Beautiful Pioneer cassette deck from the late 70ties that sounds and look amazing. It comes with manual tape type selection, Dolby B noise reduction and two large backlit VU meters.
The below service was carried out to have it operating at the original specs:
- Replacement of Capstan Belt
- Replacement of FFWD/RWD Belt
- Replacement of pick up belt
- Cleaning of Heads
- Cleaning of Capstan with chemical
- Demganetisation of playback head and capstan
- Speed calibration
- Playback level calibration
- Full function test
Description
The Pioneer CT-F500 employs a DC servo control motor featuring excellent stability for tape transport.
This combines with the ultra precision-engineered capstan, belt and large sized (80mm) flywheel which make up the highly precise tape take-up mechanism to provide superb tape transport stability and a dramatic improvement in wow and flutter.
Specifications
Type: 2-head, single compact cassette deck
Track System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo
Tape Speed: 4.75 cm/s
Heads: 1 x record/playback, 1 x erase
Motor: 1 x DC servo
Tape Type: type I, FeCr, CrO2
Noise Reduction: B
Frequency Response: 30Hz to 16kHz (Cr02 tape)
Signal to Noise Ratio: 64dB (dolby B)
Wow and Flutter: 0.05%
Total Harmonic Distortion: 1.5%
Input: 65mV (line), 0.3mV (mic)
Output: 0.7V (line)
Semiconductors: 27 x transistors, 14 x diodes, 2 x IC
Dimensions: 380 x 140 x 261mm
Weight: 5kg
Year: 1978
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