30 pm
63.17.228.15

Lose it, it's unnecessary in your otherwise-fine products!

Posted by Alexander Cohen on 5/21/2000, 8:31 pm
216.116.230.131

I've lost many hours re-recording mixes because I forgot to hit the End Insanity Button and overwrote the middle of a song...

Posted by Adam Fox on 5/21/2000, 8:49 pm
24.12.52.25

I borrowed my friend's r55 to record some live songs at a local concert right after my recording from a Bosstones concert that i had gotten earlier (I'm a big fan of them) and, being unfamiliar with sony's, forgot to press end search, losing something irreplaceable.

Posted by Alex Anton on 5/21/2000, 9:35 pm
32.100.244.25

Please drop the end search and I'll reconsider again buying Sony portables.

Posted by hyo-jun, Park on 5/21/2000, 10:45 pm , in reply to "Keep END SEARCH!"
210.183.28.98

Posted by Brad "MD" Kaufman, MD on 5/21/2000, 10:49 pm
207.172.196.111

While in my old age I forget to hit the "end search" button less and less often, I have ruined several priceless live recordings when trying to add on a new recording to a previously-used live minidisc recordings. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remove the "end search" function from the portable minidisc recorders! I hope to continue to be a loyal Sony (Sony-only) minidisc recording fan for many years. I have the MZ-R3, the MZ-R30, and 2 MZ-r50's - I gave one to my daughter and got her hooked on MD. LONG LIVE MINIDISC! Brad Kaufman, MD

Posted by Adam prestin on 5/21/2000, 11:06 pm
24.188.64.45

never used a sony MD unit, and this is a big reason why.

Posted by Christoph Donges on 5/22/2000, 12:11 am
203.37.140.16

Why not?

Posted by Andrey Stepin on 5/22/2000, 12:37 am
195.151.162.1

subj!

Posted by B Blomberg on 5/22/2000, 1:05 am
212.181.190.66

I might consider buying a portable Sony again!

Posted by The Producer on 5/22/2000, 1:16 am , in reply to "I like end-search"
212.181.190.66

It's YOU who should learn to use, the recorder... You can easy delete any track and move your recordings, so you would NEVER need the "end search" funktion - except if you want to show off, that you never forget anything, so it never will give YOU any trouble...

Posted by Aaron on 5/22/2000, 1:28 am
216.122.128.33

It's really really annoying and it causes me to screw up a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST CUT IT OUT... you also should make it so that the battery can charge while you're recording.

Posted by The producer on 5/22/2000, 1:30 am , in reply to "Keep END SEARCH!"
212.181.190.66

WRONG - It's even more simple, to just delete the "crap" you don't want (the very few time you want to overwrite) and DON'T have to press "end search" EVERY other time!!! So it's never more convinient...

Posted by The producer on 5/22/2000, 1:37 am , in reply to "MANUAL END SEARCH "
212.181.190.66

Okay, we are maybe idiots - but "end search" is just silly, with no advantage... And is you smart, if you want to press a useless button??

Posted by simon beaudoux on 5/22/2000, 2:29 am
195.36.160.60

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Posted by Madhav Purnaiya on 5/22/2000, 3:06 am
202.142.64.25

MD offerers a great deal of features and convenience but the end search feature of Sony MD recorders takes out the fun of recording MD's. why not have an option to disable this feature??

Posted by david on 5/22/2000, 3:36 am
195.15.1.50

yes remove this option automat is better

Posted by Bernie Stocks on 5/22/2000, 4:03 am
193.61.159.18

has to go

Posted by Leigh Rankin on 5/22/2000, 5:02 am
194.128.37.161

Please remove this function !

Posted by Niels Pijck on 5/22/2000, 5:57 am
195.121.6.105

I feel very confident when I have an end search button. I like it. It makes me feel in charge of the whole recording opperation. I never lost a recording because of that button. You people should be more self-sufficient! Just learn to use it... and stop the nagging. The Sony devices are the best in the world, so be happy with that damn button!

Posted by Phil Gartman on 5/22/2000, 6:03 am
216.114.57.26

Please stop the insanity! There's no reason to keep including an "end search" button when nobody wants it and almost everyone is totally opposed to it. Thank you for your time and cooperation. Phil Gartman

Posted by John Rolt on 5/22/2000, 7:42 am
194.201.24.170

I do lots of live recordings and like so many others, I recently lost some unrecoverable music because of this function. Please get rid of it! Thanks.. John R

Posted by Paul Hardy on 5/22/2000, 7:47 am
195.11.50.209

Please get rid of this feature - I've lost irreplaceable recordings severals times thanks to this!!

Posted by jean-yves pourchet on 5/22/2000, 8:06 am
194.254.204.114

sony minidisc deck have got automatic end search so why not portable

Posted by Steven M. Geisler on 5/22/2000, 8:22 am
151.201.73.2

The end search button operates contrary to all other MD equipment. Please remove it on future models. Thanks, Steve

Posted by David Sowa on 5/22/2000, 10:02 am
204.241.88.179

The "end search" button caused me to choose a Sharp product when I would have rather had a Sony product.

