Cassette Symbol?
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- Miguex
Hey I'm trying to find this symbol that used to be on hifi stereos back in the day. It was sort of like the arrow on the photo below. but it goes around, indicating perhaps "continuous play mode" or "infinite play" maybe it meant that the tape can be played from the opposite side without the need to take the tape out and flip it.
Does anyone know this symbol and what exactly was it's meaning?
- Naygon1
Do you mean loop?
- Miguex0
So its very similar to this one:
https://thenounproject.com/term/…
Naygon suggested its called loop, and it makes sense.
I want to find out what it stood for in cassette players.If I google for "loop playback" nothing comes up related to that.
anyone knows?
- Weyland0
Auto stop was where the motor, play head and capstan would disengage at the end of the tape automatically iirc
- GRAC0
I think it was called "Auto reverse". Google auto reverse cassette player. I had a lots of Walkmans with that option. It was the shit.
- Fax_Benson1
I just remember Auto Reverse (the two arrows on the image above) - where the tape deck flipped sides automatically.
- yupmonospaced
- Wow. I haven't thought about that since the 20th century.CyBrainX
- vaxorcist0
- always the first thing to break. Tape endlessly would flip backwards and forwards without playing.Fax_Benson
- uan0
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- Miguex0
Ok guys! I think auto reverse it is then. It seems that the arrow graphic was not standardized and every brand had different versions of the same thing.
Thanks for the info fellas, was driving me nuts and couldn't figure it out haha