TAPE DECK OPERATIONDetection holeTabDolby B Type Noise Reduction

Dolby noise reduction is an extremely effective method of reducing undesirable background hiss on tapes. This unit incorporates Dolby B type noise reduction system that is the most popular one and almost of commercially available music tapes are recorded with the Dolby B NR.

Dolby B NR has a noise reduction effect of about 10 dB in the high frequency range.

Dolby noise reduction is a 2 part process that acts both on recording and playback; be sure that the same noise reduction is used on recording and playback.

Notes

cTapes encoded with Dolby NR system should be decoded with the same Dolby NR system. Nevertheless, a Dolby encoded tape can be played back without decoding (and vice versa) with no harm to the recorded sound.

cNoise in the source material cannot be reduced with the Dolby NR system.

Dolby noise reduction manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

“DOLBY” and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

General information

•Do not use C-120 tapes or poor-quality tapes, since they can cause malfunctions.

•Before loading a tape into the cassette compartment, tighten the tape slack with a pen or pencil.

•Tapes have removable tabs which prevent accidental recording or erasing from taking place. Removing the tab on the top left protects the side facing you from erasure. Cover the tab holes with adhesive tape to erase or record again.

•This deck is a Double Cassette Deck with Automatic Reverse Function.Deck 1: Playback only.Deck 2: Playback or recording.

•This deck features an auto tape selector. Just load the tape, and the tape formula being used will be sensed automatically.

•This unit can play back metal tapes as well as normal or chrome tapes, however recording cannot be done on metal tapes with good sound quality.

•When covering erasure prevention tab holes, do not cover the chrome and metal detection holes. Otherwise, the deck will treat tape as normal tape.

•Do not press the EJECT button during playback or recording.Automatic deck selecting function

If you load only one tape into the deck 1 or deck 2 cassette compartment, it is automatically selected and set ready for a playback.

About the tape counter

This unit is equipped with a tape counter that is useful for searching for and locating a desired point on tape. The tape counter for the tape 1 (or 2) currently selected is shown on the display.

Pressing the stop button when the unit is stopped will reset the tape counter to “0000”.

PROGRAM USERTAPE 1

HALL

B

VOLUME

English

E-31