Press release table of contents
2004 January 8th
| New commodity |
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 Hi-MD walkman ' MZ-NH1 ' (the left) ' MZ-NH3D ' (with respect to the right) ' MZ-EH1 ' (under the right) |  Hi-MD desktop audio "sound gate" ' LAM-X1 ' |
 "Hi-MD disk for record (1GB)" ' HMD1G ' |
| The SONY marketing corporation, the Hi-MD walkman 3 type and Hi-MD desktop audio "sound gate"' LAM-X1' sellsfirst "of the Hi-MD" standard corresponding commodity as feature. In addition, "the Hi-MD disk for record (record capacity 1GB) " ' "of Hi-MD"standard HMD1G 'we sell simultaneously. |
| Type name | Sale day | Desired retail price |
| Hi-MD walkman ' MZ-NH1 ' (Hi-MD sound recording re-gray fabric) | June | Open price |
| Hi-MD walkman ' MZ-NH3D ' (Hi-MD USB record re-gray fabric) | ||
| Hi-MD walkman ' MZ-EH1 ' (Hi-MD playback private
machine) (Color variation: Silver black) | ||
| Hi-MD desktop audio "sound gate" ' LAM-X1 ' | ||
| "Hi-MD disk for record (1GB)" ' HMD1G ' |
| With arrival of real broadband age, online service
such as music transmission needs to the general-purpose record media
of the bulk which can record the various contents it spreads with,
including music have increased. "Hi-MD" standard records the picture and the text file etc. in addition to enjoying the music of long haul with 1 disk, can bring up easily. For example, in commuting time the personal computer of the home (PC) from the favorite music which downloads is heard with Hi-MD walkman, at the office, connecting to PC that way, the text file and the like preservation also it is possible to exist. With the SONY marketing, we merchandise the Hi-MD disk for record of MD walkman 3 type and the desktop audio 1 type and record capacity 1GB, in this year June first "of the Hi-MD" standard corresponding equipment as feature. This corporation starts assuring the further enlargement of the MD market with the introduction "of Hi-MD" standard. Hi-MD walkman ' MZ-NH1 ', it has the function which is
complete as a sound recording re-gray fabric, it is the most
significant type "of Hi-MD" standard corresponding walkman.
"Hi-MD disk of simultaneous sale HMD1G ' for record" ' using, it
corresponds to the sound recording of longest approximately 45 hours
and the treble quality sound recording playback with the linear PCM
system which does not have speech compression. In addition,
because the substance it is possible also, to upload the music which
is recorded in PC present music CD and electronic music transmission
service (Electronic Music Distribution and below EMD) from adjusting
to the music data which is purchased, while with application software
"SonicStage Ver.2.0" of attachment doing compilation management
simplicity comfortably, high speed transferring in MD, it is possible
to enjoy music. |
| - Sound recording re-gray fabric ' MZ-NH1 ' ' MZ-NH3D ' ' LAM-X1 ' main merit | |||||
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| 1. Long haul sound recording playback is possible by high density record technology | |||||
| Record of bulk actualized at high density with the
modification of recording type and the improvement of efficiency of
signal processing. Because of this, even with the former MD
disk, it becomes possible, to record at density of approximately 2
times, when with 80 minute disks, 13 hour 30 minutes (it is ATRAC3plus
48kbps) it is possible to record the data of music and approximately
300MB. In addition, "the Hi-MD disk for record (1GB)" ' HMD1G '
by the fact that you use, longest approximately 45 hours* 1(in case of ATRAC3plus 48kbps) it
came to the point of being able to record music. * With 1 ATRAC3plus 48kbps from PC to sound recording time when "Hi-MD" it transferred. * ' MZ-NH3D ' record only by way of USB connecting is possible. | ||||
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| 2. Treble quality sound recording playback (' MZ-EH1 ' only playback function correspondence) | |||||
| Without compressing the sound source sound
recording playback is possible with the sound quality which is equal
to music CD with the adoption of the linear PCM sound recording which
is recorded. In addition, high bulk compressibility you adopt
also ATRAC3plus which you can record & can play back music anew with
treble quality, you can enjoy music with the treble quality which is
approached to CD quality. Of course, because until recently also
sound recording playback with ATRAC/ATRAC3 system of MD standard is
possible, method of using which responds to various use is actualized. * ' MZ-NH3D ' record only by way of USB connecting is possible. | ||||
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| 3. As the external storage equipment of PC enabled | |||||
