Panasonic RQ-A220 Cassette Player / Recorder

Panasonic RQ-A220 Cassette Player / Recorder

Product Description
Amazon.com Product Description
Dust off those cassettes and let this compact, feature-packed portable cassette player/recorder breathe new life into old tunes. The RQ-A220 offers auto-reverse performance, a built-in condenser microphone, and 3x recording for maximizing tape duration during meetings, classes, and other taping opportunities where length is a bigger concern than recording quality.

A built-in AM/FM tuner gives you access to your favorite radio stations, so you don't even have to grab cassettes on your way out the door. Tired of headphones? Listen through the unit's integrated three-speaker playback system. Extra Bass System (XBS) heightens bass response during headphone playback.

The unit runs for about 24 hours on playback (20 hours recording) on two AA batteries (not included). A three-LED indicator keeps you apprised of battery status.

What's in the Box
Cassette recorder, stereo headphones, hand strap, and a user's manual.

Product Description:
Panasonic RQ-A220 Personal Cassette Recorder and Player - Listen to tapes and radio but you can also record lectures (with built-in mic). Listening is equally flexible. Use a stereo headphone or listen with the unit's 3 built-in speaker.

Average customer rating:

Sturdy machine, lackluster speakers

Panasonic is Still the Best

Returned item due to recording quality

Panasonic RQ-A220 Cassette Player/Recorder

Good sound

Panasonic RQ-A220 Cassette Player / Recorder

Manufacturer: Panasonic
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Stereo cassette recorder with built-in condenser microphone; 4.375 x 3.375 x 1.5 inches (W x H x D)

AM/FM tuner with slide-rule tuning

3x record time slows tape speed to accommodate lengthy recording programs

Up to 24 hours playback and 20 hours recording with 2 AA batteries (not supplied)

Includes hand strap and stereo headphones

ASIN: B00008N6XJ

Product Description

Panasonic RQ-A220 Personal Cassette Recorder and Player - Listen to tapes and radio but you can also record lectures (with built-in mic). Listening is equally flexible. Use a stereo headphone or listen with the unit's 3 built-in speaker.

Amazon.com Product Description

Dust off those cassettes and let this compact, feature-packed portable cassette player/recorder breathe new life into old tunes. The RQ-A220 offers a built-in condenser microphone, and 3x recording for maximizing tape duration during meetings, classes, and other taping opportunities where length is a bigger concern than recording quality.

The unit runs for about 24 hours on playback (20 hours recording) on two AA batteries (not included). A three-LED indicator keeps you apprised of battery status.

What's in the Box
Cassette recorder, stereo headphones, hand strap, and a user's manual.

Customer Reviews:

Sturdy machine, lackluster speakers.......2006-03-23

The machine works great, but the sound from the speakers is tinny. Use headphones for best sound.

Panasonic is Still the Best.......2006-02-28

This recorder was purchased due to an early 80's model that just recently quit working. It would actually record what was playing on the radio with the same amount of quality you would get from a boombox. Anyway, I was not too suprised to see that Panasonic still makes a "recording" walkman. I know that name belongs to sony, but what else do you call them? This machine, unlike my older one, has external speakers that are suprisingly loud for such a small device. Additionally, it can record in 3x, so a 120 minute tape now lasts 360 minutes, or 3 hours on each side. I enjoy this feature for lectures, but it is not as good of quality for music as the 1x function. The only real drawback here is the station "drift". As you are listening to the radio, it will slowly move off of the station, and sometimes onto another one. I can't get it to stop. So if you are recording from the radio, you should babysit this one or else you will not record what you expected.

Returned item due to recording quality.......2005-09-10

I had high hopes after reading other reviews. I've recorded music using Sony tape recorders for over 30 years with fantastic results.... so expected similar quality. However, recordings of music from FM music stations turned out to be substandard, and recordings of guitar and piano practice were terrible. Considering that I would have needed to buy extras to run the recorder using electricity or to record in stereo, it wasn't worth keeping. Like others who reviewed this item, I was irritated by the lack of auto turn-off and lack of a counter. In its favor, the sound quality was good, but I was hoping to buy a stereo tape recorder for taping live music practice.

Panasonic RQ-A220 Cassette Player/Recorder.......2005-08-27

Horrible piece of machine!!
The rewinding motor is so weak, that it takes foreever to rewind, even using an AC adapter.
If Panasonic keeps making garbage like this, no wonder SONY is taking over the electronis market!!

Good sound.......2004-12-15

I bought the Panasonic RQ-A220 player as I was tired of having to use headphones with my Walkman player.

The A-220 does have very good sound for such a tiny machine. Of course, it can't be compared with large component units.

I do have one complaint: description said that it has "auto-reverse performance". I have played a couple of tapes, and mine does not. It does have automatic shut off, which I like.

I like using Amazon.com for non-book items, as well as books.

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