Realistic SCT-500
Dolby B NR Soft Touch Metal Tape

This Realistic SCT-500 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B noise reduction, it was first sold by Realistic in 1982 with a recommended retail price of USD $200 and discontinued 3 years later in 1985.

The main features of the Realistic SCT-500 are:, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and metal tapes, single capstan transport.

Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left side of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well.

Level meters used on the SCT-500 are generic digital peak reading meters. Soft-touch controls for fast and easy transport function selection of the SCT-500.

The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the SCT-500 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.

To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect microphones with a jack connector. For undisturbed listening a jack connector for a pair of stereo headphones is supplied. Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.

Compact Cassette
  • ASMS (Automatic Search Music System)

Historic events

1982 Sony launched the CDP-101 in Japan
1983 Mario Bros. is first released by Nintendo in Japan as an arcade game about an Italian-American plumber
1984 Apple Computer introduces the Macintosh.
1985 Sony and Philips produced the standard for Compact Disc Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) computer discs that would use the same laser technology as the audio CD.

Features of Realistic SCT-500

Connectors
Connectivity
2 Mono Microphone Inputs RCA Input/Output Connectors Headphones
Display
Display
3-Digıt Mechanical Counter Digital Peak-Reading Meters
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Titanium Finish Orientation Left Front Loading
Compact Cassette
General
Stereo
Head
Head Configuration
4 Track / 2 Channel
HighCom NR
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction
Controls
Operation
Music Scan Soft Touch Transport Control Line / Mic Input Select
Preamplifier
Preamplifier
Individual Input Level Controls
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
Normal Tape Capabılity Manual Tape Type Selection Chrome Tape Capabılity Metal Tape Capabılity
Transport
Transport
Sìngle Capsŧan Transport Mechanical Tape Loading

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