T+A Elektroakustik CC 820 M Front panel controls,  Cassette tray,  /  /  B / A,  / 

Front panel controls

 Cassette tray  

Press the  /  button to open and close the						When the unit is in STOP mode you can switch it to
tray.						"record ready" mode by pressing the REC button. The
Place the cassette	in the	CC	drawer, with	the	tape	LED above the button glows when the deck is ready to
						record.
opening facing the	inside	of	the machine	(see	also
'Inserting a cassette').

			
	 / 	A long press on this button (about 1 second) switches
		Memory Stop on and off. If the machine is set to wind in
Multi-purpose button for opening and closing the		either	direction with Memory Stop switched on, the
		mechanism stops when the counter reaches '0,00'.
cassette tray (OPEN) and for ending playback (STOP).
		A brief press sets the digital tape counter to '0,00'.

 /  /  B / A



 (Automatic Tape Calibration)

 A

A brief press starts playback on side A;

the screen shows 'PB A'.

The

CC 820 M is

fitted with

a computer-based

tape

calibrator (ATC -

Automatic

Tape Calibration)

which



Hold the button pressed in for longer:

checks the tape material before making the recording.

the

tape

runs

fast

forward

until

you

The computer adjusts the unit to record with a perfectly

release the button; the screen shows 'FF'.

flat, linear frequency response.

 B

A brief press starts playback on side B;

If you wish to use ATC, first place the cassette in the

the screen shows 'PB B'.

machine. Determine the direction of the tape, and rewind

or fast-forward to the point on the tape where you wish to



Hold the button pressed in for longer:

make a recording.

the tape rewinds until you release the

button; the screen shows 'RW'.

A long press on the  button will produce the 'ATC'

message on the screen. The ATC circuit now checks the

tape in the cassette, and adjusts the machine for a



 B / C

perfectly linear frequency response.

This button is used to switch DOLBY noise reduction on

Notes:

and off,

and

can

be

used

both

for

recording and for

Tape

calibration overwrites about 20 seconds of the

playing

back a cassette recorded

using

DOLBY

NR.

tape. Tape calibration should not be carried out right at

LEDs above the two buttons indicate which NR system is

the start of the tape, as our experience shows that tapes

active at any one time.

have most dropouts (faults in the magnetisation) in this

area. Attempting to calibrate the tape leader will result in

false readings.

After the calibration process the deck runs back to the

original tape position (where the calibration process

began).

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