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Rotel RD-2000 Stereo Cassette Tape Deck

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Dolby B NR

The Rotel RD-2000 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was introduced by Rotel in 1976 with a list price of USD $370 and discontinued 5 years later in 1981.

The main features of the Rotel RD-2000 cassette deck are: 2 heads, analog 3 digit tape counter, 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-2000 cassette deck are analog needle VU reading meters. Mechanical transport controls for reliable Rotel RD-2000 transport function selection.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Rotel RD-2000 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-2000

Connectors
Connectivity
2 Mono Microphone Inputs RCA Input/Output Connectors Headphones DIN Input/Output Connector
Display
Display
3-Digıt Mechanical Counter Analog Needle Meters
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Silver Finish 19-Inch EIA Rack Mounting 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
Preamplifier
Preamplifier
Individual Input Level Controls
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty Ferro-Chrome Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Auto Stop Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Well Loading

Similar to Rotel RD-2000 from the period 1976 - 1981

1981 Rotel RD-1001

RD-1001

dot Dolby-B NR dot Full Logic Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
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
1978 Rotel RD-2200M

RD-2200M

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Metal Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1976 Rotel RD-30F

RD-30F

dot Dolby-B NR dot FeCr Tape dot Stereo dot Rack Mountable dot Analog Meters
1976 Rotel RD-2200

RD-2200

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1974 Teac A-160
Teac

A-160

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Chrome Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1978 Sansui SC-2110
Sansui

SC-2110

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1979 Alpage FL-2100
Alpage

FL-2100

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1976 Akai CS-34D
Akai

CS-34D

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot Chrome Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1976 Yamaha TC-66
Yamaha

TC-66

dot Dolby-B NR dot Manual Control dot FeCr Tape dot Single Capstan dot Stereo
1977 Technics RS-617U
Technics

RS-617U

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