24-BIT ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTER. DIGITAL INPUTS AND OUTPUTS. Enable digital-to- PLAYBACK PITCH CONTROL. If you play a musical Establishes high precision in the record mode, with far digital connection from a Compact Disc player and to instrument, listen up. This control enables you to “tune” wider dynamic range than conventional 16-bit circuitry. a DSP receiver or preamplifier. Connections are made MiniDisc playback sharper or flatter, to match your Forms the input for Sony’s Wide Bit Stream technology. without repeated A/D and D/A conversions. There’s also instrument! no noise pick-up. No RF interference. No effects of cable 1 TIME MACHINE RECORDING. Suppose you’re THE SOUND OF ATRAC DSP TYPE “R.” At the LIFE AT THE TOP: DIGITAL AUDIO TAPE. Which Sony digital recorder is right for you? It all 24-BIT VARIABLE COEFFICIENT DIGITAL FILTER. capacitance. PLAY MODES. Sony gives you many ways to play your listening to the radio and a hot new song comes on. heart of MiniDisc audio technology is Adaptive Go to any recording studio. Whether they do A system that actually lets you choose the basic discs, including Continuous Play of a Disc, Shuffle Play operating principles of the filter, to suit the music. DIGITAL PEAK METERS. Display recording levels and Program Play of favorite songs in your own selected country or rock, motion picture sound tracks depends on who you are. If you love Compact With Time Machine recording, you can hit the Transform Acoustic Coding, or ATRAC. It’s the Operates at 24-bit word length, for superlative precision. with ultra precision. sequence. SONY MAKES DIGITAL Record button up to six seconds late – and still process that enables Sony to put 80 minutes of or TV commercial production, chances are they 4X HIGH-SPEED DUBBING. With a CD player and EDITING FEATURES. MiniDisc enables you to PROGRAM PLAY. Like CD, MiniDisc gives you capture every note! The secret? The recorder stores digital stereo sound on a minuscule 2-1/2-inch have Digital Audio Tape (DAT) recorders. DAT is recorder in one chassis, Sony dubbing recorders can edit your music even after you’ve recorded it. Modes split-second access to any song. So MD is perfect for transfer music at faster than real time.2 You can dub include Erase One, Erase All, Combine, Divide, Un-do, track programming, the feature that lets you listen to Discs as much as we do, choose the RCD-W1 the last six seconds of music in buffer memory. disc! Sony’s ATRAC DSP Type “R” uses an added the two-track machine of choice in so many GLOSSARY a 60-minute CD in just 15 minutes! Record from end, Record Over, and Move tracks. By your music in your sequence. RECORDING FLEXIBLE, the way, a MiniDisc can be recorded and re-recorded stage that checks the accuracy of bit allocation. recording studios. And you can enjoy DAT A-B ERASE FUNCTION. MiniDisc enables you to over one million times. R-CORE POWER TRANSFORMER. All hi-fi THAT MIRACULOUS MINIDISC. It’s easy to see continue shaping your music, even after it’s recorded. components use power transformers that can potentially Bits are then re-allocated to refine the coding. at home with the Sony DTC-ZE700. CD-R/RW high-speed dubbing recorder. If you’re why MiniDisc is so popular. It’s so small, yet it A-B erase is ideal for deleting interruptions like radio HEADPHONE OUTPUT. For private listening, supplied radiate audible hum into the signal. The R-core design FAST AND FUN Together with superb processing accuracy, the commercials. with convenient volume control. is an expensive, refined approach that vastly reduces carries up to 80 minutes of music (Standard Play) radiated hum. bit-reallocation yields music that’s even more ALUMINUM FRONT PANEL. A precaution to stop HIGH-SPEED CD-TO-MD DUBBING. Sony’s into studio-quality recording of live music, you’re and over 5 hours of music (Long Play). Shock the propagation of mechanical resonance and air-borne integrated CD player/MD recorders can operate at REMOTE COMMANDER REMOTE CONTROL. faithful to the original. You’ll hear smoother, 2 Resistant Memory means you can play MD vibration. 