TAPE DECK OPERATION
General information
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Do not use C-120 tapes or poor-quality tapes, since they
can cause malfunctions.
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Before loading a tape into the cassette compartment,
tighten the tape slack with a pen or pencil.
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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.
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This deck is a Double Cassette Deck with Automatic
Reverse Function.
Deck 1: Playback only.
Deck 2: Playback or recording.
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This deck features an auto tape selector. Just load the
tape, and the tape formula being used will be sensed
automatically.
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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.
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When covering erasure prevention tab holes, do not cover
the chrome and metal detection holes. Otherwise, the
deck will treat tape as normal tape.
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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”.
Dolby 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
● Tapes 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.
● Noise 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.
