DAT-Heads Digest #126

Contents:
  D-Cell Battery Pack for the D8 / Make a Right Angle Plug!!! (Brent5552)
  7-pin on DAT to digital mini-plug (3.5mm) on SGI? (Chris Reed)
  Interested in... (Adam Aronson)
  re: Fostex D5 & The DAT Store ("E.C.Groom")
  SP/LP switch problem (Jean-Luc Bruyelle)
  Dwarves, Dead Kennedys, PUNK trades ISO ("J. Haynes")
  SCMS manager device sought ("J. Haynes")
  Re:  Portable CD players with digital outs? ("B Baier")


From: Brent5552 <Brent5552@aol.com>
Subject:  D-Cell Battery Pack for the D8 / Make a Right Angle Plug!!!
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 04:10:21 EST



Paul Cho <pc132@columbia.edu> Wrote:  
[snip]
They had a coax-style DC Power Plug 4.0 x 1.7mm size with solder terminal
(# 274-1532), which could handle the correct voltage (4.3?).  It looked
like the AC adapter plug in that it had the yellow tip, but i didn't want
to buy it becuase I wasn't sure.
So will this plug do the job, or do I have to special order the part from
Sony, becuase it seems that there is no part no. 270-1575 at RS.
Thanks in advance!
Paul
[cut]

Yes this plug will do just fine. Use one on my D7. Just a note: When using
this plug for Steath or TS taping, i would strongly suggest making an epoxy
right angle plug out of it. Fortunately, i found a solder type right angle
plug (pretty large exterior, but small inside)(try the big wharehouse type
electronic stores, they usually have a ton odd shit) It opens up to a loose
connector and *snaps* shut around the neck of the pin. So.... taking the coax
DC plug and unscrewing the black plastic protector, tossing it and using the
DC pin in the (now empty) right angle body. Used a release agent, filled the
R/A body with epoxy, (uh....best to connect everything before the epoxy! )
close up the R/A body, wait, Open it up and presto a very cool looking R/A DC
plug. Now go out and tape for 20hours!

--D




From: Chris Reed <creed@multigen.com>
Subject: 7-pin on DAT to digital mini-plug (3.5mm) on SGI?
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 02:56:27 -0800

Recently, I bought a Sony TCD-D100 portable DAT with a 7-pin digital
out.  My longterm goal is to take my recordings from DAT to CD audio
format.

I have an SGI Indigo2 computer with an audio board that has a, "Serial
digital input (supports AES and S/PDIF encoding)," according to the
manual.  The digital in jack on the SGI is a mini plug interface (yes,
it is digital--not analog) that is 3.5mm

Is there an adapter/connector that connects the 7-pin out on the D100 to
the mini-plug interface (3.5mm).  

thanks,

-Chris




From: Adam Aronson <adam@aronson.net>
Subject: Interested in...
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 07:04:36 -0500

Anyone have any Dead Can Dance/Lisa Gerrard or Michael Brook to trade?

Adam Aronson




From: "E.C.Groom" <conrad@pipeline.com>
Subject: re: Fostex D5 & The DAT Store
Reply-To: "conrad@pipeline.com" <conrad@pipeline.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 07:08:32 -0500

>From: Jesse Lackey <jesse@lightlink.com>
>Subject: Fostex D5 & The DAT Store
>Date: Mon, 16 Mar 1998 20:06:05 -0500
><snip>
>I was told, rather forcefully, that the
> problem was I was using the wrong tapes, data grade instead of audio grade.
<snip>
>The DAT Store
>stating that the problem is using DDS tapes indicates they are either
>stunningly clueless technically (considering the business they are in) or are
>unwilling to take responsibility for the equipment they sell.
 
I'd fully agree with Jesse here.
I did have this happen once on my D5, and it was thoughfully explained
to me (by someone on this list) that it was more than likely due to the
possibility that they shell/casing of the specific DAT was "off" just a bit.
I'd imagine that the dimensions are quite strict...
 
Maybe this was a salesperson at the DAT Store who doesn't deal
with us DAT-Heads?
 
peace,
ecg. 




From: Jean-Luc Bruyelle <jl_bruyelle@compuserve.com>
Subject: SP/LP switch problem
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 07:27:28 -0500

Paul Adams wrote :

>> I am in the process of buying a Sony TCD-D8 [...]
>> Checking it over I noticed that the SP/LP switch seems to slide from
>> left to right without clicking into place unlike for instance the AVLS=

>> on/off switch which clicks. Does anyone know if the SP/SP is meant to =
do
>> that? There is a 44.1 kHz switch in between the settings and it happil=
y
>> slides passed that also.

This "switch" is really a small plastic-made slide, integral with the
bottom cover of the D8, that transmits the motion of your finger to the
actual switch on the PCB inside, which is the part that goes "click". The=

lack of clicking indicates that the slide is either broken or (more
probably) that it slipped for some reason and no longer mates to the
switch. In the latter case the fixing only takes unscrewing the cover,
mating the slide and the switch inside, and closing back the cover.
Needless to say I don't encourage you to do it without the authorization =
of
the owner.

Jean-Luc.




From: "J. Haynes" <kc7fys@sa2.so-net.or.jp>
Subject: Dwarves, Dead Kennedys, PUNK trades ISO
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 21:44:42 +0900

Oi, 
I noticed the "jam bands" category of my DAT list growing, but there's
regretfully little PUNK.  Please email me if you are interested in trading
punk.  I have a few interesting titles to offer, and a rather spiffy list
of others as well.  Hey Ho!
Jonathan






From: "J. Haynes" <kc7fys@sa2.so-net.or.jp>
Subject: SCMS manager device sought
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 21:52:44 +0900

Hello, I answered a "for sale" post for an SCMS stripper.  I am looking for
a kit via mailorder.  Please steer me right.  Thanks, Jonathan






From: "B Baier" <baierb@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re:  Portable CD players with digital outs?
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 1998 05:57:39 PST

In DAT-Heads Digest #104, Clint Spaar <cspaar@top.monad.net> wrote:

>Hi...
>Are there any portable CD players with digital outputs?
>Thanks,

I was just at a local Sony dealer last night.  Sony has two portable
CD players coming out in the next month or two with digital output:

   E-D705
   E-D805

They both have an optical ouptut using a 1/8" round jack.  You 
will need a cable with a 1/8" diameter optical connector on one
end and a Toslink cable on the other end, such as the Sony POC-15AB.
As far as I can tell, the major difference between the two models is
that the E-D805 has an inline remote that your headpnoes plug into.

Bruce Baier
baierb@hotmail.com

______________________________________________________
Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com



** FOR YOUR REFERENCE **

To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to
dat-heads-request@fedney.near.net with the word unsubscribe on
a line all by itself.  If your email address has changed, you may
(optionally) specify 'unsubscribe oldaddress@olddomain' on a line
by itself -- an example is "unsubscribe liam@mit.edu."  Problems or
questions about a subscription should be addressed first to dat
-heads-request@fedney.near.net, and then if needed postmaster@fedney.near.net, 
never the list itself.

You can submit a message for inclusion in the next digest via this address:

    Internet: dat-heads@fedney.near.net

Archives of DAT-Heads digests and related files are available on
the DAT-Heads home page:

http://www.eklektix.com/dat-heads/


End of DAT-Heads Digest
******************************