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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 recordings you have made have excessive noise or static, 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 a Tape on Deck B
1 Press EJECT 0 for deck B.
To protect your recording
Cassettes have two small
tabs on the back to protect
from accidental erasure or
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 decks 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
2 Put a recordable cassette into deck B.
3 Close the cassette holder gently.
4 Check the tape direction of deck B.
•If the tape direction is not correct, press TAPE 2 3 twice then 7 to change the tape direction.
5 Start playing the source — FM, AM, CD player, deck A or auxiliary equipment connected to AUX jacks.
•When the source is CD, you can also use CD Direct Recording (see page 25) and Auto Edit Recording (see page 26).
•When the source is deck A, you can also use the dubbing method. (See “Dubbing Tapes” on page 25.)
6 Start recording. On the unit ONLY:
Press REC START/STOP.
The 
(recording) indicator lights up on the display and recording starts.
•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 7.
To remove the cassette, press EJECT 0 for deck B.
Heads
To demagnetize the heads
Turn off the unit, and use a head demagnetizer (available at electronics and audio shops).
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