SERVICE MANUAL
Ver 1.1 2001.03
With SUPPLEMENT-1
(9-927-952-83)
US and foreign patents licensed from Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation
System
Audio playing system
MiniDisc digital audio system
Laser diode properties
Material: GaAlAs
Wavelength: λ = 790 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 lens surface on the optical
pick-up block with 7 mm aperture.)
Recording and playback time
Maximum 80 minutes (MDW-80, stereo
recording)
Maximum 160 minutes (MDW-80, monaural
recording)
Maximum 74 minutes (MDW-74, stereo
recording)
Maximum 148 minutes (MDW-74, monaural
recording)
Revolutions
400 rpm to 1,800 rpm (CLV)
Error correction
Advanced Cross Interleave Reed Solomon
Code (ACIRC)
Sampling frequency
44.1 kHz
Sampling rate converter
Input: 32 kHz/44.1 kHz/48 kHz
Sony Corporation
9-927-952-12
2001C0200-1
Audio Entertainment Group
© 2001.3
General Engineering Dept.
MZ-B50
Model Name Using Similar Mechanism
Mechanism Type
Optical Pick-up Name
SPECIFICATIONS
Coding
Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding
(ATRAC)
Modulation system
EFM (Eight to Fourteen Modulation)
Number of channels
2 stereo channels
1 monaural channel
Speaker
28 mm (1
1/8
Frequency response
20 to 20,000 Hz ± 3 dB
Wow and Flutter
Below measurable limit
Inputs
Microphone: stereo mini-jack, 0.35– 1.38 mV
Line in: stereo mini-jack, 69– 194 mV
Optical (Digital) in: optical (digital) mini-jack
Outputs
i : stereo mini-jack
Headphones/earphones: 5 mW + 5 mW
Speaker: 300 mW
PORTABLE MINIDISC RECORDER
US Model
Canadian Model
AEP Model
Tourist Model
NEW
MT-MZB50-165
LCX-2R
in.) dia.
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