Sony TC-D5
The Sony TC-D5 was a professional portable dictation and reporting device with an audio cassette as a storage medium .
Sony has been building the devices since the 1980s. The compact devices were universally applicable and popular as mobile recording units with broadcasters. After digital recorders became cheaper and cheaper, the Sony TC-D5s lost their appeal. The devices were produced until 2004.
Equipment TC-D5 M
The device can record on metal straps and was sold as a dictation machine . The devices have two illuminated level meters ( vu meters ), a level attenuation element of −20 dB, cinch inputs and a 6.3 mm jack plug as a headphone output. A recording time of 1.5 hours is specified for operation with rechargeable batteries.
Equipment TC-D5 PRO II
The PRO devices also have balanced inputs with XLR sockets.
technology
The devices can be set to three different belt types and have a regulated capstan drive . The preamplifiers of the microphone inputs work with a favorable signal-to-noise ratio . The sensitivity for the microphone inputs on the asymmetrical TC-D5 M is 0.25 mV (−70 dB).
competitor
Manufacturers such as Marantz Sony competed in the portable reporter market. Thanks to the high production figures, the Sony devices could usually be offered cheaper than those of the competition.