Kenwood KX-3030

Data

General

• Manufacturer: Kenwood
• Model: KX-3030
• Type: Compact Cassette Tape Deck
• Type: Front loader
• Years of manufacture: 1991 - 1992
• Made in: Japan
• Color: Black
• Remote control: optional
• Mains connection: 220 V / 50 Hz
• Power consumption: 22 W
• Dimensions: 440 x 127 x 274 mm (WxHxD)
• Mass: 4.4 kg
• Original price: 398 DM (equivalent to approx. 203 EUR)

Connections

• Input sensitivity: 77,5 mV
• Input impedance: 50 kOhm
• Output level: 490 mV
• Output impedance: 3 kOhm

Specifications

• Audio heads: 2 (hard permalloy record/playback head, double gap ferrite erase head).
• Motors: 2 electronically controlled DC rotors
• Synchronous fluctuations: 0.05 % (WRMS) 0.12 % (DIN)
• Belt types: IEC Type I, II, IV
• Frequency range:
  • Type I: 20 Hz - 16 kHz (+/- 3dB)

Type II: 20 Hz - 17 kHz (+/- 3dB) Type IV: 20 Hz - 18 kHz (+/- 3dB)

• Distortion factor: < 0.8 %
• Signal-to-noise ratio (Type IV):
  • with Dolby C: 73 dB
  • with Dolby B: 66 dB
  • without Dolby : 58 dB
• Auto-Reverse: No
• Title search: Yes
• Noise reduction Dolby B, C
• Dynamic enhancement Dolby HX-Pro
• MPX Filter: Yes
• Fader: No
• Pitch control: No
• CD Synchro Recording: No

• More data at "Hifi Engine": [1]

Special Features

• Electronic tape counter
• Power Eject (motor-assisted cassette ejection)
• Peak Search (determines the highest dynamic value of the CD in conjunction with the corresponding CD player)
• Thirteen-segment level display
• "Index Scan" track search system
• Remote control via Kenwood system bus
• Headphone output (without level control)

Remarks

Other models in the same series:

• KX-3030
• KX-5030
• KX-5530
• KX-7030

Previous model: KX-2020 (according to Kenwood product info '91)

Successor model: KX-3050

Pictures

• Picture: Kenwood KX-3030

• Picture from Kenwood catalog Hifi '91

Links

• Prospectus in the "Kenwood Archive": [2]