🎧 Panasonic RR930 Microcassette Transcriber/Recorder: Superior Audio Playback and Recording Review

I've used this device for years to take minutes of business meetings and was using it when it was gifted to me. I used it for ten years before it failed. When looking for a replacement I was very happy to find the same make and model in stock. I'm not tech savvy but I can adjust tape speed, tone, volume and voice speed. I don't use the pause pedal, I use the pause button. Up to 15 people can sit in a room and I sit in the middle of one of the 4 long tables (2 long tables end-to-end, 2 side by…

I was excited to get a new unit as Panasonic discontinued this model. This model has better clarity than most other comparable transcriber types and transcribes cassettes with broken plastic parts or wrinkled tapes 99% of the time where other brands can't decode. I have several transcribers working for me and they often return tapes that their machines can't play, but the Panasonic RR-930 will almost always play, 99% of the time it will play the tapes unless the tape is torn in two. I rarely…

It's a bit scary this thing made the high pitched sound I was scared of for 2 days but who knows how long it will be packed and possibly contaminated. A call to Panasonic at 800-405-0652 and a few prompts later and I was finally able to speak to the person. I was told to do a "head clean" on the machine. **** Take out the tape and while pressing the erase protect lever (it's a small lever on the right/top inside where the tape runs), press the record button. The wheels spin until you press…