Emgeton cassette head-cleaning tape (limpiacabezales) HC-1, in case

Name/Title

"Emgeton" cassette head-cleaning tape (limpiacabezales) HC-1, in case

Entry/Object ID

2025.1.216

Description

A standard Compact Cassette head-cleaning cassette ("čisticí kazeta") in a clear plastic Norelco-style case. The cassette shell is black with a printed label: a red band reading "Čisticí kazeta," a white band with "HC-1 / COMPACT CASSETTE," fine horizontal line graphics with a tape window and a "100 · 50 · 0" counter scale, and the "emgeton" brand. The reverse of the shell warns that that side is not for use and carries a usage-count grid ("Počet použití:" numbered to ~20). The clear case is printed across the top with the manufacturer line and a product/price line; an outer paper J-card with matching "emgeton / HC-1 / Čisticí kazeta" graphics is slipped under the case lid.

Use

Belonged to Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Collection

The Cabrera Arús family collection, Leopoldo Arús Gálvez collection

Acquisition

Accession

2025.1

Source (if not Accessioned)

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Československy Film, Barrandov Film Labs

Date made

1984

Time Period

1980s

Place

City

Gottwaldov

Country

Czechoslovakia

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

Maker: Emgeton (Czechoslovak brand). The case is marked "Československý film – Filmové laboratoře Barrandov, odštěpný závod Gottwaldov" (Czechoslovak Film – Barrandov Film Laboratories, Gottwaldov branch plant), the producing/distributing enterprise. Date: 1984 or shortly after. The case back bears "PN č. 026/84," whose "/84" denotes a 1984 specification/registration, giving an earliest-likely date of 1984; the Kčs retail-price line is consistent with the socialist period. price: 30 Kcs.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Label

Location

front of case insert

Transcription

Čisticí kazeta

Language

Czech

Translation

cleaning cartridge

Material/Technique

Label

Type

Label

Location

B-side of cassette

Transcription

TATO STRANA KAZETY NENÍ URČENA K POUŽITÍ/Počet použiti

Language

Czech

Translation

This side of the cartridge is not intended for use/Number of uses

Material/Technique

Label

Type

Label

Location

Back of case insert

Transcription

Způsob použiti čistítí kazety: 1. Vložte čistítí kazetu do magnetofonu označenou pracovní stranou. 2. Stiskněte tlačítko pro přehrávání a ponechte projít celou délku čistícího pásku v kazetě (asi 30 sekund). 3. Tlačítkem zpětného převiňte pásek zpět do výchozi polohy. 4. Vyjměte kazetu z magnetofonu a označte její použití značkou v okénku na etiketě 5. Ověřte účinek čištění vizuálně, nebo zkouškou záznamu a reprodukce. 6. Nedošlo-li ke zlepšeni, zopakujte operace 1 až 4 Čistící kazetu doporučujeme použít vždy po třiceti až padesáti hodinách provozu magnetofonu. Čistící schopnost kazety skončí zanesením pracovní vrstvy čistícího pásku sejmutými nečistotami. Závisí na stupni znečišťováni hlav magnetofonu. V běžných podmínkách se předpokládá asi dvacetinásobné použití ve směru vyznačeném na etiketě. Používání čistící kazety nenahrazuje běžnou údržbu páskové dráhy, přede-psanou výrobcem magnetofonu.

Language

Czech

Translation

How to use the cartridge cleaning: 1. Insert the cleaning cassette into the recorder with the marked working side. 2. Press the play button and let the entire length of the cleaning tape pass through the cassette (about 30 seconds). 3. Use the rewind button to rewind the tape to its original position. 4. Remove the cassette from the tape recorder and mark its use with a mark in the window on the label 5. Verify the cleaning effect visually or by recording and reproducing. 6. If there is no improvement, repeat operations 1 to 4 We recommend using the cleaning cassette every thirty to fifty hours of operation of the tape recorder. The cleaning ability of the cartridge ends with clogging of the working layer of cleaning tape with removed dirt. It depends on the degree of soiling of the tape recorder heads. Under normal conditions, it is expected to use about twenty times in the direction indicated on the label. The use of a cleaning cassette does not replace the routine maintenance of the tape track prescribed by the tape recorder manufacturer.

Material/Technique

Label

Notes

Cassette front: "Čisticí kazeta"; "HC-1 / COMPACT CASSETTE"; "emgeton"; counter scale "100 50 0." Cassette reverse: "TATO STRANA KAZETY NENÍ URČENA K POUŽITÍ. / Počet použití:" with a numbered usage-count grid (to ~20); "emgeton." Case (top): "ČESKOSLOVENSKÝ FILM – FILMOVÉ LABORATOŘE BARRANDOV / ODŠTĚPNÝ ZÁVOD GOTTWALDOV"; "PN č. 026/84"; "MC Kčs 30,—" (retail price, 30 Czechoslovak korunas). J-card: "emgeton / HC-1 / Čisticí kazeta / COMPACT CASSETTE."

Parts

case, cassette

Accessories

Accessory

Case

Materials

Material Notes

Materials: Molded plastic cassette shell with cleaning-tape/pad; printed paper labels and J-card; clear molded-plastic case. Technique: Injection-molded cassette and case; offset-printed labels and insert.

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Leopoldo Arús Gálvez

Notes

owner

Related Places

Place

City

Havana

Country

Cuba

Region

Caribbean, Central America

Notes

use

Place

City

Prague

Country

Czechoslovakia

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

probable acquisition, by Leopoldo Arús Caraballo

Place

City

Gottwaldov

Country

Czechoslovakia

Region

Eastern Europe

Continent

Europe

Notes

production

Research Notes

Notes

"PN č. 026/84" supplies a 1984 anchor (PN = podniková norma, an enterprise standard, dated by year); combined with the Kčs pricing this places manufacture in the mid-1980s.

Created By

Hana Flamm

Create Date

April 15, 2022

Updated By

María A. Cabrera Arús

Update Date

June 18, 2026