Philips FW-D550 manual Tape Operation/Recording, Tape playback, General information on recording

Tape Operation/Recording

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IMPORTANT!

–Before playing a tape, check and tighten slack tape with a pencil. Slack tape may get jammed or may burst in the mechanism.

–Store tapes at room temperature and do not put them too close to a magnetic field (for example, a transformer, TV set or speaker).

Rewinding or forwarding fast when playback is stopped

1Press 1 or ¡ on the front panel (or press 2 or 3 on the remote control).

2Press 7 when you reach the desired passage.

Resetting tape counter number

● In stop mode, press 7.

Tape playback

1Press 0 to open the tape deck door.

2Insert a recorded tape and close the tape door.

●Load the tape with the open side down and the full spool to the left.

3Press TAPE (TAPE 1•2) or TAPE1/2 on the remote control repeatedly to select tape deck 1 or tape deck 2.

➜ The selected tape deck number is displayed.

4Press 38 to start playback.

Stopping playback

●Press 7.

Changing the playback mode

●Press AUTO REPLAY repeatedly to select: ONCE, AUTO REPLAY. The default setting is ONCE.

AUTO REPLAY ... the tape will rewind

	automatically at the end of
	playback and replay. It will
	replay up to max. 10 times
	or until you press 9.
ONCE	the selected side will be
	played once.

General information on recording

●If you don’t intend to record via the microphone, unplug it to avoid unwanted recording source.

●For recording, only use tape of IEC type I(normal tape).

●The recording level is set automatically, regardless of the position of the Volume,Vocal, Key control and so forth.

●The type is secured at both ends with leader tape. At the beginning and end of the tape, nothing will be recorded for seven seconds.

●To prevent accidental recording, break out the tab on the left shoulder of the tape side you want to protect.

●Press REC in Tuner, Disc or AUX mode, press REC, and “CHECK TAPE” will scroll on the display if there is no recordable tape in tape deck 2.

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