Technics RS-616 Cassette Tape Player

Description

Up for auction is a late 1970's Technics RS-616 Cassette Tape Player made in Japan. It is in very nice condition for its age, especially the wood cabinet. I powered it on and played a tape for a few minutes and everything appeared to be working.
However due to its age, I am selling this unit
AS IS.
Buyer takes full responsibility for purchase and no refund is offered
. It would be a good candidate for a full electronic restoration as it's in great cosmetic shape. No international shipping, or shipping to PO Boxes, Alaska, Hawaii, or Puerto Rico. The serial number of this unit has been recorded.
The main features of the Technics RS-616 are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and ferro-chrome tapes with additional manual equalization selection, belt driven single-capstan transport.Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the left side of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well.Level meters used on the RS-616 are analog needle VU reading meters. Mechanical transport controls for reliable RS-616 transport function selection. Cue and review can be used to easily and quickly locate the beginning of a passage.The Dolby-B system reduces tape hiss on tapes recorded on the RS-616 by as much as 10 dB at the highest frequencies.To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect microphones with a jack connector. For undisturbed listening a jack connector for a pair of stereo headphones is supplied. Connection to other audio components for playback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.