SERVICE MANUAL
Ver 1.4 2002. 10
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Sony Corporation
9-873-443-05
2002J0500-1
Personal Audio Company
C 2002.10
Published by Sony Engineering Corporation
MZ-N1
Model Name Using Similar Mechanism
Mechanism Type
Optical Pick-up Name
SPECIFICATIONS
Audio playing system
MiniDisc digital audio system
Laser diode properties
Ma te rial : GaAlAs
Wavelength:
= 790 nm
Emis sion dura tion : continuous
Laser output : le ss tha n 44. 6 W
(This output is the va lue measured at a distance
of 200 mm from the lens surface on the op tica l
pick-up blo ck with 7 mm a pe rture .)
Recording and playback time (when
using MDW-80)
Ma ximum 16 0 min. in monaural
Ma ximum 32 0 min. in stereo
Revolutions
382 rpm to 2,700 rpm (CLV)
Error correction
ACIRC (Advanced Cro s s Interleave Reed
S olomo n Code )
Sampling frequency
44.1 kHz
Sampling rate converter
Input: 32 kHz/44. 1 kHz/48 kHz
Coding
ATRAC (Adaptive TRa nsform Acoustic
Coding)
ATRAC3 — LP 2/LP4
PORTABLE MINIDISC RECORDER
US Model
Canadian Model
AEP Model
UK Model
E Model
Australian Model
Chinese Model
Tourist Model
NEW
MT-MZN1-171
LCX-5R
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