Preparation
xNotes on cassettes
•Any standard cassette can be used, but the optional Sony leaderless cassette
•Choose a cassette of suitable length. The recording time on each side of these cassettes is as follows: Sony
Sony
•The use of cassettes whose running time is longer than 90 minutes (total time) are not advisable.
•The letter A on the Sony cassette is embossed to help you distinguish that side of the cassette in a dimly lit area.
To prevent accidental erasure
When the unit is operated in the recording mode, any previous recordings will be automatically erased. For this reason, cassettes incorporate a safety device to prevent any accidental erasure. When the small tabs at the rear of a cassette are broken off, an interlock on the unit will be activated, preventing recording.*
To protect the recording on side A, break off the tab of that side. To protect the recording on side B, break off the tab of that side.
Side A
tab of side A
Remove the broken tab.
To reuse a cassette for recording after the tabs have been removed, simply cover each slot with a small piece of plastic tape. Do not stick any material on any other part of the cassette except the circled part, as illustrated below.
Plastic tape
*When the cassette is loaded for telephone recording with the tabs broken off and the TEL REC button is pressed, the beep tone is heard and the TEL REC button does not operate.
When the cassette is loaded for dictating with the tabs broken off and the function selector is set to DICT, recording cannot be made and the beep tone is heard.
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