Cassette Deck/VCR Features
You can connect two cassette decks to the receiver. Selecting either VCR/TAPE 1 or TAPE 2 MONITOR lets you hear the playback from the cassette deck you connected to the receiver’s corresponding (VCR/TAPE 1, TAPE 2 MONITOR) jacks.
Using the VCR/TAPE 1 Button
Press VCR/TAPE 1. VCR appears on the display. You hear the playback from the cassette deck or VCR you connected to the receiver’s VCR/TAPE 1 IN jacks.
Using the TAPE 2 MONITOR Button
Press TAPE 2 MONITOR. TAPE 2 appears on the display along with the last program source you selected. You can hear playback or monitor a recording from the cassette deck you connected to the receiver’s TAPE 2 MONITOR jacks.
The TAPE 2 REC jacks continue to output the previously selected source when you press TAPE 2 MONITOR.
To return to the previous source, press TAPE 2 MONITOR again so TAPE 2 dis- appears.
Notes:
•If you press TAPE 2 MONITOR when that cassette deck is neither playing nor recording, the receiver mutes the current audio source. To hear the audio source, press TAPE 2 MONITOR until TAPE 2 disappears from the display.
•Do not press TAPE 2 MONITOR while you are recording on the deck con- nected to TAPE 2 REC. If you do, the recording is interrupted for about 1 second.
Recording a Program Source The receiver sends the audio program source you select— VCR/TAPE 1, TAPE 2 MONITOR, CD, TUNER, PHONO — to the VCR/TAPE 1 OUT (audio) and TAPE 2
MONITOR REC jacks (if you select VCR/TAPE 1 or LD/DVD, the audio and video program are also sent to the TO MONITOR TV jacks).
The VOLUME control does not affect the level of the signal going to the tape decks.
Dubbing a Cassette Tape
You can copy, or dub, a cassette tape from one cassette deck to another.
You can use either deck as the playback or recording deck. However, if you want to monitor the cassette deck during dubbing, use the deck connected to the VCR/TAPE 1 jacks as the source, and the deck you connected to the TAPE 2 REC jacks as the recording deck. Then press TAPE 2 MONITOR until TAPE 2 and the last program source you selected appear on the display. See “Using the TAPE 2 MONITOR Button.”
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