Aiwa AM-F70 Portable MD recorder

This is a Japanese domestic market recorder released December 10, 1998 . It is not yet available outside Japan.

Key features:

• 10 hours of play, or 4 hours of recording, on a single lithium-ion battery.
• 25 hours of play, or 10 hours of recording, on the external battery case.
• 40 hours of play, or 16 hours of recording, on a single lithium-ion battery and the external battery case.
• With lithium-ion battery and attached regular battery 16 hours/play 11 hours recording.
• 40 seconds of shock protection.
• Frequency. response: 20-20kHz. Headphone amp: 10mw + 10mw
• Sampling rate converter. 1 bit DAC/ADC.
• Large Remote control with backlight, 10 character LCD, and recording level meter. Backlit LCD and control buttons on body also.
• Back lit keys ON THE RECORDER, good for concert recording.
• Inputs: line, optical, mic. Output: headphone.
• Large style jog dial for inputting disc and track titles (up to 50 characters).
• Size: 77.6 x 19.3 x 97mm, Weight: 187g (with rechargeable battery cell)
• English and Japanese Kana song title entry.

Check out these new functions and programming....

• Mono mode, records twice the amount of time - 148 minutes for a 74 minute disc.
• High speed (2x) playback mode for mono recordings with no pitch change.
• Three step battery life indicator on main body as well as remote.
• Title search function allows another track to be selected by name while unit is playing.
• Synchro start recording from digital and analog sources.
• Repeat 1, all, shuffle and 25 track program play mode.
• Date and time stamp recording.
• Time mark function can automatically make a track mark every 5 minutes
• Bass boost switch.

When you order this unit, in addition to the recorder you get:

• Stereo Earbud Headphones connected via a backlit remote controller.
• 1 lithium ION rechargable battery.
• Battery case for use with 3 AA size battery.
• Carrying case with the AIWA label.
• A neck strap to attach to the device for easy carrying.
• One year Japanese domestic market warranty.
• Stereo Microphone
• Operation manual in both Japanese and English.
• Japanese 100 volt AC adaptor (AC-D401)
• 120 or 240 volt to 100 volt power convertor.
• More information from Aiwa Japan

Here is all you get (except the AC adapter - which is not shown here):

Here is a size comparison to the Sony R55.

Order Information

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Last updated: December 14, 1998 by Japan Direct (c) Copyright 1998. All Rights Reserved. All trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.