• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Year
• 1981

• Category
• Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 140133

• • alternative name: Hitachi Sales Corp. of America

• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Superheterodyne (common)

• Wave bands
• Broadcast, Long Wave, Short Wave plus FM or UHF.

• Details
• Cassette-Recorder or -Player

• Power type and voltage
• Line / Batteries (any type) / 220 / 10 x 1,5 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• 6 Loudspeakers

• Material
• Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Stereo Cassette Recorder TRK-8600E - Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Shape
• Portable set > 8 inch (also usable without mains)

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 564 x 340 x 177 mm / 22.2 x 13.4 x 7 inch

• Notes
• Hitachi TRK-8600E FM/SW/MW/LW Stereo Cassette Recorder;
  "Ghettoblaster - Boombox",
  SW: 6.0 - 18.0 MHz, tape counter, metal & CrO² bias, soft-touch drive, 2 meters for VU & batt./tuning, Dolby, loudness button, treble & bass control, phones jack, 2 x 12 W, DIN & RCA terminals, ext. speaker jacks, FTZ number 107/2220, 30 W mains power consumption, different cabinet colors known.

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 8.5 kg / 18 lb 11.6 oz (18.722 lb)

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Hitachi Katalog (D) 1981)

• Author
• Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1061 models, 951 with images and 243 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo