The SONY MZ-R500 Portable minidisc recorder 
The SONY MZ-R500 Portable minidisc recorder in Black

The sony mz-r500 Portable minidisc recorder in silver

The sony mzr500 portable minidisc recorder in blue

The SONY MZ-R500 Portable minidisc recorder 
Please specify when ordering "black", "blue" or "silver" Colour

 Can be now be purchased with the DPC Digital PC>Optical Link Kit Click Here

DISCONTINUED
SEE THE REPLACEMENT  MZ-R501 THAT HAS NET-MD
The MZ-R500 minidisc recorder features the newly developed "MDLP", this allows for up to up to 320 minutes of stereo recording using ATRAC3 compression.
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Up to 48Hrs Battery Life
MDLP Long time stereo recording (up to 320 min. recording) and playback
Jacket sized light-weight MD recorder
Takes 1 x AA battery
Easy Pop Up Eject mechanism
Digital Recording Level Control
Manual Recording Level Setting
Digital Mega Bass
Record mode setting (SP/LP/LP2/MONO)
End search/Auto end search
Track Mark ON/OFF(Divide/Combine)
Erase (1/ALL) / MOVE 
Character Input

OPTIONAL PRODUCTS

The AVLAND MD-80
10xMD-80 Minidiscs £


AVLAND DPC
PC>Optical Link Kit




Specifications for the MZ-R500 Minidisc Recorder
Battery Life (With a Sony Alkaline AA Battery) MAX Playback (Standard MD)  48 hours
Channels Stereo two channels/monaural one channel
Sampling rate 44.1kHz
Audio compression method ATRAC (Adaptive TRansform Acoustic Coding)
ATRAC3:LP2 stereo and LP4 stereo
Recording length (Standard 80 min MD) Standard mode  80min Stereo/161min mono
MD-LP LP-2 Mode 160min Stereo
MD-LP LP-4 Mode 320min Stereo
Frequency Range 20-20,000Hz ±3dB
Wow & Flutter Below measurement limit
Inputs Line in: stereo mini-jack
Optical (digital) in: mini-jack
Outputs Headphone: stereo mini-jack
Headphone output level 5mW+5mW


Dimensions
Width: 83mm
Height: 28mm
Depth: 76mm
Weight 113g recorder only
Supplied Accessories
 AC power adapter
Headphones 
Optical cable (toslink to 3.5mm mini jack)