What restrictions does NetMD impose on transfers?
• Protected Tracks Audio tracks downloaded to Minidisc by OpenMG Jukebox and BeatJam are marked as “protected” and cannot be deleted or divided by most Minidisc equipment; only a “check-in” with NetMD PC software will delete the track. (This feature ironically makes Minidisc portables with NetMD downloaded tracks as inflexibile as solid-state MP3 players). Tracks downloaded with Simple Burner do not have these restrictions however and behave like normally recorded MD tracks. • PC to MD Download Only Only audio downloads (PC->MD transfers) are possible. Presumably for reasons of digital rights management, audio uploading (MD->PC) is not possible. (If this strikes you as oppressive, please consider sending polite email to netmdfeedback@am.sony.com; Sony staffers compile and report customer email comments on NetMD uploading to Robert Ashcroft, US VP of Portable Audio. We petitioned Sony on this topic last year, but have yet to see any result). • SP-mode Quality not Available Users can cre
