VINTAGE 1980S BLAUPUNKT (CROWN) CSC 830-F BOOMBOX GHETTOBLASTER IN GOOD WORKING CONDITION

VERY COLLECTIBLE VINTAGE 1980'S BLAUPUNKT (CROWN) CSC-850F GHETTOBLASTER BOOMBOX, EXCELLENT CONDITION, ALL WORKING AS IT SHOULD INCLUDING THE VU METERS, GREAT SOUND, GOOD CONDITION WITH MINOR WEAR AND TEAR. THIS SET WAS MADE IN JAPAN AND MARKETED IN SOUTH AFRICA BY TEDELEX UNDER THE BLAUPUNKT LABEL. 
 
One of the companys most popular ghettoblasters, launched in the early 1980s. It contained everything that we love so much in the technology of those years large knobs and switch knobs, dial gauges, 20-cm woofers. It is very well-built. The knobs are metal, and the tape keys have a very smooth, solid action. It weighs over 5.0 kg, not including batteries.
 
IT WAS MADE IN JAPAN AND MANY OF ITS INTERNAL COMPONENTS ARE SHARED WITH THE CROWN CSC 830F BOOMBOX. Boomboxes were developed in Japan in the early 1970s and soon became popular there due to their compact size and impressive sound quality. 
 
It's a small radio (41cm wide), but it provides more bass than you might expect. It has 4 speakers and the WIDE MODE (BEFORE THE DAYS OF SURROUND SOUND) is a nice feature. This vintage radio has a SERIES OF PHONO AND AUX INPUT SLOTS (PRE USB) on the side where you can connect your Speakers, Microphones, MP3 Player, iPod (via a phono adapter), old computer, record player or turn table, CD player and use the Phono setting on the function switch.

SIZE: 41CM WIDE 22CM HIGH (ANTENNA DOWN) 12CM WIDE

CONDITION: IN VERY GOOD VINTAGE CONDITION FREE FROM DAMAGE AND REPAIR. FEW BODY SCRAPES. ANTENNA SMALL BENT BUT IN TACT. BATTERY COMPARTMENT WORKING (6 D CELL BATTERIES NOT INCLUDED). HAVE 8 SHAPED POWER CORD WORKING AND INCLUDED. TAPE DECK WORKING ALTHOUGH INITIALLY IT PLAYED A LITTLE SLOWLY THAN NORMAL. RADIO WORKING FINE.
 
MARKINGS:
BLAUPUNKT
MODEL CSC-830F STEREO RADIO RECORDER
DISTRIBUTED BY TEDELEX MADE IN JAPAN
 
BLAUPUNKT:
Blaupunkt GmbH was a German manufacturer, producing mostly car-audio, radios and other electronic equipment from 1933 until 1 March 2009, when it was sold to Aurelius AG of Germany in 2011 which then filed for bankrupcy in late 2015. The brand, is now managed by GIP Development SARL of Luxembourg.
Founded in 1924 in Berlin as "Ideal," the company was acquired by Robert Bosch AG in 1933. IN 1938 IT CHANGED ITS NAME TO "BLAUPUNKT", GERMAN FOR "BLUE POINT" OR "BLUE DOT", AFTER THE BLUE DOT PAINTED ONTO ITS HEADPHONES THAT HAD PASSED QUALITY CONTROL. 
In 1949, Blaupunkt advertised the first FM-capable car radio. In 1950 an incredible variety of devices emerged including table and other portable radios. By the 1960 and 1970s, Blaupunkt had become one of the leading German manufacturers of car radios and car audio equipment.
Beginning by at least 1974-75, Blaupunkt, in addition to offering their usual German-manufactured radios, offered Japanese-manufactured models: big on features, but appreciably lower in price than the German units.  

TEDELEX:
Tedelex is an audio equipment distributor, active from Johannesburg since 1946. Tedelex Manufacturing (Pty) Ltd was founded in 1969. Tedelex is today a subsidiady of Amalgamated Appliance Holdings Limited. 
 
CROWN RADIOS JAPAN:
Crown was a audio electronics brand owned by Asahi Musen Denki a Japanese electronics manufacturer established in 1948. In 1970s, CROWN products were supplied to foreign companies under license of foreign brands like Blaupunkt. In 1990s, the company was renamed to Miyakoshi Corporation but soon after ceased the manufacturing the audio electronics.