Pioneer CT-980 Cassette Deck

This Pioneer CT-980 is a auto-reverse stereo cassette deck with Dolby B and C noise reduction, it was first sold by Pioneer in 1981 and discontinued a year later.

The main features of the Pioneer CT-980 cassette deck are: 3 heads and off-tape monitoring, digital tape counter with 4 digits and memory stop, automatic tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and metal tapes.

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 Pioneer CT-980 cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters. Full-logic transport controls used on the Pioneer CT-980 let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection.

To ensure the best response from the wide variety of tapes available adjustment of, bias, equalization and sensitivity, to optimum levels can be performed prior to recording.

Dolby C-type used in the Pioneer CT-980 provides 20 dB of noise reduction above about 1,000 Hz, fully doubling the amount given by B-type.

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.

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