Mini size

Insert the mini-size cassette into the middle of the cassette compartment.

Standard size

Tape window facing upward

The cassette is automatically drawn into the unit and the tape is wound round the head drum. The tape is stationary while the head drum rotates, and the STOP button lights.

If the REC INHIBIT indicator lights:

It indicates that the loaded cassette’s REC/SAVE switch has been set to SAVE. Press the EJECT button in the tape transport control section to remove the cassette, then set the cassette’s REC/SAVE switch to REC and reload the cassette.

Note

Make sure that the unit’s power is on when ejecting and loading cassettes.

2 Press and hold the REC button, and press the PLAY button.

This puts the unit into recording mode, and the tape starts moving.

3 Press the PLAY button on the player.

This starts the player’s playback operation, at which point this unit starts recording the input playback signals.

Cautions

•Once you have started recording, you cannot change the audio mode selection.

•If on a tape there is a point where the audio mode is switched, you cannot perform an insert editing on that tape.

Playback and Recording 2 Chapter

Chapter 2 Recording and Playback

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