Ampex 351 Series - SECTION 3 OPERATION; GENERAL OPERATION

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GENERAL
Tl1e 351 Series reco rder /re producers arc
available for full (s ingle) track, half track or
two track stereophonic operation. All oper:.iting
controls
arc located on the tape transport with
the exception of the record control which is on
the front pan el of th e electronic as se mb l y.
When the remote control unit is furnished .
dup licate tape motion controls, a RECORD
button and RECORD INDICATOR light and
a TAPE MOTI ON indicator light arc mounted
on the remote unit.
The equipment can ac co mmodate the NAB
10 1/2 inch diam ete r tape reels or the EIA 5
and 7-inch reels. Provision is made for selec-
tion
of proper tape tensio ning at the REEL
SIZE switch on the tape transpo rt for the
LARGE
or SMALL size reels.
NOTE
In the LARGE r ee l posil"ion both the
rewind rmd tahc-up reels 1111( St be NAB
typ e and i11 th e SM ALL reel po siUon
both r ee ls mw,t be ETA.
Either of two capstan drive motor speeds
can be selected at the LOW-HIGH TAPE
SPEED switc h on the tape transport.
On the front panel of the electronic assem-
bly
are facilities for setting RECORD LEVEL
and ( reproduc e) PLJ\ YB ACK LEVEL, selecting
LOW
SPEED or HIGH SPEED EQUALIZA-
TI ON, scJccting thr ee input arra ngeme nts by
m
ea ns of th e JNPUT TRANSFER SWITCH,
and switching the vu met er at the METER and
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SECTION 3
OPERATION