Handling Cassette Tapes

Types of Cassette Tapes

 

 

 

Cautions regarding handling

Do not touch the surface of the tape or pull the tape out of the cassette.

Tape spooled loosely around the hubs is likely to jam in the pinch rollers and capstans. Before loading the tape into the cassette tray, take up the slack in the tape as shown below.

This cassette deck unit incorporates an Automatic Tape Detection function. This mechanism uses the tape-type detection holes to distinguishes which type of tape was inserted, and sets the bias and equalizer to the optimum settings for that tape automatically.

The following types of tapes may be used with this cassette deck unit.

Normal tape

TYPE I

BIAS: NORMAL

EQ: 120µs

Tape storage

Place tapes in their cases for storage.

Avoid storing tapes on top of TVs or speakers, in sunlight or places of high temperature, or in humid or dusty areas.

Normal (No detection slots) Tab

(to prevent accidental erasure)

To prevent accidental erasure

Cassette tapes have tabs to prevent accidental erasure.

If you remove the tabs after making a recording, the cassette deck cannot be set to record when that tape is loaded. Remove the tabs so that valuable recordings will not be accidentally erased.

High position (CrO2) tape

TYPE II

BIAS: HIGH

EQ: 70µs

Recording (erasure) is not possible when the tabs are

removed.

High position

 

detection slots

Metal tape

(only for playback)

TYPE IV

 

BIAS: METAL

EQ:

70µs

For reverse side (B) For front side (A)

• To make another recording on a tape whose tabs have

been removed, cover the tab holes with adhesive tape.

Tape-type detection slot

Adhesive tape

DO NOT cover the tape-type detection slots.

Metal detection slots

Certain early period Metal and High position (CrO2) tapes may not have tape-type detection slots. The cassette deck unit cannot obtain the correct characteristics for these tapes.

Ferrochromite (FeCr) TYPE III tapes cannot be used with this cassette deck unit.

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