MiniDisc Data Equipment Notes

• MD-Data equipment uses a slightly different media than MD-Audio gear and in general the two classes of equipment have poor interoperability. The MD-Data and MD-Audio cartridges are shaped slightly differently, and the Read-only TOC information on the discs are different. The result is that Data MD equipment cannot generally write to Audio MDs, and vice versa. Some Data-MD equipment can play MD-Audio discs (via an audio-out jack on the unit), and the multi-track recorders (see the multitrack equipment table) can use MD-Audio discs in a diminished 2-track recording mode.
• Technische Universitaet Wien has some German information about Sony MD Data drives.
• Konica's English pages for their Picture MD gear.

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