Recording
Continued
IMPORTANT:
•It should be noted that it may be unlawful to
•The recording level is automatically set correctly, so it is not affected by the other sound settings. 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.
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.
Capstans
Heads
Pinch Rollers
To demagnetize the heads
Turn off the unit, and use a head demagnetizer (available at electronics and audio shops).
At the start and end of cassette tapes
There is leader tape which cannot be recorded onto. Thus, when recording discs or radio broadcasts, wind the leader tape first to ensure that the recording will be made without any loss.
Recording on a Tape
On the unit ONLY:
1 Put a recordable cassette in with the exposed part of the tape down.
2 Close the cassette holder gently and check the recording direction for the tape.
•If the tape direction is not correct, press TAPE 2 3 twice then 7 to change the tape direction.
•If you want to record on both sides of a tape, see “To record on both
3 Start playing the
•When the source is the CD player, see “Disc Direct Recording” on page 21.
4 Press REC (recording). | REC |
The REC (recording) indicator lights up on the display and recording starts.
•If no cassette is inserted when you press REC “NO REC” appears on the display.
•If a protected tape is inserted when you press REC “NO REC” appears on the display.
To stop while recording, press 7.
0
To remove the cassette, press PUSH OPEN 0
on the unit.
•If the tape is recording, stop it first.
DO NOT open the cassette holder when the tape is running.
To record on both sides—Reverse Mode
Press REV.MODE (reverse mode) repeatedly | MODE | ||
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| REV. |
until | or | is lit. |
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•When using the Reverse Mode for recording,
lights up and start recording in the forward
(3) direction first. Otherwise, recording will stop when recording is done only on one side (reverse) of the tape.
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