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.

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.
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
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)"

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?

Purchase ???

Free download of complied software is here:-

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



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

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