8-Track Tape player ' Al Stewart Time Passages ' Qatron Stereo-48

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Al Stewart 'Time Passages' '1978' Arista Records Inc.8-Track Tape /AT8-4190 All rights go to Arista.Uploaded for Qatron demonstration only. My Qatron is serial #499 of 500 produced in the first year under it's original manufacture, after which the product was sold out to another company who went on to produce the players. It is said that the initial production ended due to the incompatibility with with the various tape case styles. The fact is the player works quite well with every make I've encountered. There is one rare tape case style that is sharply squared off that I recall never played well in any player I've owned. I have on several occasions played 12 entire tapes in a row without a hitch. Usually the only problem I encounter is a broken tape. I will upload the 'duds' up until they break as well. Enjoy, Paul J. This is a rare Qatron Stereo-48 , 8-track tape player. It is a fully automated music player capable of playing all 12 8-tracks without operator input. I will soon do live uploads showing the player while the tape plays. The functions allow you to dial whichever tape you want with the 1-12 dial, the tape automatically goes to this tape and plays it. You can program a tape to play just one of the tracks then go to the next tape in line. Once , say track selection '1' is played on , say 'tape 1' , it continues to tape two and plays selection 1, then tape 3's track 1, etc. Then once it's played all of the tapes track '1' it plays track '2', etc. until it goes to tape 12 track 4. Or you can simply play the tape all the way through, then the next all the way through, until all 12 tapes have played completely. It also has a repeat so whichever tape you choose will play like a traditional 8-track and play over and over again. If you take out a tape then the player will stop when it gets to this tape. Handy if you just want to play a few tapes.