Here's another old cassette recorder I recently found in Retro Bristol for £10
It's a heavy old unit, I believe it was from 1972
It came with a protective leather cover with shoulder strap, it's quite tricky to remove as it seems to have shrank slightly causing it to be a very tight fit
It has the old style tape transport controls rather than the typical piano keys of more modern cassette mechanisms. Also we have the Cass (Eject) and Record buttons, Volume and Tone controls, and finally the tape recording level VU meter.
Close up of the capstan, pinch roller, tape head and electromagnetic erase head
For the younger readers who haven't seen this mechanism before, you push forward to play, pull back to stop, and push and hold left to rewind, and right to fast forward. To record, press and hold the button and push the lever forwards. If the tape is write protected the record button is locked and cannot be pressed in
Bottom of the unit with model labels and battery compartment
Six C cells is what this beast requires
On the side is input and output connections which consist of an external speaker socket using the two pin DIN socket, two differently spaced six pin DIN sockets, the blue marked socket is for microphone, telephone coil, and line in and out, the red marked socket is for the remote control or headphones, and finally a 3.5mm earphone socket
On the rear is the mains power socket and voltage selector for 110 and 240 volts
No sockets on this side
The Philips logo on the front
It came with the instruction manual
This microphone came with the Computone CRC-1001 but doesn't connect to it, but I would suspect it will work with the N2204 here
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