2003 Sony CD/MP3/ATRAC3+/AM/FM/TV/WB Walkman
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- A Sony D-NF610 CD Walkman (ex-Discman) from 2003 that does lots of things -- but none of them very well. To demonstrate it I also use a 1992 Tandy MMS-10 amplified speaker system.
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WOW! I bought 2 of those models back in November 2003! I have 1 of them in storage and the other one, I still use it from time to time. The MP3 function on both of them still works great after a decade owning them! I bout them for $99.00 each on Best Buy! If you don't want to hear the beep as you press the buttons, remove the batteries, hold down the stop button and reinsert the batteries while still holding the stop button, then let go of the stop button and every button you press no beep will be heard.
Is that an official feature?
Back when Sony was king and if you mentioned Apple people would say oh that company from the 80s.
bighands69 I think Apple had returned to relevancy by 2003, with the iMac, iBook and iPod out for at least a year each
No kidding when I was a teenager in the early 2000's, I thought Apple products were meant for children lol
Vipe Jay their massive contracts with schools in the 90s helped create that vibe
the reason for the bad FM and weather band because the headphone jack is also the antenna just to let you know try a two headphones jack adapter use one as a antenna you will find out that the radio comes in better
"I'm getting drunk on a plane!"
that old classic
+Ichigo Kurosaki The original classic next to "I'm getting bit by a snake. ON A PLANE."
"Ahm Geetin Druhnk Onuh Playyynnnnn!"
4:40 I thought the whistling was part of that track until the station ID, as it seemed to occur in time to the music and sounded excellent.
I bought one of these new in 2003; it was very well-equipped, and included a reflective carrying case that you could wear around your waist. This was my very last portable CD player, and served me quite well during my two years running a flexographic printing press, and later was used in my vehicle until I got rid of it (I don't remember what actually happened to it). Good find!
Oh, it also included a copy of Sony's ATRAC-3 software.
+BBISHOPPCM's World Quite a high end piece of equipment! How much did it cost back in the day?
+MilenniumEdition 56 I believe I paid around $50 for it.
+BBISHOPPCM's World That's actually not bad at all for a nice portable CD player like that one.
This was my childhood. I remember burning around 10 CDs to the 48 kbps ATRAC3+ CD. It actually sounded surprisingly acceptable. It came with a CD-ROM with an encoding/burning program you could use. Too bad the TV tuner is basically useless now, but the weather band is still useful.
Also, I found that moving the headphone cord helped pick up the weather band. I thought I read somewhere that the headphone cord doubled as the FM antenna, but I could be wrong. Moving the cord definitely made a big difference when I used it though.
Mike Romas it does its like phones that pick up fm LOL or some chinese that pick up over the air tv signals
I had one of these in high school, as well as its brother the D-NE510, same thing but no radio functions. Man, the use I got out of these. The 510 was even the CD player in my first car and fit perfectly between the center console and passenger. I can still hear the Reel Big Fish.
7:14 hey, Was (Not Was)! holy crap!
LOL, quite funny I'm finding this video just now. Been watching your channel for years. This is the exact model I have, bought off eBay about a year ago. Has served me well so far.
That player was a dream back in 2003. It looks like brand new!
That Tandy speaker system would really come in handy! In fact, you should use it on your main computer. You could connect your stereo to the second input!
I've never seen a Diskman like that before. It seems like a nice idea if it actually worked as it should, but walkmans never had very good tuners at all. Even when you turn on the DX switch, you'll still get a lot of static when you move around. It's just there so they can boast that it has it.
OOooh, my Diskman beeps like that when you pause it too. You can turn it off at least, but it's extremely irritating, and I have no idea why anyone thought that was a good idea.
Wonderful machine, I bought one with my own money as a 14-year old kid. It could play MP3s, it was magic.
Oooh, I've had the standard model without the radio features when I was a kid!! Didn't know they were also making a radio version, would've been an awesome all-in-one device for me back then ;)
Mason Williams. "Classical Gas." 1968. Man, that takes me back. Way, way back...
has one of those from 2007 it only took one battery and i dropped it in the rain in a large water puddle dried it off still worked after a few days. loved the sound. had like 500 songs on one disc.
