Braun C4 - General Notes on Operation

General notes on
operation
Switch on deck
Switch on the cassette deck by pressing
the »power« button. The LED above the
»stop« button lights up.
Slide out cassette compartment
Press the »slider« button. The cassette
compartment moves out. If this does not
happen, switch off the deck and remove
the transportation protection screws.
Inserting the cassette
Before inserting a cassette, check the
tape. There should be no loops. Tighten
the tape by inserting e.g. a ballpoint pen
in one of the two drive holes and turn
until the tape is taut.
Insert the cassette with the opening
where the tape is visible facing towards
you at a slight angle and then press light-
ly from above on the front part of the
cassette until you hear it click into the
cassette compartment.
Set the tape counter to zero with the
»reset« button and set the tape playing
time for the inserted cassette (C60, C90
or LC46) using the »select« button.
Tape types
A range of different types of tape are
available. The cassette deck is set for the
following three IEC standard tapes: IEC
\/Fe/iron oxide; IEC I/CrO2/chrome
dioxide and IEC IV/metal. When the cas-
sette is inserted, the C4 is automatically
set to the appropriate tape type.
Noise reduction
The C4 cassette deck has two noise
reduction systems (»Dolby nr B« and
»Dolby nr C«) built in. You can also con-
nect an external noise reduction unit to
the jacks »out EX in«.
Cassettes recorded with a specific noise
reduction system must be played back
with the same system. The system used
for recording is shown on commercial
cassettes.
With the Dolby systems, high frequencies
are recorded at very increased levels
during soft passages and correspondingly
reduced in playback. This also reduces
tape noise which is particularly disturbing
in this frequency range. Music with a high
level should always be recorded with
»Dolby nr C«. Use »Dolby nr B« or no
noise reduction at all only for compati-
bility with older and simpler units.
Select the appropriate noise reduction
system by pressing »Dolby nr« and »B/C«.
HX Pro
(HX Pro headroom extension)
This circuit gives dynamic optimisation of
the high frequency recording by controll-
ing the bias and is integrated in the re-
cording section of the C4. »HX Prox is
shown in the display.
Retract cassette compartment
It
is
possible
to
record
and
play
while
the
cassette
compartment
is
moved
out.
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Nevertheless,
it
is
advisable
to
retract
the
compartment
by
pressing
the
»slider«
button
to
protect
the
cassette
and
tape
heads
from
dust.
Tape movement
The tape movement controls are
designed for convenience and error-free
use. It is possible to switch direction or
switch to playback directly from forward
or reverse movement without pressing
the »stop« button.
While recording, forward or reverse can
only
be
activated
after
»stop«
has
been
pushed.
This
prevents
accidental
interrup-
tion of a recording.
If you switch from playback to fast
forward or reverse with the »finder« func-
tion activated, the tape will stop at points
where a space has been inserted with the
»a.space« during recording.
Forward or reverse movement is also
interrupted at points which have been
marked for repetition with the »memo«
and »set« or »memo« and »reset« but-
tons.
For uninterrupted forward or reverse
movement, deactivate »finder« and
»memo«
(the
relevant
displays
will
be
off).
Playback
Starting playback
Press the »start »« button to start play-
back. After a brief interval the display will
show the remaining playing time in
minutes and seconds. Display: e.g. »min
44:55 sec« »r.time«. Use the »select« but-
ton to toggle between this and elapsed
playing time. Display: e.g. »min 0:10 sec«.
The tape counter shows the length of
tape already played.
Interrupting playback
Press the »pause« button to interrupt
playback. The »pause« LED lights up and
the »start » « LED blinks. To resume play-
back, press »start > « again.
Stopping playback
Press the »stop« button to stop playback.
The cassette can be removed after sliding
out the compartment by pressing
»slider«. The deck automatically switches
to »stop« at the end of the tape.
If you want to stop playback and start re-
cording, press »record« The deck
switches to »record« »pause« mode.
Press »start »« to start recording.
NB: Only remove the cassette when the
deck is in »stop« mode. Failure to do so
could result in damage to the tape heads.
Playback using search (music »finder«)
If spaces have been placed between mu-
sical items during recording by using the
»a.space« button, you can use the
integrated music search function to lo-
cate individual items rapidly during play-
back.
With cassettes recorded in this way,
switch to playback by pressing »start > «
and use »finder« to activate the music
search function.
Pressing » >» « will interrupt playback,
advance the tape in fast forward mode to
the beginning of the next item and
resume playback at this point. Similarly
pressing » 44 « will reverse the tape in
fast reverse mode to the beginning of
the current item gra resume playback.
Repeated pressing of » pp «or» 44 «
enables you to skip the corresponding
number of items (15 times max.) in fast
forward or reverse mode and resume
playback at the desired title. The number
of items to be skipped is shown in the 4-
digit display (PC1 to PC15). If you have
exceeded the desired number of items
for skipping, reset the counter one by one
by pressing »pause« repeatedly.
If you press »pause« before pressing » bb «
or » 44 «the tape will move to the
appropriate index and remain in »pause«
mode.
Press »finder« again to deactivate the
function.