Hitachi D-5500

Data

General

  • Manufacturer:Hitachi
  • Model: D-5500
  • Type: Cassette Tape Deck
  • Years of manufacture: 1979 - 1980
  • Made in: Japan
  • Color: Silver
  • Remote control: yes, removable
  • Power consumption:
  • Dimensions: 435 x 186 x 320 mm (WxHxD).
  • Weight: 14 kg
  • Original price approx.: 2'500 DM


Connections

  • Number of inputs:
    • Microphone: 0.35 mV, 300 Ohm - 5 kOhm
    • Line In: 60 mV, 100 kOhm
    • Line In DIN: 0.35 mV, 4.7 kOhm
  • Number of outputs:
    • Line Out: 550 mV, 50 kOhm
    • Line Out DIN: 50 mV, 50 kOhm
    • Headphones: 8 Ohm - 2 kOhm


Technical Data

  • Audio heads: 3
  • motors: 2x, direct drive
  • Synchronization fluctuations: 0.028 % (WRMS)
  • Tape types: I, II, III
  • Frequency response:
    • I (Normal): 30 - 19'000 Hz
    • II (Chrome): 20 - 20'000 Hz

III (FeCr): 20 - 20'000 Hz

  • Distortion factor: 1.2
  • Signal-to-noise ratio:
    • Dolby NR "OFF" 60 dB

Dolby NR "ON" 68 dB

  • Dolby: B
  • MPX Filter:
  • Fader:
  • Pitch Control:
  • Crosstalk attenuation: > 65 dB at 1 kHz
  • Cancellation attenuation: > 65 dB
  • Premagnetization and erasure frequency: 105 kHz
  • Rewind time: 70 seconds for C-60


Special Features

  • Remote control removable


Remarks


Pictures

  • Image: Hitachi D-5500

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  • Excerpt from brochure: Hitachi D-5500

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  • Extract from brochure: Hitachi D-5500

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Reports

  • Report in "FonoForum" 8 / 1979


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