I have a used ebay $42 total included shipping find no idea when it was made, they get their reception through the speaker connection so raise one or the other and it is usually improved, Sony walkman d-nf430 mp3 player with radio and only uses one battery which usually lasts about 3 days kinda impressive..
Thank you for your review. It helps me to decide to get one.
I really like these ultra slim portable CDs. Was quite a bit of competition in the late 90s to really push the size and features hard, like the thinnest calculator wars. Always wanted an iRiver SlimX, but that's still an unrequited love.
never seen that type of CD player before.if SONY waited until late 2009 to all TV became digital,it would of sell good.i'm surprised those CD-R CD'S DIDN'T play right away.i'll bet those players are rare by now.thanks for showing this.
That's a beast! I want one for all my old CD's. :)
Steve Cruz go to a local thrift store I got one for $3 because the one I go to doesn't know the value of anything
I had one of these units before. i think I bought it off one of my classmates in 11th grade for about $30. It wasn't a bad unit either and served me well until i replaved it with an iPod in 2006.
So much nostalgia in this video 😭😭😭
even the channel name : WestLife, was on of my fav bands 😅
I used to have one back in 03 or 04, different model of Sony though. it was a white one that had both a standard CD model and a CD/RW MP3-ATRAC3 model with no radio feature. later in 2006 because iPods were still expensive, I got f blue PSYC model that only took one AA battery (best thing EVER because I always was hurting for batteries!) which DID have inbuilt radio and the same MP3-ATRAC3 and CD TEXT features. making CDs for that was always fun-- I always made a new MP3 CD for it as my library re-grew after a bad hard drive crash in my then-eMac 800.
Flip phones, portable cd players and windows xp. I miss those days.
Check out the Samsung Convoy 3 and 4 flip phones. I found a 3 for $25 in 2017. They're pretty decent, but the screen is kind of crap compared to a smartphone.
VintagePC's alike me 2
They still make flip phones lol
Western Electric Trimlines, Winnie the Pooh record players, and my mom's Smith Corona typewriter.
We had one of these (or at least something like this) for our Dad's car from 2003 to 2005 (by which point he finally got a car with a CD player)> Only irritating problem I remember was the loud beep sound when changing tracks, absolutely terrifying on the car speakers if its a long journey and you're trying to get to sleep.
I have blue one from 2001 that only plays ordinary CDs and doesnt have a tuner, but it still works. Pretty much all CD players I had stopped working at some point, but this one still works :D
I have the same Tandy speaker system. I got it at a tag sale for $5. Works perfectly.
I bought one of these when it was new, it was a warranty return exchange at Best Buy. I had 2 Rio-Volt CD players previously that had an issue with the firmware becoming corrupt, so I returned them and got this. It was a pretty decent discman, but the radio feature was useless, even in an area with lots of high power stations. The only thing I didnt like about it was the button layout. I ended up selling it to a family member to buy an iRiver Slim-X, which had the same features as this, but was a way superior design, had a rechargeable battery, and was alot smaller. The radio on the Slim-X worked so much better too.
I used Tandy speakers like this while testing audio sources back in high school, but they were branded as Roland. I wonder if these types of speakers were sold, not only by computer companies, but also by sound card manufacturers back then as well to go with Roland's own Sound Canvas cards...
Great video!
What a nice old CD player, they took ages to read an MP3 CD and make a similar noise to yours, got there in the end though. Wonder if you still have it!
why is this channel so calming? lol
I do have one of those late Discman (Philips) from 2004 or 2005. Still working even if it needs several soldering.
My understanding is that they didn't actually play MP3, despite the logo. They expected you to rip or transcode your library to ATRAC3 when burning discs. I had the Sony MPD-AP20U myself, which actually did support MP3, but it was really from their PC division even though it looked like a Discman.
That thing is actually pretty hi-tech for its time!
Found one of these at a yardsale with extras for 1$ today lol. Killer cd player.
