SERVICE MANUAL
Ver 1.0 2004.03
US and foreign patents licensed from Dolby
Laboratories.
• SonicStage, MD Simple Burner,
OpenMG, Magic Gate, MagicGate
Memory Stick, Memory Stick, Net MD,
ATRAC, ATRAC3, ATRAC3plus and
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Sony Corporation
9-877-578-01
2004C1678-1
Personal Audio Company
C 2004.03
Published by Sony Engineering Corporation
MZ-NF520D
Model Name Using Similar Mechanism
Mechanism Type
Optical Pick-up Name
MD Player
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 objective 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 LP4 stereo
Revolutions
Approx. 380 rpm to 2,700 rpm
Error correction
ACIRC (Advanced Cross Interleave Reed
Solomon Code)
Sampling frequency
44.1 kHz
Coding
ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic
Coding)
ATRAC3 — LP2/LP4
Modulation system
EFM (Eight to Fourteen Modulation)
PORTABLE MINIDISC PLAYER
US Model
Canadian Model
MZ-NE410
MT-MZN710-177
LCX-5R
SPECIFICATIONS
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