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GE Model 3-5196B Cassette Recorder

American Printing House for the Blind

Leather textured gray plastic case; retractable plastic handle; black push-button controls on right with raised symbols for record, rewind, forward, play, pause, and stop; toggle switches on left for tape speed (15/16 or 1 7/8), tape side (1-2 or 3-4), and on/off for the microphone; slide switches on left for volume and tone; push-button index button to left of cassette door and sliding speed control; speaker grill above controls and tape compartment; recessed hole in cassette door allows tactile monitoring of cassette progress; jacks below handle for earphone, headphone, remote microphone, aux/out, and aux/in; black AC power cord stored in compartment on back; Nickel Cadmium battery compartment on bottom; date code 65090; GE serial no. 006136; Model # 3-5196B.

H-3 W-9.375 D-11.125 inches

1996

General Electric, American Printing House for the Blind

China; Louisville, KY

APH Collection

Introduced in 1996 as a slight upgrade from the 5196A, introduced in 1993. The two machines had identical appearance and controls. The 5196 series was only slightly different in appearance from the 5194, introduced in 1981: different colors, slightly different texture pattern, condenser microphone grill removed, different switch colors, no headphone jack, plastic handle rather than aluminum, and a slightly altered speed control scale.

APH Collection, 2007.16