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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 pro- tection tabs are in place on the cassette tape you are using to record. See “Pre- venting Accidental Erasure” on Page 10.

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

Recording from the CD Player

1.Set FUNCTION to CD.

2.Load the cassette you want to record on into the cassette compartment. Load a CD into the CD compartment.

3.If you want to begin recording on a dif- ferent track besides the first, press SKIP on the CD player until the desired track number appears, then press . The cassette deck starts recording and the CD starts to play the first track or the track you selected.

Notes:

To temporarily pause recording, press

on the cassette deck. Press again to resume recording.

If you also want to pause the CD

player, press . Press again to resume playing the CD.

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

4.To stop recording before the tape

reaches the end, press on the cas- sette deck.

5.To stop the CD player before it automati- cally stops, press on the CD player.

Recording from the Radio

1.Follow Steps 1–4 in “Radio Operation” on Page 5.

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

3.Press on the cassette deck. The cas- sette deck starts recording from the radio.

Notes:

To temporarily pause recording, press

on the cassette deck. Press again to resume recording.

To reduce a whistling sound (called an AM beat) heard during a recording from an AM broadcast, slide BEAT CUT to the position that produces the best quality recording.

4.To stop recording before the tape

reaches the end, press on the cas- sette deck.

TAPE TIPS

Erasing a Cassette Tape

To erase a previously recorded tape, simply record over it. To erase an entire side of a cassette tape, set FUNCTION to CD and do not load a CD. Then start recording and let the tape record to the end. Or, set FUNCTION to TAPE and press .

To quickly erase both sides of a cassette tape, use a bulk tape eraser, available at your local RadioShack store.

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Radio Shack 14-518 owner manual Tape Tips, Recording from the CD Player, Recording from the Radio, Erasing a Cassette Tape

14-518 specifications

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