Posted by John Watson on 5/22/2000, 10:04 am
195.102.200.135

It is not consistant to have auto end search on home decks and manual on portables, it leads to a lotof confusion and lost data.

Posted by Tom Stadler on 5/22/2000, 10:18 am
206.11.226.195

Have learned to many hard lessons with this "Feature" IE. lost recordings and time loss to repair.

Posted by John Pavlica on 5/22/2000, 10:23 am
63.162.18.202

While testing a new microphone on the MiniDisc, I wiped-out two existing tracks. Please have a default "auto end search upon record" feature, with a menu option to override for those who desire. Thank you

Posted by Ed Heckman on 5/22/2000, 10:26 am , in reply to "End Search Rules"
208.3.223.185

Are you human? Or are you a robot? If you're human then you should know that you make mistakes! There is no such thing as a perfect human. Our tools should be designed with that FACT in mind! What happens WHEN you make a mistake on a recorder with automatic end search? Not much. What happens WHEN you make a mistake on a Sony recorder? A lost or damaged recording that you cannot recover! Count on in. Someday you WILL forget to push end search and you'll lose something. Or someone will open your recorder to look at the disc and you won't know that they did. (It happened to me.)

Posted by Ivan Martin on 5/22/2000, 10:32 am
200.38.208.215

I used to have an MZ R50 minidisc recorder, i loved everithing of it except the end search function, the one caused me to loose recorded material many times cause when in a hurry forgot to press the button in live recordings. I was so disapponited about it that i sold the unit an bought a Sharp 722 that doesn't have that problematic. But i miss the Sony R50 build quality so i wish that newer Sony units get ride of that button.

Posted by Robert Shelburne on 5/22/2000, 10:35 am
166.96.254.4

The end search feature is bad technology, period.

Posted by Mike Mormanis on 5/22/2000, 11:03 am
206.216.176.2

This "feature" makes no sense!

Posted by M. Comley on 5/22/2000, 11:17 am
132.185.132.12

Minidisc is an amazing format, cheap and easy to use EXCEPT you have to remember to End Search. To aid all those people who are not technos, and want an easy and quick audio recording medium: ENABLE AUTOMATIC END SEARCH AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Posted by Philip Hanna on 5/22/2000, 11:42 am
130.108.12.52

You really need to fix this glaring error! The competition has...

Posted by Kent Teffeteller on 5/22/2000, 11:51 am
216.80.212.35

Sony needs to have Auto end search on all new MD portable machines. Also, how about a manual-Auto level switch. I also would love the ability to adjust level while recording. I love the machines as they are but these little improvements would put Sony so far in front that no one would come close. Thanks for letting me give my .2 worth. Kent Teffeteller "Devoted Sony MD fan"

Posted by Dale Greer on 5/22/2000, 11:57 am
158.252.20.126

Because of the moronic "end search" mis-feature, I recorded over an irreplacable concert. This button is completely counter-intuitive for disc-based recording and downright dangerous.

Posted by Rand Phillips on 5/22/2000, 12:07 pm
128.174.158.196

Please consider dropping the End Search button/function from your line of MD products. This particular button and function are a glaring mar on your otherwise fine MD machines. A concerned MD enthusiast, Rand

Posted by Cameron Dixon on 5/22/2000, 1:23 pm
205.227.148.7

End search has caused me more pain than anything else. The minute a sony model comes out w/o end search i will buy it.

Posted by Keith Bauer on 5/22/2000, 1:26 pm
152.160.58.138

End Search is for Cassette or DAT tapes! I refuse to buy a portable with a End Search button. So that keeps me from buying Sony MD portables. When I want to record on either my Sharp or JVC all I do it hit record then play. Why can't Sony be that convient?

Posted by Andy Knitt on 5/22/2000, 1:35 pm
216.56.56.53

Making End Search automatic would save a lot of headaches!

Posted by Manel Fernandez on 5/22/2000, 1:52 pm
212.7.33.5

There are a number of instances in which the record slider has accidentally been hit, starting a new recording over older material, erasing valuable material. If there was no END SEARCH button, then this would not be a worry, but the button (or the need for it) really serves no useful purpose. At least you shoul be able to activate or desactivate it, depending if you find it useful or not. Tell me why it's useful and maybe I won' desactivate it but I think there's no answer to that...

Posted by Owen Williams on 5/22/2000, 2:04 pm
24.218.127.25

When I was choosing between a Sharp 702 and a Sony R50, I read several web pages on why one was better than the other. Finally, I found out about the end search button and decided to buy the Sharp. This is a useless feature that makes what should be an easy process difficult. Sorry Sony, but you lost this customer because of End Search.

Posted by James Torsen on 5/22/2000, 2:09 pm
137.229.4.99

I've lost the first part of a recording that I can never get back, all because of not hitting the "End Search" button.

