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Model X-12 Owner's Manual
<Fig. 1> Boom box / Cassette deck
<Handling cassette tapes>
Cassette tape suitable for recording:
The X-12 is designed to perform best with
high-position cassette tape (TYPE II, HIGH).
We recommended these or their
equivalent.
The tape in C-120 versions (60 minutes
each side) is too thin and not suitable for
repeated recording or playback. Use C-90
or shorter tapes for stable performance.
Using write-protection tabs:
On the spine of a cassette tape are write-
protection tabs that are used to prevent
any recorded data from being erased
accidentally.
You may want to break the tab for side A
and side B of a cassette tape that you have
already recorded, since the X-12 uses all
four tracks at the same time.
If you later wish to record data on a tape
with broken tabs, apply a piece of scotch
tape to cover the tab hole.
Hint!
You can perform multitrack recording
using a tape that was recorded on a boom
box or a cassette deck. Refer to page 16
for more details.
<Fig. 2> Multitracker, such as X-12
<Differences between multitracker and
cassette deck recording>
Boom boxes and stereo cassette decks
record on both the A and B sides of cassette
tape. As shown in Fig. 1, the cassette tape
is divided in 4 tracks of which 2 are used
for the A side and the remaining 2 for the
B side (4 track 2 channel).
R ch
L ch A side
R ch
L ch B side
Track 4
Track 3
Track 2
Track 1
A side
A multi-tracker as shown in Fig. 2, all four
tracks can be recorded without turning
over the cassette (four track 4 channel).
For the X-12, the 4 tracks are recorded
one at a time (some multitrackers can
record multiple number of tracks in each
pass). Also, in multitrackers, since all
tracks are recorded in the same direction,
if such a cassette tape is played back in a
radio cassette or cassette deck, tracks 1
and 2 will be heard correctly but if the
tape is turned over, tracks 3 and 4 will be
heard in reverse.
Write-protection tabs