On moisture condensation

If the recorder is brought directly from a cold to a warm location, or is placed in a very damp room, moisture may condense inside or outside the recorder. Should this occur, the recorder will not operate properly.

Moisture condensation occurs easily when:

The recorder is brought from a cold location such as a ski slope into a warmly heated room.

The recorder is taken from an air- conditioned room or car interior to the hot outdoors, etc.

How to prevent moisture condensation

When bringing the recorder from a cold place to a warm place, seal the recorder in a plastic bag and allow it to adapt to conditions at the new location over a period of time (about an hour).

If moisture condensation occurs

Turn off the recorder and wait about an hour for the moisture to evaporate. Make sure the moisture has evaporated before using the recorder.

Specification

Audio playing system

MiniDisc digital audio system

Systems

MiniDisc system, Hi-MD system

Laser diode properties

Emission 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

See “List of the recording time for each disc” (page 81)

Revolutions

Approx. 350 rpm to 3,600 rpm (CLV)

Error correction

Hi-MD:

LDC (Long Distance Code)/BIS (Burst Indicator

Subcode)

MD:

ACIRC (Advanced Cross Interleave Reed Solomon

Code)

Sampling frequency

44.1 kHz

Sampling rate converter

Optical (digital) input: 32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz

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