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From: les@vaxwaller.UUCP (Les Dittert)
Newsgroups: net.video
Subject: Re: Level meters on HiFi portable VCR's
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Date: Mon, 15-Apr-85 20:47:51 EST
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> I was looking at HiFi portables, (specifically the RCA 950),
> and I noticed that the audio level meters were on the tuner.
> This means that if you use the recorder with a battery, you don't get
> to use the meters! Are all HiFi portables done this way, and if so,
> why?

Most Hi Fi portable decks can not record Hi Fi with the recorder part
alone. The Hi Fi stuff is in the tuner box, hence the meters are also
on the tuner.