Additional Information

Specifications

System

MiniDisc digital audio system

Disc

MiniDisc

Laser

Semiconductor laser (λ = 780 nm)

 

Emission duration: continuous

Laser output

Less than 44.6 µW*

 

* This output is the value measured at a

 

distance of 200 mm from the objective

 

lens surface on the Optical Pick-up

 

Block with 7 mm aperture.

Laser diode properties

Material: GaAlAs

Revolutions (CLV)

400 rpm to 900 rpm

Error correction

Advanced Cross Interleave Reed

 

Solomon Code (ACIRC)

Sampling frequency

44.1 kHz

Coding

Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding

 

(ATRAC)

Modulation system

EFM (Eight-to-Fourteen Modulation)

Number of channels

2 stereo channels

Frequency response

5 to 20,000 Hz ±0.3 dB

Signal-to-noise ratio

Over 96 dB during playback

Wow and flutter

Below measurable limit

Inputs

 

Jack type

Input

Rated

Minimum

 

 

impedance

input

input

 

 

 

 

LINE

Phono jacks 47 kilohms

500 mVrms

125 mVrms

(ANALOG) IN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL IN

Square

Optical

 

 

 

optical

wave

 

connector

length:

 

 

 

 

jack

660 nm

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outputs

 

 

Jack type

Rated output

Load impedance

 

 

 

 

 

HEADPHONES

Stereo

10 mW

32 ohms

 

 

phone

 

 

 

 

jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LINE

Phono

2 Vrms

Over 10 kilohms

(ANALOG)

jacks

(at 50 kilohms)

 

OUT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DIGITAL

Square

–18 dBm

Wave length:

OUT

optical

 

660 nm

 

 

connector

 

 

 

 

jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

General

Power requirements

120 V AC, 60 Hz

Power consumption

19 W

Dimensions (approx.) (w/h/d) incl. projecting parts

 

280 × 83 × 270 mm

 

(11 1/8 × 3 3/8 × 10 3/4 in.)

Mass (approx.)

3.3 kg (7 lbs 4 oz)

Supplied accessories

See page 4.

Optional accessories

Recordable MDs: MDW-60 (60 min), MDW-74 (74 min)

Optical cable: POC-15A

U.S. and foreign patents licensed from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

Design and specifications are subject to change without notice.

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