Press TAPE A/B repeatedly to select deck A or B.
Press Z.

Tape

Loading a tape

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3 Insert a recorded tape in deck A or B with the side you want to play/record facing forward.

With the side you want to play/record

facing forward.

Playing a tape

You can use TYPE I (normal) tape.

1 Load a tape.2 Press DIRECTION repeatedly to selectgto play one side. Select j* to play both sides.

To play both decks in succession, select RELAY (Relay Play)**.

3 Press nN.

Press nNagain to play the reverse side*. The tape starts playing.

Tape presence indicator

Reverse Forward

indicator indicator

*For MHC-DX20/RG30, deck A doesn’t play the reverse side.

**Relay Play always follows this cyclic sequence up to five times, then stops:

t Deck A (front side) t Deck A (reverse side) t Deck B (front side) t Deck B (reverse side)

For MHC-DX20/RG30, after the playback of the front side of deck A, deck B repeats the sequence five times.

To

Do this

Stop play

Press x.

 

 

Pause

Press X. Press again to

 

resume play.

 

 

Fast-forward

Press mor M.

or rewind

 

Remove

Press Z.

the cassette

 

 

 

Searching for the beginning of the current or the next track (AMS)*To go forward

Press >during playback when Nlights. “TAPE A (or TAPE B) >>> +1” appears.

Press .during playback when nlights. “TAPE A** (or TAPE B) <<< +1” appears.

To go back

Press .during playback when Nlights. “TAPE A (or TAPE B) <<< –1” appears.

Press >during playback when nlights. “TAPE A** (or TAPE B) >>> –1” appears.

*AMS (Automatic Music Sensor)

**For MHC-DX20/RG30, deck A doesn’t play the reverse side.

Tip

When a tape is inserted, corresponding forward/ reverse indicators light.

Note

The AMS function may not operate correctly under the following circumstances:

–When the unrecorded space between songs is less than 4 seconds long.

–When the system is placed near a television.

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