The deck itself is electrically very similar to the JE520 in my stereo system. Operating the MDS-PC2 from the remote is almost identical to operating the JE520. It contains an NEC 78082GA26 single chip CPU, a Maxim 3221 RS232 interface and various other parts. The installation instructions suggest using analog audio connections to the computer. At first I thought this strange, but given the experiences I've had the past few weeks, I can see that they do this because they can be sure it will work.
Installation is very simple, just insert the disk and click on the install buttons.
Operation is fairly intuitive. Track Titling Hands down, the best feature of the MD edit window is the track titling feature. When a minidisc is inserted, the existing title information is read from the disk into the title area of the window. Buttons for all the minidisc editing features like A-B erase, track erase, move, etc. are there. Although I don't have an external CD player with Control A1, they seem to have put a lot of thought into the CD window.