OTTO RD-D60 Stereo Cassette Deck

The OTTO RD-D60 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B and Super-d noise reduction, it was introduced by OTTO in 1982.

The main features of the OTTO RD-D60 cassette deck are: 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection with support for normal, chrome and metal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left side 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.

Level meters used on the OTTO RD-D60 cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters. Full-logic transport controls used on the OTTO RD-D60 let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the OTTO RD-D60 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies. The Sanyo Super-D noise reduction system is a compander circuit intended to compress and expand the audio signal to reduce noise. In the OTTO RD-D60 Super-D operates in two divisions, medium low band and medium high band.

To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect microphones with a jack connector. For undisturbed listening a jack connector for a pair of stereo headphones is supplied. Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable. All main transport commands can be issued remotely with a wired remote control.