Hipac - The lost tape : Pioneer's forgotten 1970s cassette rival

Hipac is the pre-recorded tape format that history forgot, so it's time to fix that.
Previous videos on related formats;
1) The Playtape https://youtu.be/qBSGuR589_Q
2) The Mail Call https://youtu.be/uTIrbvwn2Ho
Also - check out my playlist full of unusual and forgotten tech:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLN2yCnHTG_6qxmv_pdBxWxCPsbA1Cl2RI

The only other video I’ve found on YouTube featuring a Hipac player - can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/5MXX2oUMjpI

FAQs etc.
Firstly - a few Japanese speakers have confirmed my pronunciation of Hipac is correct...so that’s good news.

Q) What's that clock/youtube counter on the shelf
A) This https://youtu.be/aEIhc-2vmIM

More info about the machine and the purpose of the case....
It seems unlikely it would be a salesman's sample (as has been suggested by quite a few) as there would be little need for a 12V power connector or even a model number for something the public couldn't buy. Additionally - there's that chap on youtube (linked above) with a different model - you'd only need one design of this case for demo purposes.

Now as far as the aerial...you'll see some leaf spring connectors on the left of the inside of the machine at one point when it's open - it seems very likely that these are there to connect to contacts on a special radio cartridge that could be inserted in the machine to provide it with radio reception capabilities. Personal stereos of the 80s re-used this idea, with a number of machines coming with radio cassette that you put in the machine when you wanted to listen to the radio. - Here's an example of a similar idea for the 8-track https://swling.com/blog/2017/06/mystery-solved-remember-the-8-track-fm-radio-converter/

Q) Could the screw that's holding the player in place just have been used for transportation - like when you buy a washing machine, record player etc.
A) I think that's unlikely, I've never found a transportation screw in any device that required disassembly of the unit to remove - they are usually on the bottom and can be removed and reinserted easily. Again I think this was screwed in - so that the deck and holder could be sold as one complete unit in order to sell off the unsold Hipac player stocks (probably very cheaply).

Q) Where did you get the belts?
A) Here http://ebay.to/2k8jEx9

Q) What's the music playing that starts at 06:54
A) Étude Op. 10, No. 3 (Chopin)

The Wikipedia Entry was created on 29 Sept 2017
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hipac

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