Recording operations

7- Cassette operations

Recording pre-recorded tapes, records, or other pub- lished or broadcast material may infringe copyright laws. Check before recording.

1Set the REV MODE switch.

If you want to make a bi-directional recording, set the REV MODE switch to the Ë or ä posi- tion.

Set to the Ä position if recording is to be made on a single side of the tape.

2Load a recordable cassette. Check that the safety tabs on the spine of the cassette are in place. If they have been broken off, block the holes with adhesive tape.

3Press the INPUT 2 SEL key to select either LINE2 or DISC as a recording source.

When DISC is selected, the built-in CD player’s output is selected as a source.

When LINE2 is selected, the external signal from the LINE 2 jacks is selected as a source.

4Set the DOLBY NR system on or off.

5Press the RECORD key. The deck enters record standby mode and the indicators light up.

6Play back the source, and adjust the recording level using the tape deck’s INPUT level control so that the loudest sound makes the meters briefly reach around the “0 dB” point for normal or high-position tapes (recording is not possible with metal tapes).

7Press either the PAUSE or PLAY key to start recording.

To stop recording temporarily, press the PAUSE key. To restart recording, press either the PAUSE key or PLAY keys. If the PLAY key whose indica- tor is unlit is pressed, the recording direction will reverse, and the PLAY key must be pressed again to restart recording.

8To stop recording, press the STOP key.

Dubbing tapes from the CD deck

To record from the internal CD deck:

1Prepare for recording as described above (load a tape, set the REV MODE, etc.).

2Load the source CD disc (press the OPEN/ CLOSE key, put the disc in the tray, recorded side downwards, and close the tray).

3Use the MENU key to set the dubbing volume to THRU to bypass the input level control (see “By- passing the input level for dubbing” on page 23).

If you want to adjust the input volume, set the DUB>VOL menu to ON and use the left (tape) IN- PUT control to adjust the level of signals fed to the tape from the CD player.

NOTE

If you want to record the tracks on the tape in a different order from those on the disc, use the pro- grammed playback mode to rearrange the tracks (see “Program playback” on page 17). Leave the disc in stop mode when you have finished program- ming the order.

4Press the DUB 2 key.

If the tape is in stop mode, the tape rewinds to the beginning of the current side.

At the start of the tape, recording starts, but the CD does not start playback for eight seconds.

The DUB indicator flashes.

The CD starts playback after the eight seconds at the start of the cassette. The DUB, 2 indicator lights steadily.

If the tape is in record standby mode, recording starts immediately, and the CD starts playback immediately. The DUB, 2 indicator lights.

The dubbing stops when playback reaches the end of the CD, or when the tape reaches the end of its run (one side in the case of single-sided (Ä) reverse mode, both sides in the Ë reverse mode), whichever comes first.

Note that if the tape is set to auto-reverse, and the last item recorded on one side of a tape was not completely recorded before the tape was reversed, that item will be automatically repeated.

Also note that when the tape automatically reverses, eight seconds are used as non-recorded time at the beginning of the second side (the tape is in record mode, but the CD does not play back), again to allow for leader tape at the start of the cassette.

The dubbing process can also be stopped manually with the STOP key of the cassette deck or the CD deck. All other transport keys are disabled.

NOTE

Dubbing is not possible if a cassette is not loaded, or a CD is not loaded. It is not possible if the cas-

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