Marantz

Marantz SD142 Cassette Deck

Marantz SD 142

The Marantz SD142 is a stereo cassette deck, it was introduced by Marantz in 1984 and discontinued 2 years later in 1986.

The main SD142 features are, tape type selection with support for normal and chrome tapes.

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

1984 The first episode of the Miami Vice television crime drama series, premiered on NBC.
1985 Sony and Philips produced the standard for Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) computer discs that would use the same laser technology as the audio CD.
1986 IBM unveils the PC Convertible, the first laptop computer.

Features of Marantz SD142

Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
4 Track / 2 Channel
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Mechanical Tape Loading

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1985 Pioneer CT-660
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dot Chrome Tape dot Stereo
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dot Manual Control dot Normal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo dot Top Loading