Sony TC-110

The Sony TC-110A is a mono cassette deck, it was introduced by Sony in 1971 and discontinued 3 years later in 1974.

The main features of the Sony TC-110A cassette deck are: 2 heads, tape type selection with support for normal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical of this deck is the 70's top loading layout with the cassette compartiment located on the center 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.

Mechanical transport controls for reliable Sony TC-110A transport function selection.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1971 Sony introduced the U-matic videocassette format
1972 The first video game "Pong" is released by Atari.
1973 Computer graphics are used for the first time in a Motion Picture Industry for the movie Westworld.
1974 Intel releases the 8080 processor, the 8-bit successor to the original 8008.

Features of Sony TC-110A

Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Silver Finish Orientation Center Top Loading
Compact Cassette
General
Built-in Condenser Microphone Built-in Monitor Speaker Mono
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
2 Head Desiǥn 4 Track / 2 Channel
Controls
Operation
Mechanical Transport Control
Power
Power Requirements
Battery Powered
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan) Mechanical Tape Loading

Similar to Sony TC-110A from the period 1971 - 1974