Posted by GENNARO PUORTO on 5/22/2000, 3:41 pm
212.141.82.204

end search is not a function that I expect from Sony

Posted by Richard Reid on 5/22/2000, 4:22 pm
198.110.83.111

Why the difference in function between decks, none of which have end search, and portables? Let end search be gone.

Posted by Roger Williams on 5/22/2000, 4:31 pm
12.78.198.112

I believe the subject says it all. I like my portable Sony MD recorder, but I've actually ruined some live recordings thanks to the end search button. Here's hoping your future designs don't incorporate it.

Posted by Donavon Lerman on 5/22/2000, 7:17 pm
162.119.232.100

I was really looking forward to buying a Sony MD portable to have live recording of my Music Ensemble. The date and time stamp seemed like a God-Send for helping to keep track of performances, the ability to connect to other Sony devices was another big plus. But the chance that I may lose part of a recording because I did not press (or forgot to press) an end search button was the main reason that I decided to buy a competing brand. I will be buying another portable MD within the next 6 months if the end-search is dropped then there is a good chance that my next MD will be a Sony.

Posted by Jacob Alifrangis on 5/22/2000, 8:01 pm
209.0.190.176

I too really wish this 'feature' would go away.

Posted by Sleepy T on 5/22/2000, 8:21 pm
203.36.248.12

Get rid of manual end-search on portables....and get rid track mark button on remote and replace it with "megabass" instead. Arigatou!

Posted by fabian montano on 5/22/2000, 10:22 pm
209.246.68.61

in a rush on my way to work I record minidiscs on the run. sometimes i forget to hit end search and erase my tracks

Posted by Scott Cabler on 5/23/2000, 12:11 am
24.10.31.198

I have to agree with the rest of the MD comunity. I don't have it on my portable recorder, but I have heard some things about it.

Posted by I KATZ on 5/23/2000, 12:31 am
64.38.13.228

I bought my MiniDisc recorder so I could make high quality records of my live performances. In other words, performances that cannot be repeated exactly. I don't usually play full concerts, just individual pieces here and there. Because of the manual end search fiasco I've lost several recordings that can never be replaced. So it doesn't make sense to use a new disc to record just 5 minutes then set it aside. Yet this is exactly what I need to do to make sure I don't lose a recording.

Posted by Tim Sun on 5/23/2000, 12:57 am
205.188.199.199

I can't tell you how many times I (and just about anyone I lend my recorder to) have accidently recorded over existing tracks on an MD....please.....end the madness!

Posted by Ingemar Lindqvist on 5/23/2000, 2:39 am
195.198.12.4

Why do Sony have automatic end search on the decks but manual end search on the portables?

Posted by Graham Baker on 5/23/2000, 3:46 am
203.164.2.76

Dear Mr Sony, Your end search button is the most illogical design I have ever come across - even your home decks seem to work OK without it!!! I have lost irreplacable recordings because of this 'miss-feature' and since my MZ-R2 died prematurly I have bought a SHARP '701 (still works fine after 4 yrs) and will never buy another Sony portable, even if it doesn't have end search... GB

Posted by Nicolas Stizza on 5/23/2000, 5:18 am
63.11.142.9

You will probably have to pry my MZ-r50 from my cold dead hands but......... having used sharps and JVC I do see that sony got some things wrong. First there should be an easy way to allow for automatic 3,5,9,11 track marks like on sharp portables..... I think the FWD>> button on my sony will (is?) soon fail because of all the use it has seen.... You gave us AUTO levels with digital copying and yet no automatic track marking ???? Second- Changing somthing just for the sake of changing isn't always the best course of action. Case in point -- The "thumb wheel" Was a stroke of engineering brilliance. Simple, elegant, FUNCTIONAL! That was something you always had over the competition. What happended to it? Was there a high likelihood of future mechanical breakdown? THIRD and last!!!! I can't tell you how many precious one of a kind recodings life I have snuffed out because of that damn END SEARCH feature.. Isn't it a logical assumption I would like to record at a new area? OK how about a compromise? You can keep end search but only if it is accessable by jimmying connectors 2 and 4 in the remote lead with a .15 capacitor into SERVICE MODE.... yeah that's where you should put it.... I am giving $$$$$$$$$$ of free advice .... Do you know how much companies pay for this kind of info? I only ask for a nominal 48% cut of gross profits !!! (or a free PSX2) Nick

Posted by Ken Nguyen on 5/23/2000, 5:50 am
203.20.76.7

That's right! I have lost many valuable lecture notes when Ive rushed into class and quickly pressed the recording button, only to find out that Ive recorded over the last lecture! Please remeove it, its soooooo anoying!

Posted by Rudy on 5/23/2000, 6:05 am
193.120.131.202

Just write some decent code and lose the end search button. Then do the World a favour and send the freakin' AVLS switch into space! It is an insult to our intelligence to think anyone would use such a 'feature'. Its almost as bad as having that other great white elephant the 'Dolby' option.

