RCA SCT-550 Operation, Automatic Search Music System, Using Continuous Play Deck 1 to Deck

OPERATION

1.To turn on the cassette deck, press POWER.

2.Gently press OPEN on the cassette door (DECK 1 or DECK 2) and load the cassette tape.

3.Press DOLBY NR and the indicator lights. Press DOLBY NR again to turn off this feature.

4.Press REVERSE MODE to select the desired reverse mode (Only DECK 2).

The cassette deck plays or records one side of the tape and stops.

The cassette deck plays or records both side of the tape and stops.

Note: To play or record both sides, you must press

PLAY (not PLAY ).

The cassette deck plays endlessly.

Note: During recording, the cassette deck automatically changes the setting and operates the same way as both- side play.

5.Press the PLAY button.

The indicator lights and play begins.

For forward play.

For reverse play.

6.Adjust the tape speed by turning the pitch control.

7.Press STOP to stop the tape.

AUTOMATIC SEARCH MUSIC SYSTEM

The automatic search music system (ASMS) lets you quickly locate a desired selection on a cassette tape. It searches for the blank space before a selection and automatically stops just before playback begins.

1.Press PLAY to begin playing a tape.

2.To skip to the beginning of the current selection, press

or — whichever points in the opposite direction of the play direction. To skip to the beginning of

the next selection, press or — whichever points in the same direction as the play direction.

ASMS might not operate as expected if:

•The pause between selection is less than 4 seconds long.

•The overall recorded volume level of a selection is very low.

•The noise level between selections is very high.

USING CONTINUOUS PLAY (DECK 1 TO DECK 2)

You can set the cassette deck to play one side of the tape in DECK 1, then automatically play the tape in DECK 2.

To turn on the continuous play, press PLAY on DECK 1 for 3 or 4 seconds. DECK 1 starts playing and the PLAY indicator on DECK 2 flashes.

When the cassette in DECK 1 finishes playing, the cassette tape in DECK 2 automatically begins playback.

To cancel the continuous play, press STOP or any cassette button of the deck which is currently playing (either DECK 1 or 2).

RECORDING A CASSETTE TAPE

You can only record to a cassette in DECK 2.

Select the source to record from on your receiver amplifier (CD, VCR, TUNER or DVD).

1.Gently press OPEN on DECK 2 and insert the tape to be recorded into the cassette holder.

2.Press DOLBY NR to use the noise-reduction system.

3.Select the desired reverse mode.

• To record on one side only.

• To record on both sides.

4.Press RECORDPAUSE REC/ .

The RECORD indicator lights and both the PLAY direction indicators flash.

5.Turn REC LEVEL between MIN and MAX to adjust the recording level.

6.To select the direction for recording, press either PLAY

or .

Notes:

•If you want to record both sides of the cassette tape when

the reverse mode switch is in , be sure to press

PLAY . Otherwise, if you press PLAY , only side B of the cassette tape records.

•When both sides of the tape finish recording, DECK 2 automatically stops.

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