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Attribution and changes
Adapted from “Sony MDS-S35”. 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 | MDS-S35 |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Released | 1995/10 |
| Device type | deck |
| MDLP | No |
| NetMD | No |
| Hi-MD | No |
| Radio | No |
| Dimensions | 430 x 97.5 x 303mm (UK model) AEP models were x 292mm deep |
| Weight | 3.6kg |
| ATRAC ver | 3 |
| Power cable | Not recorded |
| Price (launch) | Not recorded |
| ¥59 000 | |
| - | |
| Inputs | RCA in, Digital optical (TOSLINK) |
| Outputs | 3.5mm headphone, RCA out, Digital optical (TOSLINK) |
| Control | Not recorded |
The S35 has a 1/4” headphone out and has no AV bus link. Weight is different due to differing power supplies too (seemingly 3.6kg for the 303 and 2.4kg for the S35).
Remote: RM-D3M, RM-D4M works too (might have come with Japanese units)
Model Using Similar Mechanism: MDS-302
Mechanism Type: (started as?) MDM-2A, was changed out to MDM-2AR (see page 87 of service manual)
Base Unit Type: MBU-2
Optical Pickup Block: KMS-210A/J-N
IC271 ATRAC Encoder/Decoder: CXD2536R
IC121 Servo Signal Processor EFM/ACIRC Encoder/Decoder: CXD2535AR
Content adapted from: minidisc.org
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Additional specifications and references
| Recorder | Recorder |
|---|---|
| Scms | Yes |
| Web Md | No (not NetMD) |
| Voltage | 100 |
| Export | No |
| Manual | User manual, Service manual |
| Region | Japan |