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Old 03-06-2006, 11:28
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I want to purchase a 'Toppy' but 10% of my recordings I would want to burn to DVD disk [for permanent usuage] and play back on cheap DVD player. My questions are:

If I connect the Toppy to my PC what cable connections do I need?

Using [Windows XT] will I be able to view the Toppy files on its hard disk using Windows Explorer?

My DVD player reads CD-R, CD-RW and MP3 discs. How do I convert the Topfield files to a format that the DVD player can read? What software do I need?

I assume once the file conversion takes place I can burn the DVD using my exisiting Nero software.
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Old 03-06-2006, 13:28
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Originally Posted by acomb

I want to purchase a 'Toppy' but 10% of my recordings I would want to burn to DVD disk [for permanent usuage] and play back on cheap DVD player. My questions are:

If I connect the Toppy to my PC what cable connections do I need?
A USB a-B cable, like the ones used for computer priners, one side has athe square plug, the other one has the falt plug that goes into your computer.


Using [Windows XT] will I be able to view the Toppy files on its hard disk using Windows Explorer?
To view the toppy files you need to install and run a program called altair which has two windows, one for the toppy and one for youir p.c

My DVD player reads CD-R, CD-RW and MP3 discs. How do I convert the Topfield files to a format that the DVD player can read? What software do I need?

I assume once the file conversion takes place I can burn the DVD using my exisiting Nero software.
This is what i do using nero:
Transfer the toppy file to my p.c using the altair transfer program
convert the toppy .rec file to a .m2p file using Project X
Create a DVD using nero vision express.

Theres a guide opn toppy.org.uk that has the above in more detail on www.toppy.org.uk
http://www.toppy.org.uk/documents/index.php?catid=2
look for "Making DVDs with ProjectX and Nero (Windows)"
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Old 06-06-2006, 11:28
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Thanks for the info to my last enquiry on data transfer from Toppy to DVD disc. I have located on the net the source to purchase Project X software [to convert a .rec file to .m2p file] However, my search for altair software to see and transfer the files/programmes on the toppy hard disk to my PC prior to file conversion and then burning to DVD has not been successful. Where can I Get it?
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Old 06-06-2006, 11:48
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Originally Posted by acomb
I have located on the net the source to purchase Project X software [to convert a .rec file to .m2p file]
Purchase ???

Free download of complied software is here:-

http://www.videohelp.com/tools?tool=ProjectX


Originally Posted by acomb
However, my search for altair software to see and transfer the files/programmes on the toppy hard disk to my PC prior to file conversion and then burning to DVD has not been successful. Where can I Get it?
From Toppy.org.uk, under section More Links:-

http://www.toppy.org.uk/links.php?category=all

Alternatively

Altair is part of the windows applications Setup.

http://www.topfield.co.uk/downloads.htm
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Old 09-06-2006, 15:47
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Just to avoid possible confusion:

"Altair" is the software you use to transfer files from the Toppy to the PC. The Toppy doesn't appear as a device in Windows Explorer in the way that, for example, a USB memory stick does.

If you want to play a recorded file on the PC, there are some programs - for example MPEG Streamclip, or an add-in for Windows Media Player - that will do this. Loads of details on the toppy.org.uk site
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