JVC DD-V9
(1982 - 1983)

Upper-end cassette recorder adorned with a crowd of functions, systems and attendent acronyms : ANRS, SPI, MPI, U-TURN, FULL-LOGIC, SOFT-LOGIC, DD, B.E.S.T., EDC, MFC, MMS, SMS and SA. I might have forgotten a few - but this sure made me drool in 1982 !

Besides interesting looks, more plainly, the DD-V9 has three heads mainly made of Sendust Alloy for the front, backed up by 12 Permalloy strips. The DD-V9 has a rubis-based turning headblocks to offer auto-reverse play and record. The DD-V9 has a calibration system which allows to memorize tape settings. The DD-V9 flashes a multi-function digital counter able to display elapsed time, remaining time or the program number being searched by way of the Blank Search function. The DD-V9 has an IR-based system of detecting the end of the tape and launching the the motors' reverse mode and turning of the headblock. The DD-V9 has a two-colour 18-segment FL level meter that also served as calibration instrument monitoring for the tape calibration system. The DD-V9 sports JVC's ANRS Automatic Noise Reduction plus the regular Dolby B and Dolby C and a switchable MPX filter. The DD-V9 handles METAL (TYPE IV) tapes. The DD-V9 hides its computer-controlled functions in a large drawer just under the FL meters. The DD-V9 can receive an optional (but wired) remote control responding to the charming name of R-70E. How's that for sales pitch ?