SERVICE MANUAL
PORTABLE MINIDISC RECORDER
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SPECIFICATIONS
MZ-N1
US and foreign patents licensed from Dolby
Laboratories.
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Model Name Using Similar Mechanism NEW
Mechanism Type MT-MZN1-171
Optical Pick-up Name LCX-5R
Ver 1.4 2002. 10
9-873-443-05 Sony Corporation
2002J0500-1 Personal Audio Company
C 2002.10 Published by Sony Engineering Corporation
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Audio playing system
MiniDisc digital audio system
Laser diode properties
Material: GaAlAs
Wavelength: λ = 790 nm
Emis
sion duration: continuous
Laser output : less than 44.6 µW
(This output is the value measured at a distance
of 200 mm from the lens surface on the optical
pick-up block with 7 mm aperture.)
Recording and playback time (when
using MDW-80)
Maximum 160 min. in monaural
Maximum 320 min. in stereo
Revolutions
382 rpm to 2,700 rpm (CLV)
Error correction
ACIRC (Advanced Cross Interleave Reed
Solomon Code)
Sampling frequency
44.1 kHz
Sampling rate converter
Input: 32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz
Coding
ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic
Coding)
AT R AC 3 — LP2/LP4