Posted by Brenda Sykes on 5/23/2000, 6:25 am
24.24.147.61

Please remove the end search on next model

Posted by Al Monson on 5/23/2000, 6:40 am
203.59.210.8

End Search is crap and unneccessary

Posted by Peter Ravn on 5/23/2000, 7:06 am
192.38.82.137

Hi Sony Please remove the "End Search" function on you coming portable recorders. I had to use a Sharp portable instead of a Sony! Make your portables react like you excellent home decks.

Posted by Olivier on 5/23/2000, 7:24 am
152.170.45.171

I have lost all my recordings because of that END SEARCH button !!!!!

Posted by Jan on 5/23/2000, 7:53 am
195.37.84.38

I own an MZ-R91 an it's very heavy. And there is no denying the fact that it would be much smaller and lighter without the ENDSEARCH-BUTTON. In addition to that the owner of Aiwa and sharp MD-Rs are already laughing about this rudimentary Sonytechnology.

Posted by Bernhard Reinisch on 5/23/2000, 8:14 am
53.244.0.160

I still use (sometimes) the first portable MD-recorder from Sony, the MZ-1. It got digital optical input AND output and NO NONSENSE-features like "end-search". Back to the roots!!

Posted by Igor Savchenko on 5/23/2000, 8:30 am
195.230.128.195

We have a lost records with Manual End Search!

Posted by Mark Barr on 5/23/2000, 8:34 am
216.78.102.202

None of the Sony decks have this button. No other manufacturer use End Search. Everyone hates it! It just creates an unnecessary step every time I want to record. My ONE complaint about my new MZ-R90: END SEARCH.

Posted by Paul Fioravanti on 5/23/2000, 9:24 am
203.30.236.67

I once did start recording on my MZ-R91 without pressing the end search button, but funnily enough it did not record over my original track one, but simply bumped it over and made my current recording the new track one. No damage done (must have been a fluke) but, nevertheless, having to wait for the recorder to find the end of the disc before you can start recording is unnecessarily cumbersome. Sony can keep the End Search button.

Posted by Bruce Smith on 5/23/2000, 9:46 am
192.233.109.74

To Whom it may concern: I would not buy a minidisc portable recorder that had the End Search feature. First, end search is not desirable to begin with and second, its lack of consistency across Sony's line of MD recorders (decks lack it) is an invitation to an unnecessary problem - writing over existing tracks. Bruce Smith

Posted by sven kissner on 5/23/2000, 9:53 am
195.143.77.153

forgetting to press the end search button results in loss of some rare live material i recorded at concerts... sure, it was my mistake but keeping the end serach function is not a benefit but a step behind all other manufacturers

Posted by John Edwards on 5/23/2000, 10:08 am
139.142.6.207

Maybe someone at Sony can offer me a reason as to why the "End Search" button exists... It seems your engineers spent too much time folding their heads around the ATRAC algorithm, and no forethought into user operability... Though fixed in later models, I'm a little perterbed that I bought the MZ-R55 for a significant chunk of change (The salesmen at the Sony store were adament this was the world's smallest, and latest model available though I think at that time it had been available for over 1.5 years... and the MZ-R90 could be bought elsewhere), and I have to put up with only a few hours battery life... I think you should look into some sort of recall.. Keeping faith in the format, however not a SONY portable...

Posted by Ehren Gresehover on 5/23/2000, 10:33 am
195.44.143.198

Just another thing to stand in the way of a hassle-free recording situation, and a critical problem in more demanding environments. Please eliminate this 'feature.'

Posted by AL Kladd on 5/23/2000, 12:04 pm
200.41.110.212

End search Should die!

Posted by giga on 5/23/2000, 12:23 pm
193.54.152.10

the end search button is useless and stupid. bon Ok je vais ecrire en francais si Mr sony le permet. Ce boutton ramene les minidisk sony 10 ans en arriere, a l'epoque des cassette a bande ou il fallait cherche la plage vide ou commencer un enregistrement . cordialement alain. PS: f##k the end search button!!

Posted by Mary Jo Sminkey on 5/23/2000, 12:30 pm
151.200.127.34

when you forget End Search to convince you that this "feature" on Sony recorders should DIE! Get rid of it, please!!

