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The Aiwa HD-S200 portable DAT Recorder was released in August 1995.

The HD-S200 is a very light weight, but feature rich successor to the slightly troublesome HD-S100 and HD-S1.

Weighs only 380 including rechargeable (lithium ion) battery

• Up to 5.25 hours of playback with internal & external batteries.
• Rec Review button.
• Illuminated operation keys.
• Large back-lit LCD display.
• Auto/manual record level.
• Stereo earphone with remote included.
• Programmable playback.
• Battery capacity indicator.
• Double speed browse function.
• Auto power off.
• Smaller than Sony TCD-D7 (85mm*40mm*130mm, 374 g).
• Cable remote control.
• Analog at 32kHz/LP, 44.1, 48 kHz.
• Line/mic, optical S/PDIF in share one jack (using spear-headed optical plug like MD players).
• Rec. margin display.
• Half-size heads.
• External compartment for standard batteries.
• Display light only from external power.
• Rechargeable battery lasts for 130 minutes recording, or 3 hours playback.
• External AA batteries last 80 minutes recording, 135 minutes playback.

Aiwa HD-S200 portable DAT Recorder.

• Superb sound quality with digital recording/playbackAudio signals are digitalized and processed precisely. This makes possible extremely high-fidelity recording and playback, with wide dynamic range, low total harmonic distortion and high signal-to-noise ratio.

• Optical digital input/output terminalsRecording and playback with optical digital signals are possible.

• Two types of recording level settingsYou can choose the recording level setting from two types according the need: manual recording level setting for high-fidelity recording of the source sound, and auto recording level setting.
• Back-lit LCD and illuminated buttonsWhen the LCD window is back lit, the operation buttons of the unit are also illuminated.
• Battery indicator signalYou can check the battery condition while the unit is in use.
• Programmed playback of 16 tracksThe unit can store up to 16 tracks and play them back in any desired order.
• Double-speed playbackPlayback at double speed allows quick listening of a tape.
• Analog signal recording with 44.1 kHz sampling frequencyA 44.1 kHz sampling frequency can be used for recording analog signals.