RFT Carat S

Data

General

• Manufacturer: RFT
• Model: Carat S
• years of construction: Carat S: from 1978, Carat IR: from 1981
• Manufactured in: DDR
• Color: Housing: Wood veneer, Front: Black
• Remote control: Carat S: no, Carat IR: yes
• Dimensions W x H x D: 630 x 108 x 300 mm
• Weight: 8,5 kg
• Price: 1950,- M

Connections

• Number of inputs:
  • list the inputs here (with sensitivity/impedance).

Number of outputs:

• • list the outputs here (with level/impedance).

Technical Data

• Operating voltage: 220 V, 50 Hz
• Power consumption: 110 W
• Wave range LW: 150...285 kHz
• Wave range MW: 520...1605 kHz
• Wave range KW: 5,9...7,35 MHz
• Wave range VHF: 87.5...104 MHz

AM section:

• Sensitivity: 150 µV
• Selectivity: 45 dB
• Upper cut-off frequency: 2.5 kHz
• IF noise ratio: 40 dB

FM section:

• Sensitivity mono: 2.75 µV
• Selectivity: 60 dB
• Upper cut-off frequency: 16 kHz
• Spurious voltage spacing: 54 dB
• IF noise ratio: 60 dB
• Crosstalk attenuation at 1 kHz: 30 dB

AF section:

• Sinusoidal output power: 2 x 15 W at k = 0.7 %.

Distortion factor at f = 1000 Hz ; 10 W: 0,5 % * Frequency range: 25 - 20000 Hz

• Frequency response: 25 - 20000 Hz
• External voltage spacing at 25 W: > 60 dB
• Crosstalk attenuation at 1 kHz: > 40 dB
• Adjustment range "bass" at f = 40 Hz: +/- 15 dB
• Adjustment range "Treble" at f = 15 kHz: +/- 15 dB
• Adjustment range "Balance": 10 dB

Special Equipment

• later (1981) a novel variant of the Carat S was introduced, the Carat IR. It represents the first remote-controllable HiFi home receiver in the GDR.