Kenwood KX-500
Data[edit]
General
- Manufacturer: Kenwood
- Model: KX-500 (KX-500 B in black)
- Type: Stereo cassette deck
- Years of manufacture: 1980 - 1982
- Made in: Japan
- Colour: Silver
- Remote control: -
- Power consumption: 18 watts
- Dimensions: 440 x 139 x 281 mm (WxHxD)
- Weight: 4.3 kg
- Original price approx.: 500 DM
Connections:
- Number of inputs:
- Line In: 77,5 mV, 50 kOhm
Line In DIN: 0.1 mV
- Microphone 0.19 mV, 10 kOhm
- Number of outputs:
- Line Out: 390 mV, 100 kOhm
- Line Out DIN: 390 mV, 100 kOhm
- Headphones: 48.9 mV, 8 Ohm - 16 Ohm
Technical Data
- Audio heads: 2 (Permalloy head for recording and playback, ferrite head for erasing).
- Motors: 1 (electronically controlled DC motor)
- Variation in synchronism: 0.05%.
- Belt types: Normal, Chrome, Ferro-Chrome, Metal.
- Frequency response:
- Normal: 30 - 15,000 Hz
- Chrome: 30 - 16.000 Hz
Ferro-Chrome: 30 - 16,000 Hz Metal: 30 - 16,000 Hz
- Distortion factor: < 1.3 %
- Signal-to-noise ratio: 52 dB metal, with Dolby 62 dB.
- Auto Reverse: -
- Title search:
- Dolby: B, C
- Rewind: 85 seconds for C-60
Special Features
- Metal tape
- Jog keys with logic circuit
- Fine adjustment of premagnetization - bias
- Simple tape type selection
- Fluorescent light bar peak level meter
Remarks[edit]
- Other models in the same series:
- Amplifiers:
- Kenwood KA-30
- Kenwood KA-50
- Kenwood KA-60
- Kenwood KA-70
- Kenwood KA-80
- Kenwood KA-500
- Kenwood KA-800
- Kenwood KA-900
- Kenwood KA-1000
- Tuner
- Kenwood KT-30
- Kenwood KT-50
- Kenwood KT-60
- Kenwood KT-80
- Kenwood KT-500
- Kenwood KT-800
- Kenwood KT-900
- Kenwood KT-1000
- Tape Deck
- Kenwood KX-50
- Kenwood KX-70
- Kenwood KX-400
- Kenwood KX-500
- Kenwood KX-600
- Kenwood KX-800
- Kenwood KX-1060
- Kenwood KX-2060
- Special accessories for this series
- Kenwood AT-50 Timer
- Kenwood AT-80 D Timer
- Kenwood AT-500 Timer
- Kenwood GE-80 Equalizer
- Kenwood PM-80 Level meter
- Kenwood RA-80 Reverberator
- Kenwood RC-500 Remote control
Pictures[edit]
- Image: Kenwood KX-500
Reports[edit]
Links[edit]
- Data sheet in the Kenwood archive: [1]