My first portable CD player in 1997 was a Lenox sound unit with 10 second Anti-skip and AM/FM with 5 station preset.
Did it have 5 shiny rectangular buttons in a straight row across the middle and a greenish display? And shiny gold ish plastic casing around the circumference and a gray face?
I love those speakers
Cool. I was thinking of getting one of these so I could have a personal radio.
I remember those Tandy speaker systems from the Radio Shack catalogs of years ago.
I had (or maybe still have) an RCA portable MP3 CD player, no radio, but it also doesn't play MP3 discs very well either. Lots of older CD players had trouble reading CD-R discs, even when they were finalized. CD-Rs are not recorded the same as factory "pressed" discs, and a lot of players had trouble reading them, especially as the players (and media) get older.
Very like your Tandy MMS-10,looks interesting. never saw like this before.
Good video. About playing your own mix CDs, it is not uncommon for some older players to not read the disc, like your Sony Walkman. But, the CD player in your car is newer, and so it reads homemade discs. Homemade discs are usually colored on the bottom, and store bought discs are silver. I have old CD players that do the sane thing as your Sony Walkman does with homemade discs.
That makes no sense as a reason for the player not reading the CD with MP3 files in it. It is supposed to read MP3, and while in theory a factory pressed CD containing MP3s could exist, in practice nearly EVERY disc with MP3 in it is a recordable cd burned with a computer drive. The player either was a fault from the start, or has partially broken over time.
The tuning works fine but did you ever preset station in its memory I can't get mine to work
my thing has OFF) CD and Fm as a button but I can't get it into cd mode
Great find. I found a Sony D-NF340 disc Walkman awhile back from a thrift store. It had MP3 and FM only. Surprisingly sold it on eBay for $130 and it's consistently selling for very high. It's very strange how certain models are so valuable compared to the rest. Any ideas?
D-NE510 is the CD only version of this exact CD player. I have it, picked it up for $1 at the watchung store recently. it reads MP3 CDs fine, it just takes a while and you HAVE to press the Play button. also makes me wonder what version of iTunes you used to make the MP3 CDs with if that's what you used. iTunes 6+ had no problems making MP3 CDs for me when I had my MP3 CD walkmans back in the mid-2000s. back then I was able to fit my entire library on a CD. was great...
my better PSYC Walkman reads them a lot faster though, and that only needs a single AA to function AND has radio/TV/weather inbuilt.
***** I did not use iTunes to make the MP3 CDs. I just burned them as a regular data CD-R containing the MP3 files. However, the files are in folders, and I know some really cheap MP3 players don't support folders.
vwestlife
if you use iTunes, the Sonys seem to like that. tell it to burn an MP3 CD, and it's happier than a pig in horse manure, in a matter of speaking.
***** I don't have this Discm... er, Walkman anymore... I donated it back to Unique.
vwestlife
welp, it's not the one I picked up, that's for sure. the one I have has a REEEEEALLY slim teardrop transparent plastic design at the top, and the plastic at the lid edge is also the same ruby red.
I spies a Dell Optiplex! I thought you were allergic to those. :P
The Tandy speaker system sounds pretty good. If I had one of those, I'd probably use it with my TV.
MrMaguire It was my old computer that I used at work. They replaced it with a newer one, so I got to take it home.
vwestlife Ah, okay. Do you plan to do anything with it?
How do you remove the lid of this player? I cant figure it out and the lid blocks off 2 screws right at the back that im trying to remove
+Peter Brown If you still have this thing and want to take it apart... It's pretty tricky to get the lids off of one of these. You kind of have to flex and bend the lid near the back in order to get the lid off. Unless you think you can be delicate enough then try at your own risk. I got the lid off of mine and it was pretty difficult.
A shame the mp3 CD didn't work, that manual jogwheel looked intriguing, and handy if the device is in your pocket..
i had a md walkman mz-nh600d hi-md until it stopped reading the mini-disc.
it played atrac+ only the more expensive hi-md player recorder played mp3 too
I had this Tandy.
i like the tandy speaker system...very cool...
