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COMPACT CASSETTE SYSTEM
The
en tire compact cassette system
uses
a sta
nd
ard
tape
speed of
1
7
/
H
ips
and is compatible; i.e., monaural
and stereo
reco
rd
ed casse
ttes can
be played on either
s tereo o
r
monaural cassette
reco rders
without
any
loss
in
quality.
The
compa
tability
is
illustrated in
the above
diagra
m.
The
le ft
side shows the
monaural
track
posi-
tion (note
track
width .059 inch]:
on
the
right
side,
the
track of
.059
inch
is split
into two
s tereo
tracks
o
f
0.024
inch
each
(left
and
right
channels].
Because the
total
track width of
the le
ft and right
stereo channels
is
equa
l
to
that
of the monaural
track,
whe
n
a stereo cassette
is
played on a monaural recorder the playback head
w
ill
sca
n
both the
left
a
nd
right
channels
together.
This
re-
sul ts
in
au
tomatic
mixing
of the
left
and right channels
from
th
e stereo
tape
giving you
true monaural reproduc-
tion
without
any
los
s
in the
q uality
of
the
playback. Be-
cause of
the compatibility most
prerecorded
Musicas-
se ttes
are
compac
t
tape
casse tte
st
ereo recordings and
can be played on the Carry-Corder's
mona ural
system
with
no
loss
of
fidelity
.
COMPACT CASSETTE SYSTEM
r
f
0.059"
SI.
D E 8
I
._
0.15"
t-
l
0.059"
SIDE A
,.,
Arrows indicate tape motion in Play
I
Record
SID
MONO
STEREO
LEEr
CHANNE
RIGHT
CHANNEL
LEFT CHANNEL
M
0
:024"
0 .011
"
0.024"
0
.032"
0
.024"
0.011
"
___,.
0
.024"
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