The demo unit seemed rugged and robust. With few moving parts, nothing rattles when you give it a shake. The unit comes in a kit with AC adapter, a set of high-capacity NiMH batteries and an extra battery holder. A car adapter kit is available. Fit and finish When the MDP500 is put to use, the design shines.
Fingers can feel that the connection has been made.
The front controls offer a similar lock feature with the recording level adjustment. The rest of the front-panel controls cover a range of options. Altogether, there is a plethora of options here, making this quite customizable to exploit the unit's capabilities of the MD format. What I like most is that the control design here doesn't rely entirely on clicking through menus. Under the display, three buttons on the front-panel control selections on the options presented above.