EIKI model 3279A school cassette tape recorder

This is one of those machines for use at schools and it had actually came from a school originally, but I got it at a thrift store for $7. It works perfectly. This one is one of my newer machines, from Jan. 1994. It is AC bias, but oddly on the inside you don't see the usual bias oscillator transformer. I think it uses inductors for the coils of the bias oscillator. The audio quality of this recorder is very good, but disappointingly it doesn't get very sensitive to weaker sounds and is more optimized for close-range voice.

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[Lachlant1984]

Disregard my question about auto stop. Are you using a different camera to your Sony HandiCam? I don't hear the sound of the tape drive running, but what I can hear is a high pitched whistle in my left earphone, unless of course that noise it just caused by my sound card drivers being stupid.

[CassetteMaster]

I used the same camera, but with no tape. I had it hooked directly to the computer and recorded right to it. The high pitched sound was probably that of the memory stick card in its reader-it makes that sound.

[SlimeTron5000]

The machine can run on batteries! Now, I do not have to worry about incompatible mains frequency and hertz cycles!

[CassetteMaster]

All you'd need to do with this one is get the right voltage. Hertz being 50 or 60 does not matter with this machine.

[numanumaaddict]

holy shit! january 1994! that's the exact same month and year i was born! me and that tape recorder are the exact same age! we're both 15 years old, how about that!

[CassetteMaster]

I have a black and white video monitor from the month and year of my birth.

[umajunkcollector]

DANGER

RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK!

DO NOT OPEN!

So how ya supposed to put a cassette into it if you cannot open it?

[SlimeTron5000]

I am talking about 220 - 240 volts, 50 hertz.

The song is "Solar Boat" peformed by Ray Manzarek, the former keyboardist for The Doors.

[nwmnmelvyn]

@nargarothfreak  Hi Is this for sale and what are you asking for it? Does it have its own Mains adapator as well?

Mel Newman -- nwmnmelvyn@aol.com

[sphudson]

Great video. Do you know if the Sony TC-62 is AC biased? Thanks.

[nargarothfreak]

its to bad that the genaration of this time do not know what a cassette is

ore a VHS that is a shame

that was that best thing ever:P

Cheers!

Sorry for my englisch

[Ragrog105]

Eiki is better known for 16mm movie projectors. Two models come to mind, I worked on both. The STOH and the RTO. They are a Japanese company. Eiki tried tried to capture the American market away from Bell & Howell's 16mm movie projectors. There were issues with getting needed Eiki replacement parts because they were shipped from Japan.

That might be the reason Eiki's cassette recorder reminded you of the Bell & Howell.

[cliftdean]

I believe "Eiki" is a transliteration of the Japanese word for "projector". As I'm sure you know, Eiki is more well-known for making 16mm projectors. I believe their philosophy was the build the most reliable and quiet projectors by using as few moving parts as possible.

[Trance88]

My high school had a bunch of that exact machine. Excelent quality!

[prokid2000]

Nice machine has a classic late 80's/ early 90's look

[wooferfreak]

lol aBay