Sony TC-FX220
Dolby B NR Soft Touch Metal Tape

This Sony TC-FX220 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Sony in 1985 with a recommended retail price of USD $120 and discontinued a year later.

The main features of the Sony TC-FX220 cassette deck are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and metal 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 Sony TC-FX220 cassette deck are generic digital peak reading meters. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the Sony TC-FX220 cassette deck. Cue and review can be used to easily and quickly locate the beginning of a passage.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Sony TC-FX220 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
  • Peak Level Meter
  • DC Servo Controlled Motor
  • SD Head

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.

Features of Sony TC-FX220

Connectors
Connectivity
2 Mono Microphone Inputs RCA Input/Output Connectors Headphones
Display
Display
3-Digıt Mechanical Counter Digital Peak-Reading Meters
Electronics
Electronics
Direct-coupled Playback Head Amplifier DC-Coupled Amplifier
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Orientation Left Black Finish Front Loading
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
2 Head Desiǥn 4 Track / 2 Channel
Indicators
Indicators
Record
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Controls
Operation
Cue / Review Soft Touch Transport Control
Preamplifier
Preamplifier
Individual Input Level Controls
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
IEC2 Compliant Normal Tape Capabilıty Chrome Tape Capabilıty Metal Tape Capabilıty
Transport
Transport
Auto Shutoff Mechanical Tape Loading Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Belt Drive (Capsŧan)

Similar to Sony TC-FX220 from the period 1985 - 1986