Panasonic RS-636 Cassette Deck

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The Panasonic RS-636 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Panasonic in 1985 and discontinued 9 years later in 1994.

The main features of the Panasonic RS-636 cassette deck are: 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, tape type selection with support for normal and chrome 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 Panasonic RS-636 cassette deck are analog needle VU reading meters.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Panasonic RS-636 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

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.

Historic events

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.

1987 S-VHS (Super VHS) introduction in Japan, an improved version of the VHS standard for consumer video cassette recorders.

1988 Sony begins producing VHS recorders

1989 Commodore announces that 1 million Amiga computers have been sold.

1990 Commodore announces the Amiga 3000 computer.

1991 The first digital 2G (Second Generation) cellular technology was launched by Radiolinja in Finland on the GSM standard

1992 The Atari 2600 is finally discontinued 15 years after its introduction in September 1977

1993 Intel introduces the "Pentium" processing chip.

1994 Launch of Digital Video (DV), a digital video format that has since become a standard for home and semiprofessional video production.

Panasonic RS-636 Cassette Deck

The Panasonic RS-636 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Panasonic in 1985 and discontinued 9 years later in 1994.

Historic events

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Similar to Panasonic RS-636 from the period 1985 - 1994