Aurex PC-X40
¥ 64,800 (around 1979)
Commentary
A metal tape-compatible cassette deck equipped with a multi-M. Q. S system.
It is equipped with a newly developed multi-M. Q. S (Music Quick Selector) system.
With this function, you can press the play lever and the FF lever simultaneously and operate the 6 selection buttons and the skip button. You can select music by operating the mechanism with newly developed IC.
For example, if you want to listen to the third song, press the [3/9] button. After that, simply press the play button and the FF lever at the same time to fast-forward unnecessary songs and play the specified song. With this function, you can reserve as many songs as you want at the same time up to the sixth song, and the red LED lights up for reserved songs. When the first song passes, you can reserve the seventh song, and you can always reserve up to five songs ahead in this pattern. Reservations can also be canceled.
If you press all six selection buttons, you can start the program at once. If you press the [Play/Skip] button while listening to a song, you can skip to the next song and it will be played automatically from the beginning of the next song. You can start the program in the same way.
The [Play/Skip] button allows one touch review and queuing. All six selection buttons are released and the play and FF lever are pushed in simultaneously. Each time the [Play/Skip] button is pressed, fast forward and playback are repeated. You can also press the play and REW lever simultaneously to repeat rewind and playback.
The indicator above the button during music selection shows the position of the tape during M. Q. S operation.
Equipped with a memory repeat function.
By pressing the PLAY and REW levers simultaneously, you can play the tape repeatedly from the beginning to the end of the tape. You can also repeat between the end of the tape and the point specified by the memory counter ([000]).
Editor volume is installed.
You can create unrecorded sections between songs that are essential for multi-M. Q. S systems. You can also fade in and fade out.
An AS (All Sendust) head is used for the recording / reproducing head.
A 4-gap ferrite head with a high demagnetization rate is used for the erasing head.
Each of the bias and equalizer is a 3-step switching type and is compatible with metal tape.
Equipped with an LED digital meter that switches between dots and bars.
It is a peak level type with excellent response speed. In addition, when the dot is switched, the level of -10dB or more is displayed as a point. Although it is a digital type, the level can be displayed with the same movement as the needle tip.
Equipped with Dolby NR as a noise reduction system.
Equipped with a timer standby mechanism.
Equipped with soft eject & easy take-out mechanism.
It has a review and queue system.
Model Rating
| Type | Cassette deck |
| Track system | Stereo |
| Bias erase | 85kHz |
| Tape Speed | 4.8cm/s |
| Adaptive tape | Normal, Ferrichrome, AX (chrome), metal |
| Heads | Recording : AS head Erasing : ferrite heads |
| Wow and flutter | 0.05%(WRMS) |
| Early Winding Time (C-60) | 80 seconds |
| Frequency characteristic | 20 Hz to 18 kHz |
| SN ratio (AX tape) | Dolby in:68dB |
| Total Distortion Factor (0 dB, 400 Hz) | 0.4% |
| Input terminal | Line : 70mV/50k Ω Mic : 0.25mV/600 Ω ~ 10k Ω |
| Output terminal | Line : 0.5V/50k Ω Headphone : 1.0mW/8 ohm |
| Semiconductor used | ICx16 Transistor x44 Diode x56 |
| Pwer | 100 VAC, 50Hz/60Hz |
| Power consumption | 12.5W |
| External dimensions | Width 420x Height 116x Depth 278 mm |
| Weight | 5.3kg |