| FAT (File Allocation Table) you adopt the system for the file system, by the fact that you connect with PC and USB, you can use as the external storage equipment. Because of this, not only the music data, also the graphics data of JPEG and the like and the data on PC & being able to transfer the MD disk, easily, be able to record use spreads as the rewriting possible media which is superior in portable characteristic. | ||||
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| 4. Music data on PC in Hi-MD disk with the largest approximately 100 time speed high-speed transfer | |||||
| The music file which records in the hard disk of
PC, PC and the corresponding equipment were connected with USB, in
"the Hi-MD" equipment, the largest approximately 100 time speed*high-speed transfer of 1
became possible. When transferring*
"ATRAC3plus" "ATRAC3" "of Hi-MD" standard and,
it can choose the speech compression system of 2 from
standard mode of the usual MD format and MDLP mode. In addition,
"Hi-MD" standard it is possible ' with the MZ-NH1 ' ' LAM-X1 '
substance at to upload the music which is recorded in SonicStage
Ver.2.0 on PC. Furthermore, also the music which is recorded
with linear PCM can upload on PC, on SonicStage Ver.2.0 compilation
management does, sound recording and USB record function is attached
to it is possible to transfer "the Hi-MD" equipment. Because other than music use, as the external storage equipment of PC also it is possible, to use data transfer to transfer retention and other PC of the data from PC. * ' MZ-NH3D ' record only by way of USB connecting is possible. Linear PCM sound recording is not possible with the equipment itself.
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| 5 Music compilation management software "SonicStage Ver.2.0" attachment | |||||
| The application software "SonicStage Ver.2.0"
where user interface improves largely attachment. CD and
electronic music transmission (EMD) with copyright protective
technology "OpenMG" it encodes the music which it downloads purchases
from service, hard disk drive inside PC (HDD) to retains.
Especially when music it purchases with EMD, without using the
private download software, by the fact that the interface which makes
direct purchase possible from SonicStage Ver.2.0 is adopted, until now
above music purchase became simple. In addition, it does the
playback compilation of these contents on PC, through USB, from on HDD
it can designate high-speed transfer as the corresponding equipment.
Furthermore it corresponds to also the CDDB service on Internet
which acquires tune information such as tune name singer name
automatically. ' MZ-NH1 ' ' MZ-NH3D ' furthermore with simple operation is possible the transfer to MD from music CD, "MD Simple Also Burner2.0 "has belonged. | ||||
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| - Hi-MD walkman ' MZ-NH1 ' ' MZ-NH3D ' ' MZ-EH1 ' main merit | |||||
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| 1. HD digital amplifier and DSP TYPE-S double loading | |||||
| You re-display faithfully to minute sound, as for
the HD digital amplifier and the standard mode of MD which clearing
can enjoy noise little with the sound quality when playing back the
music which of course, is recorded with ATRAC3 "of Hi-MD" standard
and, loading one for ATRAC/ATRAC3 DSP TYPE-S which even with usual
MDLP mode can be enjoyed with treble quality. You adhered to
treble quality, Takasina rank sound quality was actualized. In addition, the appearance impression it loads also the New VPT acoustic engine and 6 band equalizers which furthermore evolved the original technical VPT acoustic engine of SONY which reproduces the sound field which overflows. | ||||
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| 2. Back light equipped カナ Chinese character indication correspondence 3 line ジョグダイヤルリモコン attachment | |||||
| Chinese character 3 line indication was made for the first time possible as MD walkman, attachment カナ Chinese character indicatory corresponding 3 line ジョグダイヤルリモコン. By the fact that ジョグダイヤル which turns parallel vis-a-vis the scroll direction of liquid crystal indication is loaded, search characteristic and operativity were raised largely. It indicates tune name and group name etc. over 3 lines, it can search the tune which you like simplicity comfortably. | ||||
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| 3. USB cradle & USB bus power (object model: MZ-NH1 and MZ-NH3D) | |||||
| When substance design and, placing the side of PC,
attachment the USB cradle of the new design which matches. Just
put the substance on the USB cradle PC simplicity connection and
simplicity charge are possible. In addition, actualizing the USB
bus power which can supply power source from the USB terminal of PC.
