Topic: Sony PCM-M10 (Part 7)

[audBall]

I recently bought a new Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion OS. When I connect my M10 it doesnt recognize the memory card. Anybody with the same issues and/or a solution? Sorry if I posted it in the wrong place.

Have you tried formatting the card via the m10 menu yet?

[meursault]

Well the card has been formatted in M10 months ago. The problem appears when I connect the recorder to the mac via usb. The memory card isnt recognized then.
I just found out that if I take the card off and put it in an SD card reader then the mac recognizes it flawlessly. Funny.

[nassau73]

Well the card has been formatted in M10 months ago. The problem appears when I connect the recorder to the mac via usb. The memory card isnt recognized then.
I just found out that if I take the card off and put it in an SD card reader then the mac recognizes it flawlessly. Funny.

This may be a dumb attempt at an answer, but it took me a time or two on my windows XP machine to realize that the memory card is recognized as a separate drive.

Upon connecting the M10, a window pops up showing the internal memory of the M10 but it's labelled as F: for example.

To see the memory card, I had to go back into explorer and open drive G:  Drive G: had the files. Hopefully this is all it is for you.

[F.O.Bean]

Well the card has been formatted in M10 months ago. The problem appears when I connect the recorder to the mac via usb. The memory card isnt recognized then.
I just found out that if I take the card off and put it in an SD card reader then the mac recognizes it flawlessly. Funny.

This may be a dumb attempt at an answer, but it took me a time or two on my windows XP machine to realize that the memory card is recognized as a separate drive.

Upon connecting the M10, a window pops up showing the internal memory of the M10 but it's labelled as F: for example.

To see the memory card, I had to go back into explorer and open drive G:  Drive G: had the files. Hopefully this is all it is for you.

That's what I do on windows 7 as well. Always does the trick!

[meursault]

This may be a dumb attempt at an answer, but it took me a time or two on my windows XP machine to realize that the memory card is recognized as a separate drive.

Upon connecting the M10, a window pops up showing the internal memory of the M10 but it's labelled as F: for example.

To see the memory card, I had to go back into explorer and open drive G:  Drive G: had the files. Hopefully this is all it is for you.

I knew that. I had an old macbook pro with Snow Leopard and when I connected the m10 I saw 2 discs, one for the machine and one for the card. Now in my new mac with Mountain Lion I see only the disc of the machine and not the memory card.

[dnsacks]

This may be a dumb attempt at an answer, but it took me a time or two on my windows XP machine to realize that the memory card is recognized as a separate drive.

Upon connecting the M10, a window pops up showing the internal memory of the M10 but it's labelled as F: for example.

To see the memory card, I had to go back into explorer and open drive G:  Drive G: had the files. Hopefully this is all it is for you.

I knew that. I had an old macbook pro with Snow Leopard and when I connected the m10 I saw 2 discs, one for the machine and one for the card. Now in my new mac with Mountain Lion I see only the disc of the machine and not the memory card.

Just tried this at home -- m10>macbook air running mountain lion -- and am seeing both the m10 ("pcmrecorder") and the memory card ("memory card") showing up as separate devices in the "devices" pane on the lower left hand corner of my finder. 

[willndmb]

Is mt Lion 10.8?
Mine shows up as two drives just like it does in 10.6
I don't have anything with 10.7 to test

[nardo]

I recently bought a new Macbook Pro running Mountain Lion OS. When I connect my M10 it doesnt recognize the memory card. Anybody with the same issues and/or a solution? Sorry if I posted it in the wrong place.

Does it show up in Disk Utility?

[nassau73]

Well the card has been formatted in M10 months ago. The problem appears when I connect the recorder to the mac via usb. The memory card isnt recognized then.
I just found out that if I take the card off and put it in an SD card reader then the mac recognizes it flawlessly. Funny.

I had a similar issue with my MZ-RH1 minidisk a few months back. The computer would sometimes see the MZ-RH1 as a drive. Then the MZ-RH1 "drive" would disappear from the explorer window when trying to access the files. What fixed this for me was to remove the battery from the MZ-RH1 and let it sit for a few minutes before reinserting the battery. You might try removing the batteries on the M10 and let the unit reset itself.

The other possibility, as was suggested here by someone else is to reformat the memory card in the M10 again.

[yates7592]

Anybody got much experience using the mic-in on the M10?

I am wondering, if I go mics > BB > mic-in and still get levels at say -6dB to -12dB, would I ever run the risk of a clipped recording if my rec level was always at a healthy figure, say 5? I am thinking not, as the rec level would be set high enough to have confidence in the resulting meter output dB levels.....

[Craig T]

highly unlikely.  I'm assuming low gain range (maybe called mic sensitivity) on the M10 mic preamp.

Anybody got much experience using the mic-in on the M10?

I am wondering, if I go mics > BB > mic-in and still get levels at say -6dB to -12dB, would I ever run the risk of a clipped recording if my rec level was always at a healthy figure, say 5? I am thinking not, as the rec level would be set high enough to have confidence in the resulting meter output dB levels.....

[F.O.Bean]

Yea you'll be fine bro!

[voltronic]

Yup, I just did a recording that was mics > battery box > MIC IN (low sens) at level 6 w/ max peaks at -12dB.  Even after normalizing to -1dB it's nice and clean.  Go for it - you won't be disappointed.

[Phil Zone]

what is the battery life when recording 24/48 WITH THE BACK LIGHT? without is around 40 hours so what is the difference?

[yates7592]

what is the battery life when recording 24/48 WITH THE BACK LIGHT? without is around 40 hours so what is the difference?

I'd be interested to know this too. As great as this deck is, it's a bitch to see in the dark.