Wow. AM 740. The station that my grand-parents always listen to, and of all the songs that could be playing, it's Classical gas. Love that song. How can that thing pick up a radio station all the way in Canada?
1980sGamer It's called "skywave" or "skip". Look up the video "Ask Fran: Long Distance AM Radio and the Sky Wave".
vwestlife Cool.
I collect portable cd players there are so many of them and different styles
I have a GPX Walkman it's awesome
Where did you Get it?
Damn, it was made in my country.
0:15 Ohh right it's called Atrac3plus, I used to use the software come with it to convert lots of CD ripped tracks into Atrac3plus and then burn it into a CD, this allowed me to drop much much more tracks on a single CD compared to a mp3.
Best disc player
atrac3plus at 64kbps has an incredible sound quality
Hey I want to tell you that if you try using a CD Cleaner for your CD player/lens, then you might be able to play the CR-R/RW Cd's as well :-).
Nice CD player
Why does it need a 4.5V power supply if it only needs 2 batteries =3.0V? Is it supposed to recharge rechargeable batteries?
these old cd playes hated recharge bats i remember a warning on that the reason it needed the power cord is just the plug placement LOL nothing special
Nice model.
I'm having this but many days later ... ..but not starting .. y ??
I still love portable CD players, even though I do use a mre modern MP3 player these days, I've owned a few MP3 CD players in the past, but none quite as fancy as this one. I hope I'm not being rude, but if you ever decide you don't want this CD player, please let me know.
That's the Tandy Sensation speaker.
Disc player can not read MP 3 ?
I remember buying this cd player as a teenager for around $80 bought from coconuts I spent years with this cd player never gave me any problems it’s a Sony
Did you get that Tandy MMS-10 speaker system at the thrift store?
Low Budget Videos Yes.
7-8 years ago a guy offered me to buy this discman for 150. I'm so glad that I didn't bought it.
I guess the headphones would be the antenna.
Batteries and switches underneath the cd...why is this a good Idea?...
How can you still catch analog tv signals in 2014? They are still used in U.S.? Here in Europe tv stations are not allowed to use these channels since 2012.
electricowboy In the USA, analog low-power TV (LPTV) stations are allowed to be on the air until September 1st, 2015. Canada has no shutdown deadline for analog LPTV stations and full-power analog TV stations outside of large cities.
vwestlife
Thank you for your answer, it's just curious to see how something which was considered an high-end device barely 10 years ago today looks terribly impractical. Nowadays few people play music directly on CD players, moreover just take a look at the power and the number of mechanical parts needed to play some mp3 files!
Today the cheapest chinese mp3 player can do it for 1/10 of the price of this thing (ok, I'm not considering the output sound quality).
@@vwestlife I guess that the government has since extended when the analog over the air antennas go off the air since you both posted this video and commented on this comment.
It was extended indefinitely.
@@vwestlife are you just figuratively because you know that is how the government is, or did the fcc actually put an article up online saying that? I'm not saying that you talking figuratively is bad or anything.
MMS-10 amplified speaker system would be useful for me
I love that song Dierks Bentley drunk on a plane I like county rock and classic country and classic rock
Tengo el mismo discman Sony, y cuando quiero reproducir un CD me sale un mensaje que dice Lo Batt ???? Que significa eso ayuda !!!
Low Battery, o sea pilas con bajo voltaje.
I have 1 of these :)
is there an mp3 player that plays flac files
Gabriel Martinez
A modded iPod 5G Video will do but it only goes to 44100hz stereo, if you want anything higher you'll have to pay thousands.
There are currently DAPs or MP3 players that play regular CD quality FLAC as well as Hi-Res FLAC files, but they're gonna burn a hole in your wallet if you buy one! Better use your smartphone to play FLAC files.
