Pioneer CTF-7171 Brochure

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Front-access Dolby stereo

transport, Bias/EQ tape

cassette

selectorand

deckwith

LED

peak

high-precision tape

level

indicator.

The

new Pioneer
performance.

and
unusual
without wasting
a loaded
instant
switches,
ment

Dolby* noise reduction system, Bias/EQ switches
Limiter, LED recording
search, rotary level
wow/flutter

stan

ratio, wide frequency range and

access

from Pioneer.

design - blends

cassette at a

confirmation

meters and controls are sensibly

on the front

(roundness

CT-F7171

CT-F7171

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space or sacrificing convenience.

of

panel.

controls,

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than

error O.1pl, while

stereo cassette

proof positive

is

it is a front-access deck,

perfectly

30-degree

tape condition

And the versatility

and Peak

0.10%

with

angle

Level

and much

WRMS),

its ferrite-solid

minimum

deck

of a

other

to facilitate access; a switched compartment

and travel

situated in logical, user-oriented
of the Pioneer CT-F7171is

indicators, Memory Rewind, a Skip

As

more.

thanks to its electronically-controlled

distortion.

with Dolby is altogether a

new level of sophistication
with the

Pioneer components and enables

for

tape

compartment

The ingenious,

direction.

for normal

performance,

head adds to

Advanced

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or

(-Dolby

in stereo cassette
located on the front

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equally advanced.

special-type

the Pioneer
your

assurance of

electronics

new

and daring design-the

direction

is a trade

deck design

uniform

tape compartment

relation

tapes, a switched

Button

CT-F7771

DC motor and

mark of

in-rack

illuminator allows

means that all

to the tape

There is

for high-speed

exhibits

precision

high signal-to-noise

tape

in hi-fi

Laboratories,

Dolby

panel.

This

mounting

positions

compart-

a built-in

Recording

tape

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All necessary
formed

on
deck thinking-enables
on shelves

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no need

providing

by

to

cess

the tape compartment
or controls. The ingenious,
proof

tape compartment itself is

at

slanted
facilitate confirmation
condition, aided by a
compartment i I lum inator.

ELECTRONICALLY-CONTROLLED
Stability of tape travel
decisive factors in high

performance.

deck
has

applied

techniques available in the

a

double-sure combination

precision

error

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motor

electronically controlled with

kind

of servo-mechanism
state devices to maintain
voltage and
power

supply fluctuations. As a result,

the

wow/flutter characteristics of the

Cf-F7171

of less

than 0.10%

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Power Translormer

RECORI}ING PEAK LEVEL
Pioneer has developed a unique,
detects the

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operations including

deck

the front

with

along

waste

to

vertical

angle

an

the finest tape

capstan
and a dependable DC

rotation

stable

have

been

(WRMS).

Power

Switch of TaDe Deck

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Power supply

Bridged
rectilier

peak

level of an incoming signal

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panel.

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to mount the

your

receiver, tuner, amplifier

space

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of 30" to

of taoe

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reliability

and

fidelity

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reduced to

cassette
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transport

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precise
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DC MOTOR CIRCUIT

Power Source tor

Recording, Playback

Amplifiers

AC+DC
circuit

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sensitivity than any
meter to the

transient
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of
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when making Dolbyized re­cordings
and wide dynamic

peak

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input is

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level,

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level

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signal reaching

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range.

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The CT-F7171
standard,
chrome
with two
current

performs

low-noise/high-output or the types

and/or ferrite compounds. There are

positions (normal/chrome);the

low-distortion, while the EQ

for
equalizer in the CT-F7171
improvement

in the signal-to-noise ratio by approximately

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two front-panel switches, each

BIAS switch

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Indicator

Level Meter

Level

playback

provide

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bias

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