It can do power source supply to "Hi-MD" walkman without
connecting the AC adapter. Because can the private USB cable put
directly in the substance, ahead going out, the occasion and the like
where the data delivers, it is not necessary to carry the USB cradle,
it is convenient. * Charge is not possible with USB bus power. * The USB terminal of cradle side is the for private USB cable of attachment. * USB (past 1.1) to it supports. Hi-Speed USB (past 2.0) it is not corresponding. | ||||
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| - Hi-MD desktop audio "sound gate" ' LAM-X1 ' main merit | |||||
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| 1. Compact size & slim design | |||||
| Although being the compound machine of CD and MD, by adopting the small-sized MD device, it actualizes original slim design with the compact. | ||||
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| 2. Simply selection of music functional loading classified by album | |||||
| The group is drawn up at the time of album sound recording automatically, it is possible to do selection of music playback simply, with ジョグダイヤル and 4 line Chinese character indication displays which are loaded onto the substance. | ||||
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| 3. The appearance impression Virtual Phone Technology loading which overflows | |||||
| It converts playback sound with the 3D processor, like whether the sound source which does not exist (the hypothetical sound source) just there is there of, loading the Virtual Phone Technology function which is made to hear. The appearance impression the サラウンド sound field which overflows is actualized. | ||||
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| 4. Linear phase speaker function | |||||
| Frequency characteristic and the phase characteristic delay time difference which occur with 2 way system speaker systems are revised with digital signal processing technology, the sound which is closer to field sound is actualized. | ||||
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| - "Hi-MD disk for record (1GB)" ' HMD1G ' main merit | |||||
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| 1. Being maximum, approximately 45 hours*sound recording is possible | |||||
| "Domain walls movement detection (DWDD = Domain
Wall Displacement Detection)" adopting system as the technology which
plays back the minute record mark. While "record layer"
"switching layer" in the function of the multilayer membrane of
"portable playback layer", expanding more minute record mark, it
became possible to grasp, the former optical device without changing,
actualized rapid densification. * With ATRAC3plus 48kbps from PC to sound recording time when "Hi-MD" it transferred. | ||||
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| 2. Actualizing the treble quality which is approached to CD quality | |||||
| Treble quality record of CD levelwas actualized linearPCMtreble qualityis pursued * 1
and ATRAC3plus * 2 (256kbps) with adoption. * 1: Audio digital recording system of the incompressible which is adopted even with CD. * 2: The music compressed format which was adopted to be new with "Hi-MD", even with the high pressure reduction treble quality actualizes. | ||||
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| 3. Photograph and text data retention possible (multiple application) | |||||
| As for the Hi-MD disk, the photograph and the
text data retention is possible not only music. The drug & it can transfer to the Hi-MD disk with the sufficient simple operation drop of doing. | ||||
