Storage system using an array of electro-magnetic sensors

Storage system comprising a record carrier and a storage device,

• the record carrier having an information plane that is provided with a pattern of an electromagnetic material constituting an array of bit locations, the presence or absence of said material at the information plane representing a value of a bit location, and
• the device having an interface surface for cooperating with the information plane, which interface surface is provided with an array of electromagnetic sensor elements that are sensitive to the presence of said electromagnetic material within a near-field working distance,
• which record carrier can be coupled to and removed from the storage device, and
• the system having alignment means for positioning the bit locations near the sensor elements within the near-field working distance between a bit location and the corresponding sensor element during said coupling.