4X real time speed so you can record an hour of A handy unit with Direct Access™ track selection, title better-articulated, more clearly delineated sound. music in just 15 minutes! input and power on/off. anywhere. Magneto optical recording means you ATRAC DSP TYPE “R.” Sony’s improved version of the a candidate for Sony’s DTC-ZE700 Digital Audio Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding (ATRAC) process at HYBRID PULSE D/A CONVERTER. Hybrid design REPEAT MODES. Repeat a single track or an entire can record, erase and re-record until you drop. CUSTOMIZING THE COMPACT DISC: the heart of MiniDisc audio technology. Error evaluation, places the digital filter and D/A converter on a single disc, for the continuous music of your choice. a second stage of bit re-allocation and superb processing integrated circuit for shorter signal paths, reduced With one million re-record cycles, your MDs can CD-R/CD-RW RECORDING. Burn your own Tape recorder. And if you want your music ultra-portable, affordable and accuracy yield smoother, more clearly delineated sound. interference. Pulse converter minimizes zero-cross SAMPLING RATE CONVERTER. MiniDisc records at take it longer than you can! CDs with the Sony RCD-W1 CD-Recordable/CD- distortion, considered by researchers to be the most 44.1 kHz. But these decks also accept digital-to-digital AUTO CUT. Places deck in Record/Pause mode after audible distortion in digital playback. The result is inputs at the DAT sampling rates of 32 and 48 kHz. 1 ReWritable high speed Dubbing Recorder. This recording 30 seconds of silence. remarkably smooth, open sound — even during EDITING PERSONALIZES YOUR MUSIC. With SCALE FACTOR EDIT. Enables you to adjust the repeatedly re-recordable, Sony MiniDisc is the ideal choice. It’s perfect for delicate quiet passages. dual-drive recorder has a CD player in the left- CD-R RECORDING. CD-Recordable media is volume of each track after you’ve recorded it, without MiniDisc, you can Move, Divide and Combine affordable, easy-to-use and playback compatible with a INSULATOR FEET. These protect the recorder from disturbing the music itself. Great for compilation MDs, hand drive and a CD-R/RW recorder/player in 1 tracks – shaping your music even after you’ve wide range of home, car and portable CD players. This shelf-borne vibration. Insulator feet reduce the harmful discs recorded at different times and discs recorded recording music from the Internet. And now you can record MiniDiscs at 4X the right. So you can record custom compilation write-once media can be played back again and again. from different sources. recorded it. Thanks to non-linear recording and effects of resonance on analog circuitry and the laser servo. Off-center screw holes help to diffuse modes CDs for playback in the home, on the road or on CD-RW RECORDING. CD-ReWriteable media can SHOCK RESISTANT MEMORY (SRM). Buffer holds of vibration. 2 playback, you’re free to combine Track 1 with be recorded, erased and re-recorded hundreds of times.1 up to six seconds of music for uninterrupted playback, the go! Imagine a custom dance CD for parties. Basic Control Function speed — to capture an hour of music in only 15 minutes! Track 5, for example, for seamless, uninterrupted Playback requires “Multi-Read” drives specifically JOG DIAL™ CONTROL. Turn this convenient control even when accidentally bumped. A hard-driving CD for your road trip. A CD of configured to read CD-RW. for split-second track access and also for text entry. play. You can also perform true editing functions SMART SPACE. Provides a uniform three-second uptempo tunes for your workout. Features CD TEXT AND CUSTOM FILE TEXT TRANSFER. If spacing between all songs. like A-B Erase. There’s even an Un-Do Edit that MD LONG PLAY (MDLP) MODES. Two recording 2 you have a Sony CD Player with Custom File memory and speeds for extended music. LP2 captures up to 2 hours, like 4X high-speed dubbing and One-Touch S-TACT CIRCUITRY. Short for Synchronous Time the Control A-1 II interface, you’re in luck. The disc names 40 minutes of stereo music on a single 80-minute disc. lets you change your last decision! Accuracy Controller. This Sony circuit isolates the clock 4X HIGH SPEED CD-TO-MD RECORDING. If you MDLP (LONG PLAY): OVER 5 HOURS ON ONE SCALE FACTOR EDIT. Suppose you have a mix Synchro Start/Record makes recording fast and track names you’ve entered for your CDs don’t need LP4 captures up to 5 hours, 20 minutes. Requires generator from the digital filter’s noise shaper, reducing to be re-entered when you edit to MiniDisc! compatible player. like simplicity, you’ll appreciate recording music MINIDISC! First, Sony upgraded the recordable of tracks recorded from CD and FM and you NAME THAT TUNE: DISC AND TRACK TITLES. and easy. digital jitter — a potential source of distortion. CD SYNCHRO RECORD. Simplifies making MDs MONAURAL RECORDING. Enables extended time — from CD to MD. And if you like speed, you’ll love MiniDiscs from 74 minutes to 80. Now we’ve recorded the FM tracks too loud. Scale Factor MiniDiscs can save disc name, track names and TEXT DISPLAY. Shows the disc names, track names from compatible Sony CD players by releasing from recording up to 160 minutes (mono), on an MDW-80.