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| - Main specification |
| < Hi-MD walkman > |
| Type name | ' MZ-NH1 ' | ' MZ-NH3D ' | ' MZ-EH1 ' | ||||||||
| Type | Minidisk digital audio system | ||||||||||
| Playback reading system | Non contact optical system you grasp, (semiconductor laser use) | ||||||||||
| The number of channels | Stereo channel 2/monaural channel 1 | ||||||||||
| Sampling frequency | 44.1kHz | ||||||||||
| Sound recording playback system* 1 |
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| Frequency characteristic | 20 - 20,000Hz±3dB | ||||||||||
| Output terminal | Headphone: Stereo mini- jack
* 3 Line output: Stereo mini- jack * 3 | Headphone: Stereo mini- jack | |||||||||
| Utility installed capacity | 5mW+5mW (impedance 16 Ω /JEITA) | ||||||||||
| Input terminal | USB: Private terminal (Substance and USB cradle) Microphone: Stereo mini- jack Input (analog): Stereo mini- jack* 4 Input (optical digital): Optical mini- jack* 4 | USB: Private terminal (Substance and USB cradle) | | ||||||||
| External size/maximum external size (Width × height × depth) | Approximately 81.7×76.1×14.8mm/ | Approximately 81.9×76.5×15.2mm/ | Approximately 74.5×81.4×12.8mm/ | ||||||||
| Approximately 83.8×76.1×16.7mm | Approximately 84×76.5×15.2mm | Approximately 75.9×82.1×13.5mm | |||||||||
| Mass | Approximately 95g (charge pond 10g it includes) | Approximately 96g (charge pond 10g it includes) | Approximately 79g (charge pond 10g it includes) | ||||||||
| Power source | AC power adapter (attachment), AC100V 50/60Hz, Lithium ion charge pond, USB bus power | AC power adapter (attachment), AC100V 50/60Hz, Lithium ion charge pond | |||||||||
| Accessory | Back light equipped カナ Chinese character indicatory corresponding 3 line ジョグダイヤルリモコン, the headphone and the USB cradle, the AC power adapter (USB cradle exclusive use), the carrying porch, the private USB cable, SonicStage Ver.2.0 & MD Simple Burner Ver.2.0 CD-ROM and the lithium ion charge pond (the case it is attached) | Back light equipped カナ Chinese character indicatory corresponding 3 line ジョグダイヤルリモコン, the headphone and the USB cradle, the AC power adapter (USB cradle exclusive use), the carrying porch, the private USB cable, SonicStage Ver.2.0 & MD Simple Burner Ver.2.0 CD-ROM and the lithium ion charge pond (the case it is attached) | Back light equipped カナ Chinese character indicatory corresponding 3 line ジョグダイヤルリモコン, the headphone and the charge stand, the AC power adapter (charge stand exclusive use), the carrying porch, the lithium ion charge pond, the battery carrying case (the case it is attached), | ||||||||
| * 1: ' MZ-EH1 ' only playback
correspondence/' MZ-NH3D ' from PC only transfer with USB connection
correspondence. * 2: The abbreviation of Adaptive Transform Acoustic Coding. * 3: The headphone and the line output terminal the combined use jack (the change system by the substance menu) * 4: As for analog input terminal and optical digital input terminal combined use jack (automatic operation change) |
| < Hi-MD desktop audio "sound gate" > |
MD section | |||||||||
| Mechanism | Slot system | ||||||||
| Reading system | Non contact optical reading | ||||||||
| Sampling frequency | 44.1kHz | ||||||||
| Frequency characteristic | 20 - 20,000H z ±1dB | ||||||||
| Sound recording playback system |
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| CD to MD sound recording speed | 4 time speed (Hi-SP and Hi-LP) 2 time speed (SP, LP2, LP4 and Linear PCM) | ||||||||
| Letter input | England/number/カナ Hiragana/Chinese character (only PC input) | ||||||||
CD section | |||||||||
| Mechanism | Slot system | ||||||||