I'm guessing your burn speed was too fast
Soy el único español yo tengo tengo tres del 2001 tengo dos la cual uno de ellos le metí 12 voltios en mi rancho donde trabajo no avia luz ni tienda de pila pero tenía una batería de 12 voltios y ni idea de electricidad ni curiosidad reventó mi discman a mis 2004 la cual tengo dos lo tengo con mi recuerdo por que lleve a mi colegio y le prestaba a mi novia que yo estaba enamorado en ese entonces me trae su recuerdo el discman el clima por eso descidi cuidarlos hasta hoy en día y son machos no las vendo y mi novia en ese entonces queríamos estar y 4 años estudiando juntos nos alejamos y eso que vivimos cerca hoy en día los dos seguimos solo pero lejos
my country malaysia
Hmm, sounds of a glacier, the music sounds like my Yamaha Electone!! lol
Of course, here in the Philippines, I think that the AM broadcasting frequency range (just depending on the radio receivers) spans from 522 - 1728 kHz, because we have a radio station from Marikina City called DZBF, and broadcasts on 1674 kHz, that can be accessed on radio receivers (whether analog or digital tuner) spanning up to 1700 kHz, and can't be accessed on some receivers spanning up to 1600 kHz only.
And by the way, the Philippines is using the 9 kHz steps in AM broadcasts since 1977-1978 when the traditional 10 kHz spacing (used in the US) has been gone away.
This person received some kind of station from Serbia on 1719 kHz: czcams.com/video/-EC8aeRbTfM/video.html But that is likely a pirate (unlicensed) station. I don't think there are any legally licensed AM/Mediumwave stations above 1710 kHz in the world.
Have you seen that discman on techmoan's channel
Yes.
quite interesting
i have yet to fined a Sony Walkman/Discman that play's MP3 CD's the way it should i have tried about 10 Sony Walkman/Discman's (used one's) that did not work with MP3 CD's ether they would not play it at all like what yours was doing or it would play but skip and i would try the MP3 CD in one of my other CD player's and it would work fine so i just got a PHILIPS EXP2581 off of eBay and it works fine.
Score one for the Genica. That POS outlasted a Sony!
Tv weather feature won't find on european models sold at that time
Maybe those CDR's were burned using multisession and aren't finalized?
Antonio Vieira No, they were definitely finalized, and play fine in every other MP3 CD player I've ever tried.
Some older lasers just can't read cdr disc's and yes they were ahead of their time when they came out.. but I can't personally say I've ever used the atrac3 function feature even though I've had atleast 3 Sony xplod car steros that supports it?!
have you noticed that these Sony products are not stereo?
They don´t say stereo so I´m assuming that it is not stereo.
However, I do have the D-NE511 which is only a CD MP3 player. it is great player and so is this one that you are presenting. Also, I´m still looking forward to find one of this Sony D-NF610.
The CD player is really great!! it also reads CD´s with minor scratches.It is a really noisy player but, meh...
Great finds VWestilfe!! I´m a big fan of your videos.
Charbok001 It is stereo.
That is exacrly what I had 😂
5:20 Why the heck did the excact song play on my radio here at the excact same time... loomnadi confirmed.
+Millenium OH GOD!
MORE ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!
IM TALKING TO A MILENNIUM
Wooooooooooo!
I'm getting drunk on a plane it's on the bosd97 wdbs
What is tv audio
Just what it says: the audio portion of television broadcasts.
VWestlife strange. never heard of it.
Like watching tv with your eyes closed
I think the highest powered station in Australia is 2GB 873 Khz
Coming from Sydney, Australia
Sony Discman?
Sony Discman!
@@vwestlife Sony Discman
You know weather band is just a little bit higher than weather. Weather band isn't that good I live on LI and can't receive weather but when i'm in Brooklyn I can.
Pernah punya yg kaya begini, tp hilang diembat sm orang di masjid di joglo, smg yg nyolong sehat selalu
Choctaw bingo Chicken Chow mein.
@@QuadMochaMatti He said he used to own this kind of item, but stolen by someone, and he pray for him/her (who stole his cd walkman) to be in good health.
FYI He wrote the comment in bahasa Indonesia, not in Chinese.
Probably a dirty laser.
whistling is feedback i guess
I have a presidan mp3 cd player
522 yes