EEVblog #863 - Sony D50 Discman Teardown - World's First Portable CD Player

What's inside the world's first portable CD player, the Sony D-50 (D-5) Discman?
1984 vintage!
Also a look at the laser beam splitter optics, and the gorgeous service manual.

Service Manual: http://freeservicemanuals.info/servicemanuals/download/Sony/d-5.pdf

HIres photo: https://www.eevblog.com/2016/03/29/eevblog-863-worlds-first-portable-cd-player-teardown-sony-d50-discman/

Nobutoshi Kihara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobutoshi_Kihara
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