English
Recording
IMPORTANT:
•It may be unlawful to record or play back copyrighted material without the consent of the copyright owner.
•The recording level is automatically set correctly, so it is not affected by the VOLUME, the SUBWOOFER LEVEL, and the SOUND MODE controls. Thus, during recording you can adjust the sound you are actually listening to without affecting the recording level.
•If there are excessive noise or static in the recording you have made, the unit may be too close to a TV. Increase the distance between the TV and the unit.
•You can use type I tape for recording.
Recording on a Tape
1 Press 0EJECT to insert a recordable cassette with the exposed part of the tape down.
To protect your recording Cassettes have two small tabs
on the back to protect from unexpected erasure or re- recording.
To protect your recording, remove these tabs.
To
To keep the best recording and playback sound quality
If the heads, capstans, and pinch rollers of the cassette deck become dirty, the following will occur:
•Impaired sound quality
•Discontinuous sound
•Fading
•Incomplete erasure
•Difficulty in recording
To clean the heads, capstans, and pinch rollers
Use a cotton swab moistened with alcohol.
Pinch rollers
Capstans
Heads
To demagnetize the heads
Turn off the unit, and use a head demagnetizer (available at electronics and audio shops).
2 Close the cassette holder gently.
•If you want to record on both sides of a tape, see “To record on both
3 Check the tape direction of the cassette deck.
•If the tape direction is not correct, press TAPE23twice then 7 to change the tape direction.
4 Start playing the
•When the source is a CD, you can also use CD Direct
5 Start recording.
On the unit:
Press REC START/STOP. | REC START | ||
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Press and hold REC START/STOP |
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The REC (recording) lamp flashes when recording starts, and the tape direction indicator (3 or 2) starts flashing slowly.
•If no cassette is inserted, “NO TAPE” appears on the display. If a protected tape is inserted, “NO REC” appears on the display.
To stop recording immediately, press REC START/STOP or 7 (or press and hold REC START/STOP on the remote control for more than 1 second).
To remove the cassette, press 0EJECT to open the cassette holder.
To record on both sides—Reverse Mode
On the unit ONLY:
Press REVERSE MODE so that the Reverse Mode | REVERSE | |
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indicator on the display lights up like— | . |
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•When using the Reverse Mode for recording, start recording in the forward (3) direction first. Otherwise, recording will stop when recording is done only on one side (reverse) of the tape.
To cancel Reverse Mode, press the button again so that the
Reverse Mode indicator on the display lights up like— | . |
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