Philips EL3302 Cassette Recorder

This Philips EL3302 is a mono cassette deck.

The main features of the Philips EL3302 cassette deck are: 2 heads, tape type selection and capable of handling normal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport.

Typical of this deck is the 70's top loading layout with the cassette compartiment located on the center of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed directly over the head block. Additionally the heads can be easilly accessed for cleaning.

Level meters used on the Philips EL3302 cassette deck is a single analog needle VU reading meter. Mechanical transport controls for reliable Philips EL3302 transport function selection.

For undisturbed listening a DIN connector for a pair of mono headphones is supplied.

Historic events

1965 The Dolby Type A noise reduction system is introduced.

1966 Philips began marketing stereo cassettes.

1967 The first regular color television broadcasts in Europe.

1968 T.J Watson and IBM develop and patent the first memory module called DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory) which will become the foundation for short term memory storage used by computers.

1969 The laser printer was invented at Xerox in 1969 by researcher Gary Starkweather,

1970 Introduction of the first dot matrix printer, the Centronics Model 101.

1971 The liquid-crystal display (LCD) invented by James Fergason

1972 Philips introduced the VCR ('Video Cassette Recording') videocassette format.

1973 TDK introduced a replacement for chromium dioxide and named it Avilyn.

1974 DuPont introduces chromium dioxide (CrO2) cassette tape.