Optimus CDG owner manual Recording a Cassette Tape, Recording Your Voice with Music

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RECORDING A CASSETTE TAPE

You can become a recording star! The system lets you record your voice on a blank or reusable tape as you sing along with a special karaoke cassette tape, video tape, CD/CDG or other audio source. You can also record from an ex- ternal audio source, or dub from one cassette tape to another.

Recording Tips:

•Tape quality greatly affects the qual- ity of the recording. We recommend RadioShack Supertape Extended Range or Low-Noise Type 1 tape. We do not recommend long-play cassette tapes, such as C-120s, because they are thin and can easily tangle in the cassette mechanism. For low-noise, wide-range record- ings, use normal-bias tape.

•Before recording, be sure the tape you are using has its erase- protection tabs in place. See “Pre- venting Accidental Erasure” on Page 19.

•Recording automatically stops when the tape in TAPE 1 reaches the end. To record on the other side, turn over the tape.

RECORDING YOUR VOICE WITH MUSIC

Follow these steps to record your voice along with music from a tape in TAPE 2, a CD/CDG, or an audio source connect- ed to the system’s AUX IN jacks.

1.Load a blank tape, or one that you want to record over, into TAPE 1, with the side you want to record on facing out, and the full reel to the left.

2.Follow Steps 1–11 in “Singing with a CD/CDG or a Cassette Tape” on Page 10 or Steps 1–6 in “With Another Audio Source” on Page 11.

3. Press RECORD	on TAPE 1 to
begin recording. RECORD		and
PLAY both lock down.

Note: Press PAUSE on TAPE 1 to temporarily stop recording. Press

PAUSE again to resume record- ing.

4.Press STOP/EJECT on TAPE 1

to stop recording. RECORD and PLAY release.

5.Press STOP/EJECT on TAPE 2 or stop the audio source.

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