Source: MiniDisc Wiki contributors · September 3, 2026 snapshot · CC BY 4.0, except where otherwise credited.
Attribution and changes
Adapted from “Onkyo X-B7/FR-B7”. Links, layout and file names normalized; missing database fields restored; remote embeds replaced with links. Manufacturer manuals and separately credited photographs retain their original attribution.
| Name | FR-B7 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Onkyo |
| Released | 2005/03 |
| Device type | bookshelf |
| Recorder | Recorder |
| MDLP | Yes |
| NetMD | No |
| Hi-MD | Yes |
| Radio | No |
| Dimensions | 155w x 241h x 354d mm |
| Weight | 5.1 kg |
| ATRAC ver | Hi-MD |
| Battery | Not recorded Not recorded |
| Battery notes | Not recorded |
| Sidecar (depr) | No |
| Voltage | 100 |
| Power cable | AC |
| Price (launch) | Not recorded |
| ¥73 500 | |
| - | |
| Inputs | RCA in, CD |
| Outputs | 3.5mm headphone, RCA out, Speaker amplifier |
| Control | Not recorded |
The FR-B7 is a cost-reduced variant of the FR-B8, which does not include optical inputs, and can only record in 44.1kHz. It was sold exclusively in Japan as the X-B7 (Y), with wood-grain speakers. It can also be distinguished by the metallic plastic, rather than brushed aluminium, volume knob.
User Notes
The FR-B7/8 is, sadly, not compatible with CD Text, making it less than ideal for easy CD dubbing. It is capable of high-speed CD to MD dubbing, however. It is, however, a highly capable and beautiful little machine, if you can get your hands on one.
This unit appears to share components with many of Onkyo’s Hi-MD devices from 2004-2006, including its late-2005, slightly more premium siblings the FR-N9 and FR-N7, the DVD/MD combo units FR-UN9 and FR-UN7, so spare parts appear to be available in reasonable number.
Content adapted from: https://www.minidisc.org/part_Onkyo_X-B7+B8.html
Additional information from Onkyo’s mini-site (Web Archive link): http://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/frb/index.htm http://www.jp.onkyo.com/more_emotion/frb/index.htm (MiniDisc Wiki mirror)