Nakamichi TD-1200SE
Dolby B NR Dolby C logo Auto Reverse Full Logic Direct Drive

This Nakamichi TD-1200SE is a mobile tuner cassette deck with Dolby B and C noise reduction, it was first sold by Nakamichi in 1990 with a recommended retail price of USD $1,601 and discontinued 10 years later in 2000.

The main features of the Nakamichi TD-1200SE mobile tuner cassette deck are: 1 head, dual capstan transport.

Full-logic transport controls used on the Nakamichi TD-1200SE let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection.

Automatic playback azimuth correction adjusts automatically the azimuth of the TD-1200SEs playback head to the azimuth the tape was recorded with so playback on the {0} is possible with the best sound quality.

Dolby C-type used in the Nakamichi TD-1200SE provides 20 dB of noise reduction above about 1,000 Hz, fully doubling the amount given by B-type.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

1990 Release of Photoshop 1.0 for Macintosh computers by Adobe.
1991 Invention of the MP3 digital audio format
1992 The Atari 2600 is finally discontinued 15 years after its introduction in September 1977
1993 Intel introduces the "Pentium" processing chip.
1994 Launch of Digital Video (DV), a digital video format that has since become a standard for home and semiprofessional video production.
1995 Microsoft releases Windows 95.
1996 Introduction of the first smartphone, the Nokia 9000 Communicator which incorporated PDA functionality
1997 Intel releases the Pentium II chip.
1998 Memory Stick, a removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony
1999 Sony introduced AIBO (Artificial Intelligence roBOt), it was discontinued in 2006.
2000 Windows 2000 is released

Features of Nakamichi TD-1200SE

Calibration
Calibration
Auto Playback Azimuth Correction
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
1 Head Desiǥn
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction Dolby-C Noise Reduction
Controls
Operation
Full Logic Transport Control
Power
Power Requirements
External DC Power Supply
Preamplifier
Preamplifier
Tone Control Output-Level Control Balance Control
Tape Speed
Speed
1⅞ ips - 4.76 cm/s
Tape
Tape
2-Position Equalization Selector
Transport
Transport
Auto Reverse Direct Drive (Capsŧan) Dual-Capsŧan Transport

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