Advent 202
Dolby B NR

This Advent 202 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Advent in 1974 with a manufacturer suggested retail price of USD $150 and discontinued 4 years later in 1978.

The main features of the Advent 202 cassette deck are: 1 head, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, tape type selection and capable of handling normal and chrome tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical of this deck is the 70's top loading layout with the cassette compartiment located on the center of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well.

Mechanical transport controls for reliable Advent 202 transport function selection.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Advent 202 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1974 Intel releases the 8080 processor, the 8-bit successor to the original 8008.
1975 Sony launched the Betamax videocassette recording format.
1976 Elcaset audio format introduced by Sony as an improvement to compact cassettes.
1977 Tandy Radio Shack released its version of a personal home computer called the TRS-80.
1978 The first satellite in the modern Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) is launched.

Features of Advent 202

Display
Display
3-Digıt Mechanical Counter
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Orientation Center Top Loading Black Finish
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
1 Head Desiǥn 4 Track / 2 Channel
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Controls
Operation
Mechanical Transport Control
Preamplifier
Preamplifier
Output-Level Control
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading Auto Stop

Similar to Advent 202 from the period 1974 - 1978