Professionalrecording& control
convenience.Professional
performanceforyourstereosystem.
Aperfectlybalancedflywheel
andprecisiontapetransportmechanism.
Capstanroundness
andsurfaceevennesstolerances
twiceasstringentasothermanufacturers—
within1/!.Closelyregulated
capstanclearanceandangle.
Italladdsupto
lessthan0.06"o(wrms)wow& flutter,
andanoutstanding58dBsignal-to-noise
ratio(Dolbyon).
TheTC-800GLisalsoa triumph
ofstylingandstereoengineering.
Lyingflat
ortiltedforwardonitsfold-outsupport,
itoffersfullcontrolconvenience
j
andvisibility
I
fromanyoperatorposition:
'standing,sittingorreclining.
Three-Way-PowerVersatility
ACline,12Vexternalsource,
orbatteriesinthebuilt-in
compartment.PowertheTC-800GL
withanyofthethree;
useitathomeasa part
ofyourstereosystem,
inyourcarorboat,orasa
portableunitforliverecording
andoutdoorlistening.
AutomaticRecordingwithTimer
Plugthepowercordintoyour
timer,setupforrecording
andpressthePauseswitch.
Whenthesettimearrives,
powertotheunitwillpop
outthePauseswitchand
recordingwillbegin(ACoperation
only).
Super-HardPermalloy
Rec/PBHead
Inadditiontoa specialmaterial
andconstructionwhichoffers
superbdurabilityandextended
servicelife,thisheadalso
featuresexcellentsensitivity,an
outstandingdynamicrangeand
highsignal-to-noiseratio.
Itisalsooneofthereasons
behindtheTC-800GL's
ultra-lowdistortion.
MemoryRewind
Resetthethree-digit
tapecounterto
zeroandpress
theMemorybutton.
Then,
whenyourewind,
thetapewillstopat999to
etyoubeginplayatzero.
Greatforrehearingfavorite
passages,languagestudy,
etc.
AutomaticTapeSwitchover
Forchromecassetteswiththenew
extrahole,a specialsensor
automaticallyswitchesbiasand
equalization,matchingthetape
characteristics.A manualselector
letsyouswitchbackandforth
betweenregularcassettesand
ferri-chrome(FeCr)types.
LimiterCircuit
Idealforlimitingpeaksurgesduring
liverecording,thiscircuit
compressessignalswhichthreaten
tosaturatetherecordingsystem,
thusavoidingclippingandoverload
distortion.
Theswitchcanalsobe
usedwitha highinputlevelsetting
forautomaticlevelcontrol;idealfor
recordingspeeches,conferences,
etc.
10DolbyCircuit
TheDolbynoisereductionsystem
cutsbackgroundnoiseandtapehiss
byfirstboostingthetreblerecording
signalduringsoftpassages,then
reducingthesamepassagesignals
(andrecordednoise)during
playback.IntheTC-800GLthe
systemisaidedbyintegrated
circuitryforbettersignal-to-noise
ratioandlowerdistortion.
PitchControl
"Tune"
yourcassettestoa piano,
organ,
etc.,bymovingthesliderleft
orright.Upto
'-3"/o
playbackspeed
adjustmentisprovidedbya special
servocircuit.
Extended-RangeLevelMeters,
LEDPeakIndicators
Eachmeterhasanextra-widerange
of-40dBto-F6dB,forfullvisual
verificationofeventhemost
dynamicsurges.Therearealso
long-lifeLEDindicatorstoassure
perfectrecordingcontrol.One
indicatorlightsforlevelsabove-3dB
andtheotherforlevelsaboveI 4dB.
Thisistheidealrecordingrange,so
perfectrecordingsareeasyevery
time.
FullAutoShutoff
Attheendofa tape(recordingor
playback)thesetautomatically
shutsoff,toprotectthecapstan
andpinchrolleragainstdeformation.