2CAUTION

When the faceplate has been dropped open, it might interfere with the shift lever or something else. If this happens, pay attention to safety and move the shift lever or take an appropriate action, then operate the unit.

Do not apply excessive force to the open faceplate or place objects on it. Doing so will cause damage or breakdown.

Do not use the unit with the faceplate in the open condition. Doing so will cause breakdown.

NOTE

Remove a cassette from the unit when not listening to it for a while. If you leave it in the unit too long, the tape may stick to the tape head and cause the unit to malfunction.

Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes

Fast Forwarding Tapes:

Press the FM button.

Rewinding Tapes:

Press the AM button.

Canceling:

Press the 38 button.

Normal tape play will begin.

Using Dolby B Noise Reduction

Listen to tapes recorded using Dolby B NR.

Turning Dolby B Noise Reduction On/Off:

Press the B NR button to switch Dolby B NR on and off. The B NR indicator lights up when it is turned on.

Switching Tape Types

Select type of tape being played.

Switching Tape Types:

Press the METAL (Metal) button to switch the metal tape indicator on and off and to select the tape type.

Turn the MTL indicator off for normal tape (Type I) playback. Turn the MTL indicator on for the following tape types:

CrO2 (Type II) FeCr (Type III) Metal (Type IV) Selecting the wrong tape type may cause sound quality to suffer.

Tape counter display

Switching the Tape display :

Each time you press the DISP button, the display during tape play switches as follows:

Play side/Tape counter

Character

Clock

NOTE

The tape counter is not exact, but only represents an approximation of the elapsed time.

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