7 – Cassette operating

Other tape functions and features

Tape counter

The tape counter value increments when the tape is moving from left to right, and decrements when it moves from right to left.

Use either of the RESET keys (main or remote) to reset the value to 0000.

When the counter has been set to 0000, this position can be reached easily by pressing either of the RTZ keys (main or remote). The tape fast forwards or fast rewinds to the 0000 mark.

NOTE

If the current tape position is too close to the 0000 mark (greater than 9995 or less than 0004), this function is not available.

Pitch control

The tape speed can be controlled using the PITCH CONTROL.

Turning this to the right of the center position results in faster tape speed (higher pitch), and turning to the left of the center position results in slower tape speed (lower pitch). The maximum is 10% away from normal.

The center “neutral” position is marked by a click detent.

Search keys

When the unit is playing back, the REW and FFWD keys act as Computer-controlled Program Search (CPS) keys, moving to the next or previous recorded item. To locate items correctly, there must be at least four seconds of silence between these items (see “Recording silences between items” above).

Repeated presses of these keys will search forward or backward by the appropriate number of items. The tape counter value is replaced by “CP01” if searching forward, and “–CP01” when searching backwards.

Note that the terms “forwards” and “backwards” here are relative to the currently-selected play position. When the item is reached, playback starts. When the end of the tape is reached, the transport stops.

If a key are pressed too many times, so that a search is being made for the wrong item, pressing the “opposite” key corrects the mistake.

NOTE

This function depends on the presence of 4-second silent intervals on tape. If these intervals are too short, or not truly silent, the search function will not work properly. Also note that this function can be “confused” by the presence of longer quiet or select passages in programs (e.g. spoken word drama or classical music).

OUT2 setting (TAPE or AUTO)

Using the OUT2 menu, you can assign the LINE OUTPUTS2 to TAPE or AUTO (the default setting is TAPE).

If TAPE is selected, the unit outputs only the cassette tape when playing back or monitoring.

If AUTO is selected, the unit outputs either the cassette tape or disc automatically when playing back or monitor- ing. However, note that if both are playing at same time, the cassette takes priority (the disc will not be heard through these outputs).

1.Press the MENU key until the menu item OUT2> XXX shows up on the display.

2.Turn the MULTI DIAL to select TAPEor AUTO.

3.Push the MULTI DIAL to confirm and exit the menu operation.

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