Technics RS-BX 501
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Technics Stereo Cassette Deck RS-BX501
General:
- Brand: Technics
- Model: RS-BX501
- Type: Single, Auto-Reverse
- Years of manufacture: 1994-1999
- Colour: black-brown-anthracite
- Power consumption: 19 watts
- Dimensions: 430 x 125 x 293 (WxHxD)
- Weight: 3,8 Kg
- New price approx.:450 DM,
Technical data:
- Bandspeed: 4,8 cm/s
- Synchronization fluctuation: 0.07 % (WRMS), +-0.2% (DIN)
- Frequency response:
- 30 - 16,000 Hz Type I + II (DIN)
30 - 17,000 Hz Type IV Metal (DIN)
- Signal-to-noise ratio: 66 dB (Dolby B- mode), 74 dB (Dolby C- mode)
- Input sensitivity: 100 mV/ 47 kOhm
- Output voltage/ impedance: 500 mV/ 500 Ohm
- Headphones: 190 mV (8 Ohm)
load impedance: 8 - 600 Ohm
- Bias frequency: 80 Khz
Equipment and functions
- 2 motors, one of which is used as a servo motor for the cassette tray and turning the head carriage.
- Auto reverse playback,
- Cassette recording, cassette playback,
- Headphone jack, noise reduction.
- Computer-controlled tape measuring function ATC with 3 measuring points for optimum adjustment to the respective tape material.
- There is: 1st measurement of bias adjustment, 2nd equalizer adjustment, 3rd level adjustment.
- At the end, it could also indicate, for example, that the cassette is bad, or the heads are very dirty, etc.
- Switchable auto reverse function (tape does not need to be reversed at the end).
- Multi-display display to show the functional status as well as the level of playback
- All mechanical functions and the cassette compartment are switched electrically
- Tape counter in counting mode/ real time in minutes and seconds,
- Memory function for marking as well as finding certain tape positions
- Automatic title search TPS
Turbo rewind speed (switching from slow to fast and vice versa), approx. 50 s (C-60)
- Dolby B and Dolby C noise reduction (optional)
- Dolby HX-Pro dynamic enhancement system
- Recording-playback head: Permalloy 1x
- Erase head: 2-split ferrite head
- Auto Rec Mute
- Auto Reverse. Play both sides without turning the tape over, up to 8 times.
- Dolby B, C, HX-Pro
- MPX Filter, (for high quality FM recording)
- Servo (motorized) loading,
- Level control,
- Separate balance control,
- 2 motor drive with logic control,
- TPS (Tape Program Sensor) track search,
- ATC Auto Tape Calibration (calibration computer).
- Electronic tape counter
Remarks
- Very well equipped auto reverse cassette deck, the last well-known auto reverse deck that Technics produced.
- Simple Logic drive
- In the course of many years, plastic parts on the turntable, such as the base for the head carriage can warp, also the sound head can become misaligned.
Other models of the same series:
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Test reports
Test in Hifi Vision 7/94: satisfactory;