Posted by mt on 5/23/2000, 1:06 pm
209.137.140.218

Sony is a premiere manufacturer of electronics good. They above all should be able to design something USER FRIENDLY

Posted by Don Manderfeld on 5/23/2000, 1:44 pm
204.124.82.48

I have been a Big Fan of the Minidisc format since 1992. I still use my first Sony MZ-1 Minidisc reorder (for it's digital output feature in dubbing). I dislike the End Serach feature that has been in all Sony MD portables since. The MZ-1 did NOT have the end search feature. Why add a useless feature that causes users to delete part of their recordings by forgetting to "hit" end search button first?!? Sony should also ADD an adjustable recording level feature, during recording rather than requiring the user to pause the recorder. This is another annoying quirk in your new generation of portable MD's. I look forward to your next generation of Minidisc portables as really "new and improved" not just "smaller and lighter". Regards, Don Manderfeld Minneapolis, MN

Posted by Dominick Alcid on 5/23/2000, 2:09 pm
207.197.214.38

If I had wanted to record over something, I would just erase it first, and then record. Has anyone figured out why "End Search" was created in the frst place? The editing features (with Track Marking) enable users to cut-and-paste as they see fit to create effects or a seamless mix- why would someone ever want to record OVER something?!? Lose "End Search" but bring back the thumb wheel!

Posted by Simon Gardner on 5/23/2000, 2:12 pm
193.113.185.170

Why bother having it when no other units (not even the Sony home decks) do? Why even use such a linear methodology on a non-linear medium?

Posted by Francesca Reitano on 5/23/2000, 2:51 pm
207.62.210.42

Even though I was aware of this feature, I have lost material many times. It is so illogical and unintuitive that I have to fight myself not to forget. In a pressure situation or when one is in a hurry, precious material can get lost. It is easier for me to erase tracks that I don't want than to have the machine automatically do it. Please take this feature off! ONE MORE BONE TO PICK: Manual recording on the fly. I should be able to set recording levels at any time! Thank you, Francesca Reitano

Posted by C.J. Kerna on 5/23/2000, 3:07 pm
151.201.63.133

I've always wondered why some manufacturers insist on keeping a feature or function when something better has come along. I know some features have a benefit to them( like a manual recording level control) but the "End Search" button serves absolutely no purpose. In Minidisc's early days it did serve a purpose, but now someone has developed an automatic "End Search" that eliminates the need for a button. I hope Sony seriously heeds this advice as it is the consumers, who use these products in everyday situations, that know a useless feature when they see one.

Posted by Art Chimes on 5/23/2000, 3:07 pm
152.75.141.40

I am a full-time radio journalist who has used portable MD equipment in Washington and throughout Eastern Europe since 1997. Like most other Sony users, I have mistakenly erased important recordings because I failed to press that 'end search' button. The operational mistake may have been mine, but the design fault was Sony's. When it came time to buy a portable MD recorder for personal use, I chose another brand, and a key reason was that I wanted to avoid the 'end search' button. Sony, your continued use of this unnecessary feature is causing you dissatisfied customers and, more important, lost sales. I urge you to re-engineer your portable MD recorders now.

Posted by JohnE Gledhill on 5/23/2000, 4:04 pm
137.69.142.231

Make life easier. Automate the freaking end search function.

Posted by @WIN3.2 on 5/23/2000, 4:22 pm
193.173.171.52

My first portable SONY md-recorder was (and I think it still is) equipped with that useless END SEARCH button wich I once failed to use and erased a unique recording. A few months later I bought a normal home deck (what a surprise, automatic end search!)and did all of my recordings on this machine. The portable recorder was only used as a playing device. Now I have a real portable player (still SONY) and sold the recordable one and told the buyer to be extra carefull using the end search (good luck to him).

Posted by Ralf Seiffe on 5/23/2000, 5:16 pm
209.48.97.202

End Search be gone! Also--will there ever be an NT3 tape recorder?

Posted by Art Simon on 5/23/2000, 5:17 pm
156.1.60.60

There is nothing more disheartening than losing a live recording. The manual end search is a bad idea that should be updated.

Posted by C.J. O'Neill on 5/23/2000, 5:58 pm
206.74.215.42

The end search has caused me to lose at least 10 irreplaceable recordings. Please do away with this function.

Posted by M. Ayers on 5/23/2000, 6:59 pm
198.147.235.126

Please consider the changing the "end search" function! It's important to the MD faithful. We are the heart and soul of your customer base, and we submit that this function is many times the bane of our MD existence!!!!

Posted by Bill Pittman on 5/23/2000, 8:45 pm
216.68.168.1

Pretty useless "feature." Get rid of it!

Posted by derek shapton on 5/23/2000, 10:31 pm
216.254.161.91

My very first minidisc recordings were accidentally lost shortly after being recorded because of the anti-intuitive nature of this button. Please keep others from having to go through this; it's not how new users should remember their first MiniDisc experience.

Posted by Antonio Arias on 5/23/2000, 11:24 pm
24.27.62.167

Get rid of the damn thing

Posted by dan luped on 5/24/2000, 1:41 am
152.163.213.213

get rid of it sony!

Posted by Marius Wingerei on 5/24/2000, 3:15 am
195.204.35.17

Please remove the strange end-search thing !

Posted by Richard Laska on 5/24/2000, 3:29 am
194.228.18.66

Dear SONY designers, think MORE positively about result of creation your products, please!

