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equipment:sony:portable:mz-r55 [2022/08/10 19:26] – added variations section and mz-r55pcif note corywequipment:sony:portable:mz-r55 [2024/03/04 05:51] (current) – Updated Affliate link disclosure vaporwave
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 Operation, editing and track labeling functions available on remote as well as main body. Titling may be done while recording is in progress. Clamshell opens via push button (rather than slider). Two step bass boost. Selectable microphone sensitivity (HIGH/LOW). First recorder with 1.2V drive. Uses NiMH gumstick rechargeable battery (NH-14WM(A)).  Operation, editing and track labeling functions available on remote as well as main body. Titling may be done while recording is in progress. Clamshell opens via push button (rather than slider). Two step bass boost. Selectable microphone sensitivity (HIGH/LOW). First recorder with 1.2V drive. Uses NiMH gumstick rechargeable battery (NH-14WM(A)). 
  
-Available in silver, blue, and yellow.+Available in Silver, Vintage Gold, Silence Blue, and Illumination Yellow.
  
 Sony announces the upcoming release of a USB to MiniDisc connection kit that will be bundled with the MZ-R55. Sony announces the upcoming release of a USB to MiniDisc connection kit that will be bundled with the MZ-R55.
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 **Problems:** Hoshing Kwong describes a [[http://www.minidisc.org/mzr55_fix.html|circuit board fix]] for the Sony MZ-R55 self recording-start problem. **Problems:** Hoshing Kwong describes a [[http://www.minidisc.org/mzr55_fix.html|circuit board fix]] for the Sony MZ-R55 self recording-start problem.
 +
 +**Variations:** MZ-R55PCIF is a version that included a Xitel MD-PORT AN1 analog line adapter.
 +[[https://web.archive.org/web/20011116020653/http://www.harmony-central.com/Newp/WNAMM99/Sony/MZ-R55CG.html|MZ-R55CG]] - a possible later improvement claiming to be "slimmer" and with improved sound quality and using ATRAC 4.5. [[https://www.sweetwater.com/publications/sweetnotes/sn-earlysummer99/page09.html|Sweetwater review]]
  
 ATRAC Chip: CXD2652AR\\ ATRAC Chip: CXD2652AR\\
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 MD Mechanism:  MT-MZR55-161\\ MD Mechanism:  MT-MZR55-161\\
  
-**Variations:** MZ-R55PCIF is a version that included a Xitel MD-PORT AN1 analog line adapter.+[[https://ebay.us/nLjfY0|Find a MZ-R55 on eBay (Affiliate link)]]
  
 +//The MiniDisc Wiki may receive a commission for this affiliate link.//
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-Content adapted from: [[http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R55.html|Minidisc.org MZ-R55]]+Content adapted from: [[https://www.sony.com/ja/SonyInfo/News/Press_Archive/199809/98-084/|Sony Press Release]] 
 +[[http://www.minidisc.org/part_Sony_MZ-R55.html|Minidisc.org MZ-R55]]
 [[http://marlene-d.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-sony-mz-r-55.html|marlene-d.blogspot review]] [[http://marlene-d.blogspot.com/2012/10/review-sony-mz-r-55.html|marlene-d.blogspot review]]
- 
-[[https://ebay.us/nLjfY0|Find a MZ-R55 on eBay]] 
  
 ====== Manuals ====== ====== Manuals ======
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 ====== Photos ====== ====== Photos ======
  
-[[https://minidisc.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_1.jpg|{{:equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_1.jpg?direct&400|sony_mz-r55_1.jpg}}]] [[https://minidisc.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_2.jpg|{{:equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_2.jpg?direct&400|sony_mz-r55_2.jpg}}]] [[https://minidisc.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_3.jpg|{{:equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_3.jpg?direct&400|sony_mz-r55_3.jpg}}]] [[https://minidisc.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_4.jpg|{{:equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_4.jpg?direct&400|sony_mz-r55_4.jpg}}]]+<WRAP 460px left> 
 +<carousel> 
 +<slide>[[https://minidisc.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_1.jpg|{{:equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_1.jpg?direct&400|sony_mz-r55_1.jpg}}]] </slide> 
 + 
 +<slide>[[https://minidisc.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_2.jpg|{{:equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_2.jpg?direct&400|sony_mz-r55_2.jpg}}]] </slide> 
 + 
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 +<slide>[[https://minidisc.wiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_4.jpg|{{:equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55_4.jpg?direct&400|sony_mz-r55_4.jpg}}]]</slide>
 +</carousel>
 +</WRAP>
  
 + Maximum PC Ad circa 1999: \\
 +{{:equipment:sony:portable:sony_mz-r55_marketing_1999_maxpc_1.png?direct&200|}}
 +{{:equipment:sony:portable:sony_mz-r55_marketing_1999_maxpc_2.png?direct&200|}}
 +{{:equipment:sony:portable:sony_mz-r55_marketing_1999_maxpc_3.png?direct&200|}}
 +{{:equipment:sony:portable:sony_mz-r55_marketing_1999_maxpc_4.png?direct&200|}}
  
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 equipment.manufacturer : Sony equipment.manufacturer : Sony
 equipment.name       : MZ-R55 equipment.name       : MZ-R55
-equipment.release    : 1998-10-01+equipment.release    : 1998-10-10
 equipment.type       : portable equipment.type       : portable
 equipment.recorder   : Recorder equipment.recorder   : Recorder
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 equipment.mdlp       : No equipment.mdlp       : No
 equipment.netmd      : No equipment.netmd      : No
-equipment.web-md     : +equipment.web-md     : No (not NetMD)
 equipment.hi-md      : No equipment.hi-md      : No
 equipment.radio      : No equipment.radio      : No
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 equipment.weight     : 147g (190g with battery) equipment.weight     : 147g (190g with battery)
 equipment.atrac-ver  : 4 equipment.atrac-ver  : 4
 +equipment.battery-page : "Gumstick"
 +equipment.battery-notes : 
 +equipment.battery-num : 
 equipment.battery    : NH-14WM "Gumstick" equipment.battery    : NH-14WM "Gumstick"
 equipment.sidecar    : 2xAA equipment.sidecar    : 2xAA
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 equipment.export     :  equipment.export     : 
 equipment.remote     :  equipment.remote     : 
 +equipment.mechanism  : 
 +equipment.pickup     : 
 +equipment.atrac-ic   : 
 equipment.manual     : User manual, Service manual equipment.manual     : User manual, Service manual
 equipment.region     : Japan, US/Canada, Europe equipment.region     : Japan, US/Canada, Europe
-equipment.image      : equipment:sony:sony_mz-r55.jpg+equipment.image      : equipment:sony:portable:sony_mz-r55.jpg
 equipment.status     : Great equipment.status     : Great
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