Optimus SYSTEM 746 owner manual Tape Care Tips, Timer Recording, Erasing a Cassette Tape

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Timer Recording

You can set the system to automati- cally turn on, record from a selected audio source onto a cassette tape, then turn off at the time you set.

1.Follow Steps 1–5 in “Setting a Wake-Up Time” on Page 12 to set the start and end times and select the source you want to record from.

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

3.Press then (Record).

4.Press TIMER to turn on the timer.

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5.Release . At the preset start time, the system turns on and records onto the cassette until the end time.

Caution: If the cassette tape’s length is longer than the timer re-

cording period, and stay locked down when the timer turns off. To prevent accidental tape

tangling, press as soon as possible after the timer turns off.

To turn off the timer before it automat- ically turns off, press TIMER until TIMER disappears.

TAPE CARE TIPS

Erasing a Cassette Tape

To erase a previously recorded sec- tion of a tape, simply record over it. To erase the entire cassette tape, let the tape record to the end with no source playing.

You can quickly erase both sides of a cassette tape using a bulk tape eraser (such as Cat. No. 44-232, not sup- plied).

Preventing Accidental

Erasure

Cassette tapes have two erase-pro- tection tabs — one for each side. To protect a recording from being acci- dentally recorded over or erased, use a screwdriver to remove one or both of the cassette tape’s erase-protection tabs.

(Needs an illus - show an erase protection tab being removed with a screwdriver.

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