三洋マービック・メディア株式会社 (Sanyo Mavic-Media Co., Ltd.)
Japanese pressing plant.
This company was established in June 1, 1993 as a spin-off of Toemi Media Solutions Limited in April 2006.
Mastering SID Codes: IFPI L461, L462, L464, L465
Mould SID Code: IFPI 78**
Sanyo Mavic-Media Co., Ltd. pressings can be identified by the following means:
1. The matrix font on all Sanyo pressings is a fairly large dot-matrix.
2. "SA" present in the matrix of discs made in Japan. Some discs omit this.
3. As later Sanyo, U.S.A. discs do, Sanyo Mavic-Media Co., Ltd. discs seem to have a six-digit identifying code in the matrix. These codes, seeing as they are sequential, can be entered in the companies section. The following section will explain how to decode these:
A theoretical example is here GF911D:
Digit 1: an identifier of the LBR (laser beam reader) used to manufacture the glass master.
Digit 2: the year the glass master was produced. It can be a letter (A = 1990, B = 1991 up to Q = 2006).
Digit 3: the month the glass master was produced (1 = January to 9 = September, A = October, B = November, C = December).
Digits 4 and 5: the day the glass master was produced (01 to 31).
Digit 6: unknown (might have been the order of daily production for the LBR (laser beam reader), as is speculated with Sanyo, U.S.A.).
Some theoretical examples of matrix formats:
[catalogue number] BF316C
[catalogue number] BG822D SA
<[catalogue number]>GFB12D SA (This might only have appeared on Sanyo Mavic-Media Co., Ltd. pressings.)
Note that Sanyo Japan glass masters, with an identifying code from pre-June 1st, 1993 (D601), were repressed by Sanyo Mavic-Media Co., Ltd. Such represses can usually be identified by the presence of a SID code.