Posted by Richard Laska on 5/24/2000, 3:43 am , in reply to "Re: Not in English? Then why write?"
194.228.18.66

Sorry boy, this is INTERNET, there is no duty or bondage to speak ONLY English. Think more positively!

Posted by Soma Szab� on 5/24/2000, 4:37 am
193.6.53.37

I agree with the above letter in all details. On my home decks there is no such function and I hope this function(?) is going to disappear on Sony portable MD equipments. I didn't like the function, so I got rid of my portable, I bought a Kenwood DMC-J7R! But, honestly, Sony home decks rule!

Posted by Chuck Gough on 5/24/2000, 5:33 am
12.13.248.12

Please end the end search!

Posted by Julian Cresp� on 5/24/2000, 6:02 am
130.206.79.53

We are all Sony users, because we have decided that we prefer SONY. I am a very good SONY fan, as I promote SONY amonst my friends as the best stuff available. Please hear the voice of people like me, that have decided to buy SONY in front of other stuff. And please also CONTINUE promoting MINIDISC as the future system for audio and video, in future so we can use 7 cm discs as substitute for VHS DVD-R and CDR. thank you very much JULIAN

Posted by Joe Redifer on 5/24/2000, 6:09 am
152.170.138.54

Yes, the END SEARCH button must go away. I personally think this is fairly typical of Sony. To me, Sony gives me features that I don't want (like the END SEARCH button) and not enough of the features that I do want. They have good ideas, but they don't always follow through. Also, just like theatrical SDDS (Sony Dynamic Digital Sound for movie theaters) I found found many Sony products just aren't very reliable and are made of cheap components. I would sooner just buy anohter brand, since everything Sony breaks down on me (but only Sony products). Good thing Sony doesn't make a car.

Posted by Simon Pontin on 5/24/2000, 6:24 am
205.232.68.100

Then, maybe, I'll buy a Sony product!

Posted by Ekkehard Petzold on 5/24/2000, 6:34 am
139.18.13.68

The developer should always keep in mind what the default use is and what is not, and then design operating algorithms for default situations shorter and more intuitive than those for non-default situations. In that case the hardware can be called ergonomic. Adding new recordings at the end of the logical disc is default, overwriting is not (at least for most users). That is why the end search button is simply a mistake.

Posted by Anna on 5/24/2000, 7:24 am
62.108.29.226

As my boss pressed the record button instead of the play button, I lost a valueable recording and got crap for it in return. How should someone who can't distinguish play from record, understand the end-seek theory. And even for the smarter ones it's a function which should be removed.

Posted by rudy on 5/24/2000, 7:42 am , in reply to "end search is a pile of wank"
193.120.131.202

I prefer to spell wank with a h, as in, end search is a pile of whank.

Posted by gops on 5/24/2000, 8:22 am
62.156.183.195

I have lost a few recordings, too.

Posted by David Abrams on 5/24/2000, 8:22 am
24.29.151.62

I just bought a new sharp 821 because i didnt want to deal with the end search function.

Posted by Greg Wanzek on 5/24/2000, 10:26 am
206.9.44.86

A with many others here, I too have lost irreplaceable recordings as I hastily tried to make a new recording only forgetting to hit the end search button. If these units have the ability to read ahead 40 seconds for skip-free playback, I would also think these 40 seconds could be used to find available disc space to place the new recordings while keeping the recording in its virtual memory. Please get rid of this unnecessary and inconvienent button, it causes more hassle than serves useful. Thank you.

Posted by Dirk Vael on 5/24/2000, 10:48 am
170.253.240.1

if rec is selected, go immediately to end of disc and start recording then, but avoid the stupid erasing of first track.

Posted by Dave Bell on 5/24/2000, 2:19 pm
24.129.38.19

I've lost so many recordings while forgetting to hit End Search. Please remove it.

Posted by Danny Haak on 5/24/2000, 2:22 pm
193.172.127.86

It's very frustrating to remember that you have to push the end search button when you normally don't use on a home deck.. please remove and add an auto endsearch function. I also have lost recordings. Thanks in advance.

Posted by Johannes Schemmel on 5/24/2000, 3:02 pm
129.206.203.120

Get rid of it quick!!!!

Posted by Kevin on 5/24/2000, 3:45 pm , in reply to "End Search Rules"
129.21.11.56

Despite what you may think and how people "should" behave when using a Sony MD player, that is not the issue at hand. A designer's #1 job is to ensure that the user is able to use a device as efficiently as possible and End Search doesn't do a whole lot for that goal. I agree that it can be a good feature but it has to be an option for the user, not a mandatory button.

Posted by Kevin on 5/24/2000, 3:50 pm , in reply to "I like end-search"
129.21.11.56

It's not about learning to use it. It's not hard - you simply push it before recording.. how is that hard to learn? The trouble comes in when someone forgets to push it. This can cause irreparable consequences. I'm sure you've forgotten things in your life and you better thank god that one of those things hasn't been pushing that End Search button because it's a real pain. I agree that this feature can be of some use but it should be an option - not a mandatory button. Would this not be a fair compromise?

