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Your new Optimus DCT-2000 DCC (Digital Compact Cassette) Deck introduces a new generation of digital audio. The DCT 2000 can play or record DCCs, which give you the same super sound quality as a compact disc or digital audio tape (DAT). But the DCT-2000 does even more-it can also play your existing collection of standard audio (analog) cassettes. This versatility is unmatched by any other digital audio device on the market.
Your DCC deck lets you record a digital copy of another digital medium, such as a CD or DAT (if the medium is not copy-protected). The deck also features analog (non-digital)inputs that let you make digital recordings of analog program material.
The DCT-2000 gives you the best in digital audio by providing the following special features:
- Digital Connection Jacks-let you connect a digital audio device that has fiber-optic or standard phono digital jacks, for unsurpassed dubbing quality.
- ID Editing System-lets you add ID markers to a user-recorded DCC for more control over tape playback.
- Automatic Search Music System (ASMS)-helps you quickly find the beginning of tracks on a DCC.
- Timer Display-shows elapsed and remaining times on an entire DCC or a single selection on a DCC.
- Text Display-shows the album title, song title, and album credits on prerecorded DCCs.
- Track Programming-lets you program the deck to play only selected tracks on a DCC.
- Automatic Reverse Play-lets you set the deck to play one or both sides of a DCC, or both sides continually (up to eight times).
- Record Mute-lets you easily record a silent section on a recordable DCC.
- Dolby NR (B and C) reduces tape hiss and background noise on standard audio (analog) cassettes recorded using Dolby NR.
- Four-Sector Mono Compatibility-lets you play prerecorded, four-sector mono DCCs, which can contain up to 3 hours of monaural program material.
- Wireless Remote Control-lets you control the deck's main playback functions from a distance.
Advanced Functions / Hints and Tips / Care and Maintenance
Specifications
| DIGITAL CASSETTE (DCC) | |
| Line Input Impedance | 47 kohms +/-10% |
| Line Input Sensitivity | 600 mV rms +/-1 dB |
| Line Output Impedance | < 1000 Ohms |
| Line Output Level | 2 Vrms |
| Playback (Prerecorded DCC to TAPE OUT) | |
| Total Harmonic Distortion (@ 1 kHz) | 0.0035% |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio. | 95 dBA |
| Channel Separation (@ 1 kHz) | 85 dB |
| Record/Playback (COAXIAL/OPTICAL IN/OUT) | |
| Total Harmonic Distortion (@ 1 kHZ) | 0.035% |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | 95 dBA |
| Channel Separation (@ 1 kHz) | 85 dB |
| Record/Playback (TAPE IN/OUT) | |
| Total Harmonic Distortion (@ 1 kHZ) | 0.005% |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | 92 dBA |
| Channel Separation (@ 1 kHz) | 65 dB |
| Frequency Response | 5 Hz-20 kHz+/-0.5 dB |
| Intermodulation Distortion (@ - 4 dBfs) | -80 dB |
| STANDARD AUDIO CASSETTE | |
| Line Output Level. | 700 mV rms |
| Line Output Impedance | < 1000 Ohms |
| Total Harmonic Distortion (@ 1 kHz) | 1 % |
| Frequency Response (+/-3 dB) | |
| Normal | 40 Hz-16 kHz |
| CrO2 | 40 Hz-17 kHz |
| Metal | 40 Hz-18 kHz |
| Signal-to-Noise Ratio | 55 dB |
| With Dolby B | 65 dB |
| With Dolby C | 75 dB |
| Channel Separation (@ 1 kHZ) | 45 dB |
| Wow and Flutter | 0.1% WRMS |
| GENERAL | |
| Sampling Rate | 44.1KHz if DAT is source 48KHz and frequency is 5Hz to 20KHz |
| Temperature Range | |
| Operating | 32 F-109 F (0 C-43 C) |
| Storage | -40 F - 149 F (-40 C - 65 C) |
| Dimensions (H x W x D) | 5-1/2 x 17-1/4 x 12-1/4 Inches (14 x 44 x 31 cm) |