Sony MZR900

 
Sony MZ-R900 Manual
 
The SONY MZ-R900 Portable minidisc recorder BOX

The SONY MZ-R900DPC Digital PC Link up Portable minidisc recorder (UK Model) 
 UK Colours  are Silver & Blue only

OLD MODEL
DISCONTINUED
See the replacement model for the MZ-R900DPC,
 the Sony MZ-N1
with 32x PC>MD transfer
Also see the other new Sony models MZ-R909 and MZ-N707
The MZ-R900 minidisc recorder replaces the highly successful MZ-R90, it features the newly developed "MDLP", this allows for up to 320 minutes of stereo recording using ATRAC3 compression.
 Supplied with the DPC USB to digital optical PC linkup kit and software
MDLP recording and playback 
 G-PROTECTION JOG PROOF
 New Redesigned carry case with belt clip
 Personal Disc Memory for 20 discs (Sound preset memory)
Up To 66 hours playback time (LP4 with AA+NH-14WM)
7 Step speed/pitch control (80-110%)
Tone Controls
Sampling Rate Converter
Synchro-Recording Function
Text editing while playback and recording
CD TEXT Recording
One-Touch fast disc ejection
Name Bank for 600 characters of most used text
Digital Record Level
Built in Alarm function
The long awaited Automatic end search option

OPTIONAL PRODUCTS

The AVLAND MD-80
10xMD-80 Minidiscs £


Sony NH-14WM
Spare Battery


Sony ECM-DS70P
Clip-on Stereo Microphone

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The SONY MZ-R900DPC PC Link up Portable minidisc recorder (UK Model) 
 

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Specifications for the MZ-R900DPC Minidisc Recorder
Battery Life (With a Sony AA & NiMH battery) Playback (Standard MD)  53 hours
Record  (Standard MD) 19 Hours
Playback (MD-LP2) 60 Hours 
Record (MD-LP2) 26 Hours
Playback (MD-LP4) 66 Hours 
Record (MD-LP4) 30 Hours
Battery Life(With NiMH Battery only) Playback (Standard MD)  21 hours
Record  (Standard MD) 8 Hours
Playback (MD-LP2) 23 Hours 
Record (MD-LP2) 10.5 Hours
Playback (MD-LP4) 26 Hours 
Record (MD-LP4) 13 Hours
Charge Time 3.5 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 minMD) 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 Microphone: stereo mini-jack
Line in: stereo mini-jack
Optical (digital) in: mini-jack
Outputs Headphone: stereo mini-jack
Line out: stereo mini-jack
Headphone output level 5mW+5mW


Dimensions
Without external extrusions>
Width: 78.9mm
Height: 17.1mm
Depth: 72mm		 With external extrusions>
Width:80.0mm
Height:20.5mm
Depth:75.5mm
Weight 110g recorder only
135g recorder & battery cell
Supplied Accessories
 AC power adapter/charger
Headphones with a remote control
NH-14WM Nickel metal hydride rechargeable battery
Dry battery case
Optical cable (toslink to 3.5mm mini jack)
Carrying pouch with belt clip
DPC USB to optical PC linkup and software
MAC System Requirements
OS 9.04 or later with Apple Audio Extension
1.05 or higher (please note: Mac OSX does not support
USB audio at this point, therefore no USB audio device
 such as the DPC will be not supported by OSX until
Apple upgrades OSX).
A Primary USB Port
G3 or better
32 MB of RAM
30 MB of hard disk space
4x CD ROM Drive
PC System Requirements
Microsoft Windows 98, Windows 2000, or Windows ME
A Primary USB Port
Pentium 233Mhz or higher
32 MB of RAM
30 MB of hard disk space
16x CD ROM Drive