Nakamichi TD-500C
Dolby B NR Dolby C logo

This Nakamichi TD-500C is a mobile tuner cassette deck with Dolby B and C noise reduction, it was first sold by Nakamichi in 1993 with a list price of USD $801 and discontinued 10 years later in 2003.

The main features of the Nakamichi TD-500C mobile tuner cassette deck are: 1 head.

Manual playback azimuth correction provides controls to manually adjust the azimuth of the TD-500Cs 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-500C provides 20 dB of noise reduction above about 1,000 Hz, fully doubling the amount given by B-type.

Compact Cassette

Historic events

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
2001 Apple Computer introduced the iPod portable music player.
2002 Nakamichi went into bankruptcy protection.
2003 Memory Stick PRO, a removable flash memory card format, launched by Sony and SanDisk

Features of Nakamichi TD-500C

Calibration
Calibration
Manual Playback Azimuth Correction
Cassette Exterior
Exterior
Black Finish
Head Configuration
Head Configuration
1 Head Desiǥn
Noise Resuction
Noise Reduction
Dolby-B Noise Reduction Dolby-C Noise Reduction
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
Belt Drive (Capsŧan)
Tuner
Station Presets Digital Scale Electronic Tuning

Similar to Nakamichi TD-500C from the period 1993 - 2003