Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eneevax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucdavis!lll-crg!gymble!umcp-cs!eneevax!hsu From: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (David T. Hsu) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: Auto Reverse Cassestte Decks Message-ID: <390@eneevax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 23:19:15 EDT Article-I.D.: eneevax.390 Posted: Tue Oct 15 23:19:15 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 17-Oct-85 07:58:16 EDT References: <10600@ucbvax.ARPA> <1191@sphinx.UChicago.UUCP> Reply-To: hsu@eneevax.UUCP (David T. Hsu) Organization: U of Maryland, EE Dept., College Park, MD Lines: 35 >The basic priciple behind most all auto-reverse decks (the only ones >that I can think of that don't use this principle are the Nakamichi >RX series) is that the playback/record head is mounted on a turntable. >When you ( or the deck ) reverse, the head is spun on this table. The >only problem with this is that the stops wear out, something gets >in between the stop and the table, or some other such thing, and >causes misallignment. Nakamichi corrects this with their auto-asmizuth >(is that right? I don't know) allignment technique. This alligns >the head every time for "perfect playback." > >Hope that I haven't made a mess of things too bad. > >-- >Butch Anton >University of Chicago Hmmm, seems to me you have a VERY STRANGE deck, since the vast majority of the ones that I've seen have no such animal, and in fact keep the heads in contact with the tape at all times. -dave p.s. I'll keep looking for that turntable in my walkman, too, and if I ever find one, I'll let you know...no, I'll let you have it. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Hsu Across the net... USnail: Communications & Signal Processing Laboratory hsu @ eneevax.umd.edu Department of Electrical Engineering hsu @ sphinx.ee.umd.edu University of Maryland hsu @ mustafa.ee.umd.edu College Park, MD 20742 hsu @ umd2.arpa BITnet: CF522 @ UMDD hsu @ mit-prep.arpa "You see? You SEE???"