• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Year
• 1977

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 197198

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• Number of Transistors
• 50

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Cassette-Recorder or -Player

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC) / 110; 120; 220; 240 Volt

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Stereo Cassette Deck TC-188 SD - Sony Corporation; Tokyo

• Shape
• Book-shelf unit.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 440 x 140 x 290 mm / 17.3 x 5.5 x 11.4 inch

• Notes

• Stereo Cassette Deck.
  Normal, Chrome, Metal Tape Capability.
  Dolby NR, 2x VU-Meter.
  Alu Front Silver, Wooden Sidepanels.

  Type: 2-head, single compact cassette deck
  Track System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo
  Tape Speed: 4.8 cm/s
  Heads: 1 x record/playback, 1 x erase
  Tape Type: type I, CrO₂, FeCr
  Noise Reduction: B
  Frequency Response: 20 Hz to 16 kHz  (FeCr tape)
  Signal to Noise Ratio:
  Dolby NR OFF
      58 dB at peak level (NAB) with Ferri-Chrome cassette
      56 dB (DIN, 1975 rev.) with Ferri-Chrome cassette
      48 dB (DIN, old) with Ferri-Chrome cassette
      54 dB at peak level (NAB) with chromium dioxide cassette
  Dolby NR ON
      improved by 5 dB at 1 kHz, 10 dB above 5 kHz
  Wow and Flutter: 0.08% WRMS (NAB) +/- 0.2% (DIN)
  Total Harmonic Distortion: 1.3 %
  Bias Frequency: 105 kHz
  Input: 60 mV (line), 0.2 mV (mic)
  Output: 0.435 V (line)

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 6.3 kg / 13 lb 14 oz (13.877 lb)

• Source of data
• - - Data from my own collection

• Author
• Model page created by Ernst Ploch. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 3995 models, 3856 with images and 958 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Sony Corporation; Tokyo