Lafayette

Lafayette RK-D225 Cassette Deck

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The Lafayette RK-D225 is a stereo cassette deck, it was introduced by Lafayette in 1978 with a recommended retail price of USD $150 and discontinued 4 years later in 1982.

The main features of the Lafayette RK-D225 cassette deck are: 2 heads, manual tape type selection with support for normal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1978 The first satellite in the modern Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) is launched.
1979 Philips introduced the Video 2000-system (also known as 'Video Compact Cassette' or VCC)
1980 Dolby C Noise Reduction introduced by Dolby Laboratories.
1981 Dave Smith proposes the Universal Synthesizer Interface that would become the MIDI standard in 1983.
1982 Seiko introduced the world’s first TV watch.

Features of Lafayette RK-D225

Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
4 Track / 2 Channel 2 Head Desiǥn
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Manual Tape Type Selection
Transport
Transport
Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading Auto Stop

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