Toshiba PC-6030 Stereo Cassette Deck

This Toshiba PC-6030 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Toshiba in 1975 with a recommended retail price of USD $750 and discontinued a year later.

The main features of the Toshiba PC-6030 cassette deck are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal and chrome 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 upside-down in the cassette well.

Level meters used on the Toshiba PC-6030 cassette deck are analog needle VU reading meters. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the Toshiba PC-6030 cassette deck.

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

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the Toshiba PC-6030 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies. The 19kHz multiplex pilot slgnal present in FM stereo broadcasts can cause false triggering of the noise reduction system. The switchable MPX filter of the PC-6030 filters out the pilot signal, and assuring proper Dolby processing of FM stereo programs.

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.