Display during recording

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lights during rec pause mode or

When a tape is loaded,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

recording. Blinks while the sound

the corresponding tape

 

Tape remain indicator muted section is recorded.

 

 

 

type indicator lights.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOURCE

 

REC

I/NORM II/HIGH IV/METAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE

 

TAPE TUNING

 

 

Ÿ B C

MPX FILTER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peak level meters

 

dB –30

20 15 10

8

6

4

 

 

 

 

Ÿ 0

 

 

 

 

2

4

 

6 +

 

 

 

 

R

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SOURCE/TAPE indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

B/

 

 

 

 

C/MPX FILTER indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linear time tape counter

 

 

 

 

 

 

TAPE TUNING indicator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENGLISH

Setting the recording level (in step 3)

Play the loudest passage of the source to be recorded and watch the meter readings. When using Normal position tapes (type I/NORM) or High position tapes (type II/HIGH (CrO2)), adjust the REC LEVEL control so that the highest peak is +4 dB. When using Metal position tapes (type IV/ METAL), adjust the REC LEVEL control so that the highest peak is +6 dB. (Refer to the figure below.)

Highest peak for Normal or High position tapes

L

dB –30 20 15 10 8 6 4 Ÿ 0 2 4 6 +

R

Highest peak for Metal position tapes

L

dB –30 20 15 10 8 6 4 Ÿ 0 2 4 6 +

R

Linear time tape counter

Use the linear time tape counter as an aid in locating a point on a tape (–99 min. 59 sec. to 99 min. 59 sec.). To set the counter reading to “0:00”, press the COUNTER RESET button.

Note: Precision of counter

The tape counter is not a clock, and so there will be some errors in the time display compared to the actual recording time (this cannot be avoided, as a suitable method is adopted to provide a time display not only during recording and playback, but also during fast forward and rewind). The error depends on the type of tape being used.

Tape remain indicator

The tape remain indicator shows the remaining length of the loaded tape to be recorded.

When the recording reaches the end of the tape, the leftmost digit of the tape remain indicator blinks.

Indicates the remaining tape length.

Lights when a tape is loaded.

Note:

The tape remain indicator may differ depending on the tape length, tape type or the size of hub. So, use this indicator as an aid to recognize the remaining length of the tape to be played back.

To stop recording temporarily

Press the REC/PAUSE button. To resume recording, press the 3 PLAY button.

To stop recording and remove the cassette tape

Press the 7 STOP button and then the ) button. The cassette tray comes out and you can remove the cassette tape.

To enter the standby mode

Press the STANDBY/ON switch again.

Three head system

The three-head system allows the just-recorded sound to be monitored while recording. You can compare the difference between the recorded sound and the source sound by switching the monitor mode (SOURCE or TAPE) with the MONITOR button, so you can try to obtain a recording sound identical to the source sound.

To monitor the just recorded sound

MONITOR

SOURCE

TAPE

To monitor the sound to be recorded

MONITOR

SOURCE

TAPE

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