JVC HX-Z3 manual Recording on a Tape, To keep the best recording and playback sound quality

Recording

IMPORTANT:

•It should be noted that it may be unlawful to re-record pre-recorded tapes, records, or discs without the consent of the owner of copyright in the sound or video recording, broadcast or cable program and in any literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic embodied therein.

•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.

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 re-record on a protected tape, cover the holes with adhesive tape.

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).

Recording on a Tape

1 Press 0EJECT and insert a recordable cassette with the exposed part of the tape down.

2 Close the cassette holder gently.

•If you want to record on both sides of a tape, see “To record on both sides—Reverse Mode.”

3 Check the tape direction of the cassette deck.

•If the tape direction is not correct, press TAPE 2 3 twice then 7 to change the tape direction.

4 Start playing the source—FM, AM, CD player, or auxiliary equipment connected to AUX jacks.

•When the source is the CD player, you can also use Direct Recording—(see page 22), and Auto Edit Recording (only for audio CDs)—(see page 23).

5 Start recording.

On the unit:

Press REC START/STOP.	REC START
		/ STOP
On the remote control:
Press and hold REC START/STOP
for more than 1 second.

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 0 EJECT to open the cassette holder.

To record on both sides—Reverse Mode

On the unit ONLY:

REVERSE

Press REVERSE MODE so that the Reverse Mode MODE

indicator lights up on the display like— .

•When using the Reverse Mode for recording, start recording in the forward (3) direction first. Otherwise, recording will stop when only one side (reverse) of the tape is recorded.

To cancel Reverse Mode, press the button again so that the Reverse Mode indicator lights up on the display like— .

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