Posted by Kevin on 5/24/2000, 3:51 pm , in reply to "Remove for the sake of the petition"
129.21.11.56

Why remove it if you like it?

Posted by Kevin on 5/24/2000, 3:57 pm , in reply to "Keep END SEARCH!"
129.21.11.56

If it's "my problem" then hitting the button is "your advantage" and your advantage alone. In other words, there are more of those who have this same problem than those who don't, so it can't be a singular phenomenon. It does give more of an option to Sony MD's but that's the problem - it's NOT an option. It's mandatory. And when you make a feature mandatory, it better be useful 100% of the time and never any less or else there wouldn't be a reason to make it mandatory. I have to say that End Search is NEVER 100% useful (in fact, WAY less than that) nor is it efficient. Sure it's useful when erasing tracks (overwriting), but how many times do you do that compared to the act of actually recording? A lot less. You record more than you overwrite.. in fact, when you overwrite you record so you can't overwrite more than you record. Thus, it is inefficient and should be made an option.

Posted by Kevin on 5/24/2000, 4:02 pm , in reply to "MANUAL END SEARCH "
129.21.11.56

The problem isn't that people are "dumb idiots" but that Sony has produced a design that is inefficient. This kind of design is error-prone and can cause problems no matter how intelligent a person may be. Would you like to use a VCR to play a video that requires you to push a button that does something it should automatically do anyway? It just doesn't make sense. If people like this feature then that's fine - make it an option. Not a mandatory button.

Posted by kevin on 5/24/2000, 5:30 pm
206.170.238.230

I recommend equipment purchases to hundreds of businesses and individuals in the audio industry. I will NEVER recommend any Sony MD that forces the user to remember to push the "end search" button prior to every recording. This feature is ill-conceived and shockingly POOR PRODUCT DESIGN. I understand that Sony wishes to make the MD more analog-like and easy for novices to understand. "End Search" does NOT accomplish this goal, it only complicates and frustrates the customer.

Posted by Patrick Hamm on 5/24/2000, 7:35 pm
64.24.42.74

I use my sony MD portable as a portalbe scratch pad for rhymes for my hip-hop band White Chocolate (www.wcarmy.com). One day I realized that after recording new ideas that I had, rhymes that I had recorded that morning were recorded over!!! By then I had forgotten them and they were lost forever!!

Posted by Bruce Lee on 5/24/2000, 8:48 pm
208.196.111.42

no point in putting that button.they can save penneys removing that button.

Posted by Dave Law on 5/24/2000, 8:49 pm , in reply to "I like end-search"
209.178.158.33

just kidding. good joke, huh?

Posted by Tyra Humphries on 5/24/2000, 9:36 pm
216.34.56.10

End search is just a general, all around pain. Why have this annoying feature on the portables when everything else has the auto end search? Get rid of it!

Posted by lanA on 5/25/2000, 12:46 am , in reply to "I like end-search"
202.66.199.3

Your message says it all really. Maybe you've used yout R90 for a whole THREE weeks by now? One day you will make the mistake of not remembering to press end search and you will lose valuable recordings. THEN you will understand why the ppl here want end search removed.

Posted by Justin on 5/25/2000, 12:48 am
203.20.76.7

Changed brands because I lost important MD's to no auto end search !

Posted by Snaptastic on 5/25/2000, 2:13 am
203.59.24.165

its about time

Posted by Marco Rossen on 5/25/2000, 2:31 am
195.152.254.179

Sony, give me one good reason why one would need end search. I never missed it on my MD-deck.

Posted by Mark Thorley on 5/25/2000, 3:42 am
203.5.10.49

I really wanted a Sharp because a) no end search, as I was worried about lost recordings of the kids etc and b) it will charge whenever connected to the mains power. But I bought an MZ -R70 as the sharp was not available in Australia yet. As much as I like the Sony and I have a Sony MD home system, I know I will live to regret it !

Posted by Dmitry Kapitanov, Russia on 5/25/2000, 5:20 am
193.233.48.78

Dear Sony, when I just bought an MZ-R37 model, to check the recording functions I lost my precious data of Alla Pugacheva for my Mom. Thank you beforehand for your efforts in the matter of taking the manual search away.

Posted by Sony CIC on 5/25/2000, 6:04 am
62.252.41.94

Thank you for your petition regarding the Manual End Search Function of Sony MD portables. We sincerely appreciate your patronage of Sony products. Your suggestion on Sony MD portables have been forwarded to our relevant division for their future study as our important customer's valuable advice. Although we have been trying our best effort to make quality products to satisfy our customers, we may not comply with your idea due to the economies of scale or other reasons. But we always welcome your comments and/or suggestion to Sony. We hope that Sony products will continue to provide you with much customer satisfaction as possible. Also, your continual special attention to our products would be highly appreciated. Sincerely yours, Sony CIC

Posted by ME on 5/25/2000, 8:21 am
143.117.57.31

'Nuff said!

