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Tape quality greatly affects the qual- ity of the recording. We recommend regular length (60- or 90-minute) cassette tapes. We do not recom- mend long-play cassette tapes such as C-120s because they are thin and can easily tangle. For low-noise, wide-range recordings, use normal- bias tape.

Before you load a cassette tape for recording, turn the cassette’s hub with your finger or a pencil to move the tape past its leader.

Before recording, be sure the erase- protection tabs are in place on the cassette tape you are using to record. See “Preventing Accidental Erasure” on Page 12.

Caution: If you try to record on a cassette tape that has had its erase protection tabs removed, you cannot press RECORD . Do not force it, as this can damage the mechanism.

Recording from the CD Player

1.Set TAPE/RADIO/CD to CD.

2.Load a blank cassette tape, or one you want to record over, into the cassette compartment.

3.Load a CD into the CD compart- ment.

4.Press RECORD on the cassette tape deck. RECORD and PLAY lock down. The cassette deck starts recording and the CD starts to play the first track.

If you want to begin recording on another track besides the first, press

SEARCH on the CD player until that track number appears on the display. Then press RECORD and the cassette player begins recording from the beginning of the selected track.

Notes:

• To temporarily pause the record-

ing, press PAUSE on the cas- sette deck. Press PAUSE again to resume recording.

If you also want to pause the CD

player, press PLAY/PAUSE.

Press PLAY/PAUSE again to resume playing the CD.

If you hold down or to search within a track during recording, the cassette deck will record the sound.

5.To stop recording before the tape reaches the end, press STOP/EJECT on the cassette deck.

6.To stop the CD player before it auto-

matically stops, press STOP on the CD player.

Recording from the Radio

1.Follow Steps 1–4 listed in “Radio Operation” on Page 7.

2.Insert a blank cassette tape, or one you want to record over, into the cassette compartment.

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Optimus CD-3330 owner manual Recording from the CD Player, Recording from the Radio