Sonifex Micro HS Cart Player and Record Unit
- Made:
- circa 1977 in United Kingdom
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Sonifex Micro HS cart player and record unit c.1977.
NAB cartridges ("Carts") were endless 1/4inch tape loops of up to 60 minutes - although between 30 secs and 2 minutes was a more common length. The cart, containing a jingle or trail (or advert in ILR) was placed in the machine. Pressing "play" gave instant play and the machine continued to play the cart until it detected a cue (recorded on a special cue track) which denoted that the loop had got round to the beginning again and the machine then stopped, ready to play it again.
Details
- Category:
- Television
- Collection:
- BBC Heritage Collection
- Object Number:
- 2012-5118/199
- Materials:
- metal (unknown), plastic (unidentified) and electronic components
- Measurements:
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overall: 106 mm x 483 mm x 327 mm, 10.5 kg
- type:
- audio equipment
