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Sony has never been very forth coming about the ATRAC version of their units. I
think that most of the things you read on the net (unless you specifically see
it on a Sony site) are just a guess.
Larry
Brian Youn wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Just got my MXD-D5C from Crutchfield yesterday afternoon, and was pleased to
> see that Sony apparantly added a keyboard input for the US model (it is on
> the back of the unit). I don't believe this was on the Japanese model, or
> at least the Japanese press release made no mention of it. If there's
> someone in Japan on this list that can verify this, I'd appreciate it.
>
> But what I'm really wondering is if the US model still has the ATRAC Type-R.
> The manual makes NO mention of it, and I can't find any definite info online
> anywhere. I can't see why they would take it out... I do know that the
> Type-R isn't supposed to work when you're going at high speed or when
> recording in LP mode.
>
> Anyway... the unit is pretty decent. You can't eject an MD when the power
> is off, which is lame. The keyboard doesn't let you control some editing
> functions as you can on the 940 (only track titling and basic controls for
> the CD and MD players). You can't get into the edit menu by pressing ESC,
> and you can't select a track by pushing the number keys (this I'm not sure
> if you could on the 940...)
>
> But with high speed dubbing, MDLP modes, Scale Factor Edit, and a keyboard
> input, that tackles the four major points for me. Now if I could just be
> sure if the Type-R is in there...
>
> --Brian Youn--
> The University of Texas at Austin
> Electrical and Computer Engineering, 5th Year
>
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