• Country
• Japan

• Manufacturer / Brand
• Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Year
• 1980

• Category
• Sound/Video Recorder and/or Player

• Radiomuseum.org ID
• 274643

• • alternative name: Hitachi Sales Corp. of America

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• Number of Transistors
• Semiconductors present.

• Semiconductors

• Main principle
• Audio-Amplification

• Wave bands
• - without

• Details
• Cassette-Recorder or -Player

• Power type and voltage
• Alternating Current supply (AC)

• Loudspeaker
• - For headphones or amp.

• Material
• Metal case

• from Radiomuseum.org
• Model: Stereo Cassette Tape Deck D-E55 - Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo

• Shape
• Book-shelf unit.

• Dimensions (WHD)
• 435 x 110 x 266 mm / 17.1 x 4.3 x 10.5 inch

• Notes

• Hitachi Frontloading Stereo Cassette Tape Deck Model D-E55.
  Metal Tape Capability (20 - 18000Hz)
  Digital Peak Meter
  Dolby NR
  Timer Function
  3 Digit Analog Tape Counter
  IC Logic Cntrol
  
  
  Power Requirements:
  Suffix:
  U, C - 120VAC 60Hz - 41 Transistors, 27 Diodes
  W - 100-110/115-127/200-220/230-250VAC 50/60Hz - 43 Transistors, 29 Diodes
  FS - 220VAC 50Hz - 43 Transistors, 29 Diodes
  BS, AU - 240VAC 50Hz - 43 Transistors, 29 Diodes
  Power Consumption:
  Max. 21 Watts
   

  Type: 2-head, single compact cassette deck
  Track System: 4-track, 2-channel stereo
  Tape Speed: 4.75 cm/s
  Heads: 1 x record/playback, 1 x erase
  Motor: electronically controlled DC
  Tape Type: type I, FeCr, CrO2, Metal
  Noise Reduction: B
  Frequency Response: 20Hz to 18kHz  (Metal tape)
  Signal to Noise Ratio: 67dB  (dolby B)
  Wow and Flutter: 0.04%
  Total Harmonic Distortion: 3%
  Input: 60mV (line), 0.3mV (mic)
  Output: 0.5V (line)

• Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
• 4.5 kg / 9 lb 14.6 oz (9.912 lb)

• Mentioned in
• - - Manufacturers Literature (Service Manual)

• Author
• Model page created by Franz Scharner. See "Data change" for further contributors.

• Other Models

• Here you find 1052 models, 942 with images and 241 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
  All listed radios etc. from Hitachi Ltd.; Tokyo