| Reading system | Non contact optical reading | ||||||||
| Frequency characteristic | 20 - 20,000Hz +1/-2dB | ||||||||
| CD-R/RW correspondence | 0 | ||||||||
Sound quality | |||||||||
| Speaker | Full range 8cm x 2 Tweeter 2.5cm x 2 Passive radiator 8cm x 2 (rear) | ||||||||
| USB speaker function | 0 | ||||||||
| サウンドイフェクト | Virtual Phone Technology Linear Phase Speaker MEGA BASS | ||||||||
Functional operativity entire constitution | |||||||||
| Power source | AC: 100V,50/60Hz | ||||||||
| Display | 4 line indications and Chinese character hiragana indication correspondence | ||||||||
| External input terminal | USB (mini- B type) x 1 | ||||||||
| External output terminal | Speaker output (monaural mini-) x 2 Headphone output (stereo mini-) x 1 | ||||||||
| Maximum external size (W/H/D) | 272mm/226mm/231mm (Substance: 80mm/226mm/231mm) (Speaker: 96mm/163mm/193mm) | ||||||||
| Weight | 3.0kg (Substance: 1.1kg) (Speaker: 1.9kg) | ||||||||
| Accessory | Speaker set and card remote control (electric battery attachment), USB connector cable, SonicStage Ver.2.0 CD-ROM | ||||||||
| < "Hi-MD disk for record (1GB)" > | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| * Data transfer rate when turning the disk with
designated line speed, points to data rate. (Maximum data transfer rate, the speed decrease amount due to Write & Verify and USB is not included) |
| * The system of PC which is necessary for the operation of SonicStage Ver.2.0 (hardware requirement) | |
| - | Adaptation PC: The IBM PC/AT compatible machine which satisfies the hardware requirement below (with NEC PC-98 series and that compatible machine, or Macintosh we do not operate) |
| - | OS:
Windows (R) XP Media Center Edition 2004/Windows (R) XP Professional/Windows (R) XP Home Edition/Windows (R) 2000 Professional/ Windows (R) Millennium Edition /Windows (R) 98 Second Edition (only Japanese edition standard installation)* 1 |
| - | CPU: Above Pentium II 400MHz (recommendation above Pentium III 450MHz)* 2 |
| - | Memory: Above 64MB (recommendation above 128MB) |
| - | Being less crowded capacity of hard disk:
Above 200MB (recommendation above 1.5GB) (Windows of errand (R) being proportionate to the quantity which version and the music file handle, it is less crowded and capacity becomes necessary.) |
| - | Connected port: USB port* 3 |
| - | Drive: CD-ROM drive* 4 |
| - | Windows (R) interchangeable sound board |
| - | Display: Stylishness - (16 bit colors or more and above 800x600 dot (recommendation above 1024×768 dot)) |
| - | In addition: |
| In
ターネット音楽配信サービス、CDDBサービスを利用する場合は、インターネットへの接続環境が必要です。 ・WMAファイルを再生する場合は、Windows(R) Media Player7.0以上がインストールされた環境が必要です。 | |
| ※１ | 以下のシステム環境での動作保証はいたしません。 ・NEC PC-98シリーズとその互換機、またはMacintoshなど ・Windows(R) XPのHome Edition/Professional/Media Center Edition 2004以外のバージョン ・Windows(R) 2000のProfessional以外のバージョン ・Windows(R) 98のSecond Edition以外のバージョン ・Windows(R) NT ・Windows(R) 95 ・自作PC ・標準インストールされているOSから他のOSへのアップグレード環境 ・マルチブート環境 ・マルチモニタ環境 |
| ※２ | Transmeta CrusoeTMプロセッサ搭載のPCでは、USBスピーカー機能が正常に動作しない場合があります。（『LAM-X1』） |
| ※３ | USB（従来のUSB1.1）に対応していること。 |
| ※４ | WDMによるデジタル再生機能に対応していないドライブでは、ＣＤからの録音に等速録音の数倍の時間がかかる場合があります。2004年1月現在、ソニーで上記に対応するドライブはソニーPCGA-CD5です。 |
| ＊ | 推奨環境すべてのパソコンについて動作を保証するものではありません。 |
| ＊ | Windowsは、米国Microsoft Corporationの米国およびその他の国における登録商標です。 |
| ＊ | Microsoft 、Windowsは、米国マイクロソフトコーポレーションの米国およびその他の国における登録商標です。 |
| ＊ | 記載されている製品名等は各社の登録商標あるいは商標です。 |
| ※「Hi-MD」規格の詳しい情報は、http://www.sony.co.jp/Hi-MD/ でもご覧いただけます。 |
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| ※ソニードライブURL http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyDrive | ||||||