Posted by Pandelis Petrou on 5/25/2000, 9:29 am
213.5.40.133

THis BUTTON HAS made ME SCREW up many recordings and it should be eliminated. i don't understand why it was put there in the first place

Posted by jason flores on 5/25/2000, 11:10 am
129.24.205.221

I bought a sharp because their end search is automatic and I hate recording over good material

Posted by Wybe Kloppenburg on 5/25/2000, 11:13 am
213.46.32.5

Please scrap this, manual end-search is so outdated!

Posted by Charles Schmidt on 5/25/2000, 12:11 pm
206.31.209.146

Can you ignore all these stories? Sounds like a disaster in the making. Dump the end search feature!

Posted by Roger Dalsaune on 5/25/2000, 1:09 pm
153.110.50.33

make it automatic!

Posted by Kevin Po on 5/25/2000, 1:19 pm , in reply to "I like end-search"
24.64.52.23

I agree with this. Please read my older post below. And to those who took offence when i said "it was their problem" that they forgot. How can you take offence of your own stupidity?

Posted by Kevin Po on 5/25/2000, 1:28 pm , in reply to "Re: End Search Rules"
24.64.52.23

Once again i must agree with the original post. As for this response. If you are making mistakes with such a trivial process, then i am sure you are speaking for the absentminded part of the population. Which at this moment consists of more people than i originally thought. Apparently there are more people who can't hit 2 buttons in sequence.

Posted by Robert Jung on 5/25/2000, 2:09 pm
216.192.92.85

As a software developer, I try to design my data handling programs with the priority of data protection. Good software should warn a user when data is erased or deleted.

Posted by mike thiman on 5/25/2000, 2:37 pm
128.95.223.125

the manual end search is a complete and uter waste of time and resources. it makes it harder to record confidently, rather it makes the entire recording process a hectic jumble of pushing butons and second guesses.

Posted by Kevin on 5/25/2000, 3:01 pm , in reply to "Re: End Search Rules"
209.252.241.221

You just don't know how to debate maturely, do you? Instead of attacking technical issues and design functionality, you decide to insult peoples' intelligence? I strongly urge you to come up with a much more valid argument than just "people are stupid." I agree that hitting "2 buttons sequence" isn't hard. I do not agree that this is EFFICIENT. Would you rather hit 1 button or 2 buttons? Would you rather mistakenly (since we ARE human, I hope you can at least agree with that) not press End Search and lose material or never make this mistake by only pressing 1 button? If you wanted to make money, would you sell a unit that has less hassle or more hassle? Apparently, you haven't thought about these issues. Professional or not, making money is what counts in business and apparently, Sony isn't exactly appealing to a large amount of people out there (you can base that on this petition alone) on including End Search. Again, I restate my opinion that End Search is a hassle to most people but I would personally like to see an option for it instead of it being a mandatory function. I do see usage for it; I just don't think that it's smart from a business and design standpoint to keep it mandatory.

Posted by Yann on 5/25/2000, 3:19 pm , in reply to "Re: End Search Rules"
212.147.11.250

Posted by Myriam Joire on 5/25/2000, 5:28 pm
209.52.227.33

Please get rid of the end-search feature! thanks...

Posted by mike on 5/25/2000, 7:24 pm
154.5.154.231

just the usual problem with the function...accidentaly recording over previously recorded stuff

Posted by Dan on 5/25/2000, 8:00 pm , in reply to "Re: End Search Rules"
172.147.181.43

HAHAHAHHA WELL PUT YANN!

Posted by Brian on 5/25/2000, 9:37 pm
209.46.50.184

Geezez, what was someone thinking? Anyway, I hate Sony MD products! They may be the pioneer of minidiscs but yuck! Cheap hardware.

Posted by Guy Atkins on 5/25/2000, 10:51 pm
207.202.176.132

Drop the END SEARCH button, but don't do away with the TIME/DATE STAMP feature! It's wonderful!

Posted by Ash on 5/25/2000, 11:16 pm
198.142.246.111

accidently recording over existing material is very frustrating indeed

Posted by Geoff on 5/25/2000, 11:17 pm
165.21.83.140

TO HELL WITH END SEARCH!

Posted by Sean Johnson on 5/25/2000, 11:48 pm
63.25.9.59

I thought automatic end search was a standard thing on all portable recorders, until I got a hold of a Sony. Sony's sound good and all, but I've lost a recording due to this inane function. I think people most often want to add a new recording instead of recording over a previous one; especially in the application of music storage, in which I think is the primary function most people use it for.

Posted by josh epperson on 5/26/2000, 2:12 am
24.92.94.213

end the button

Posted by Maarten van de Sande on 5/26/2000, 6:49 am
193.78.100.36

Thanks for removing the end search button. Oh, you didn;t do that yet ? I'm sure you will do it in newer models ! Right !? Thanks.