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Rotel RD-12F Cassette Deck

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Dolby B NR

The Rotel RD-12F is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Rotel in 1976 with a manufacturer suggested retail price of USD $340 and discontinued 5 years later in 1981.

The main features of the Rotel RD-12F cassette deck are: 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection with support for normal, chrome and ferro-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 Rotel RD-12F cassette deck are analog needle VU reading meters. Mechanical transport controls for reliable Rotel RD-12F transport function selection.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Rotel RD-12F 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.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1976 Elcaset audio format introduced by Sony as an improvement to compact cassettes.
1977 Tandy Radio Shack released its version of a personal home computer called the TRS-80.
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.

Features of Rotel RD-12F

Connectors
Connectivity
2 Mono Microphone Inputs RCA Input/Output Connectors Headphones
Display
Display
3-Digıt Mechanical Counter Analog Needle Meters
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Orientation Left Front Loading
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
2 Head Desiǥn 4 Track / 2 Channel
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Controls
Operation
Mechanical Transport Control
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Manual Tape Type Selection Ferro-Chrome Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading Auto Stop

Similar to Rotel RD-12F from the period 1976 - 1981

1976 Rotel RD-15F

RD-15F

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1976 Rotel RD-10F

RD-10F

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Chrome Tape dot Stereo dot Analog Meters
1976 Rotel RD-30F

RD-30F

dot Dolby-B NR dot FeCr Tape dot Stereo dot Rack Mountable dot Analog Meters
1978 Marantz 1810
Marantz

1810

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Stereo dot Analog Meters
1976 Technics RS-263AUS
Technics

RS-263AUS

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Chrome Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1976 BASF 8100 HiFi
BASF

8100 HiFi

dot DNL NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1976 Teac A-100
Teac

A-100

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Chrome Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1979 Sony TC-K15
Sony

TC-K15

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1977 Sony TC-K5
Sony

TC-K5

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo