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CASSETTE RECORDING ON DECK B
e@ Switch on the set by pressing POWER button @).
@ Press DECK SELECTOR button @) ’B’ for DECK B.
e Select the desired input by using SOURCE selector @, see —.
e Press EJECT button @ for DECK B: cassette holder @) will now
open.
@ Insert the cassette with the full reel on the left-hand side and the
open part facing down.
@ Press the corresponding TAPE SELECTOR button @3, see —.
@ Set the recording MODE button @ to ALC or MAN, see —.
e Press record button REC @3; the REC and PAUSE indicators @ will
then light up.
e@ Now start recording by pressing PLAY button @; the PLAY and REC
indicators @ will then light up. The previous recording on the cassette
will automatically be erased.
e@ If the recording level is adjusted manually, check it from time to time
and readjust it gradually, if necessary.
@ When monitoring during recording, adjust the sound with the
controls VOLUME @@, BALANCE @, BASS ©, TREBLE ©, STEREO
and LOUDNESS button @, see ‘AMPLIFIER’.
@ When making microphone recordings, it is advisable to avoid
‘howling’ by using headphones for monitoring (see HEADPHONES’)
and by setting the amplifier VOLUME control @ at minimum level.
e@ When during the recording of radiobroadcasts in the MW- or
LW-range a whistling sound occurs which was not present during
normal radio reception, this sound can be suppressed by setting
RIF-selector @ to another position (RIF = Radio Interference Filter).
e For brief interruptions, press PAUSE button @; the indicators
REC and PAUSE will then light up. To restart recording, press the PLAY
button @9).
@ To stop recording, press STOP button @.
Note: Copying from DECK A to DECK B is also possible using the
DUBBING function, see chapter DUBBING’.
Notes:
e Recording of radio programmes, gramophone records and pre-recorded
cassettes is permissible insofar as copyright or other rights of third parties are
not infringed.
For U.K. only: Recording and Playback of material may require consent. See
Copyright Act 1956 and The Performer’s Protection Acts 1958 to 1972.
@ Note that the EJECT buttons €9€9 will only operate when the STOP button @/)
has been pressed first.
e For recording you must use a cassette which is not safeguarded against
erasure (on which the tabs on the back are not broken out).
@ Note that, when starting at the very beginning of the tape, no recording will take
place during the first 7 seconds when the transparent, non-magnetic leader tape
passes the recorder heads.
SOURCE selector (1)
@ Position TAPE for:
- microphone recordings ©, see MICROPHONES’
- recording from DECK A *)
- mixed recording: DECK A+ microphone, see MICROPHONES’ *)
*) Set both cassettes to the desired starting point, press DECK SELECTOR
button 63 'A+B’ and press PAUSE button @ and REC button @9. DECK A is
now in position PLAY/PAUSE and DECK B in position REC/PAUSE. Start the
recording by pressing PLAY button @9.
It is also possible, while DECK A is playing back, to switch DECK B to the
recording mode.
e Position RADIO for:
- recording from the radio
- mixed recording: radio + microphone (see MICROPHONES’)
Position AUX for:
recording from the AUX input sockets @, see ‘CONNECTIONS’
- mixed recording: AUX @+ microphone, see 'MICROPHONES’
Position PHONO for:
- recording from the PHONO input sockets @, see ‘CONNECTIONS’
- mixed recording: PHONO @-+ microphone, see MICROPHONES’
TAPE SELECTOR buttons 63
- NORMALI for FERRO cassettes (ferric oxide Fe2O3, IEC type I).
- CrO. I for CHROME cassettes (chromium dioxide CrO, or equivalent, IEC
type II).
- METALIY for METAL cassettes (Fe, IEC type IY).
e@ When recording from DECK A, you are advised to use the same type of
cassette on DECK B, since the TAPE SELECTOR buttons @3 are working both
decks simultaneously. If this is not possible, press the TAPE SELECTOR button
corresponding to the cassette inserted in DECK B.
Recording MODE button
The recording level can be set automatically (ALC) or manually MAN:
e For automatic recording level control, set the recording MODE button 69 to the
position
ALC.
;
@ For manual setting of the recording level, set the recording MODE button
to position MAN and adjust the recording level using the control 69 in such a way
that, during the loudest passages, the LED-meters @ deflect just to the +3 dB
mark (peak-level).
The manual recording level setting is recommended when recording music
having an extended dynamic range (a great difference between soft and loud
passages) as e.g. in classical music.
Fast forward winding and rewinding @6@3 FF/CUE - REW/REVIEW
@ When the tape is at rest, press the fast forward wind FF @8 or rewind REW @3)
button. Fast winding can be stopped and the pressed button released by
pressing STOP button @.
e During recording or playback, the fast forward wind (CUE) @8 and fast rewind
(REVIEW) @) buttons must be held pressed. The PLAY button will remain engaged
but the record button REC will be released. When releasing the CUE @ or
REVIEW @ buttons, the recorder will automatically revert to playback.
During CUE and REVIEW, the sound will stay audible, however, played back at
a high speed.
Tape counters (7?)
Make a habit of setting the tape counters to zero by pressing the zero reset
button immediately after inserting a cassette. By noting the counter reading at
which each recording commences, you will be able to locate any of your
programmes rapidly by fast winding or rewinding to the same reading.
End of the cassette
When the end of the tape in the cassette is reached during recording, playback
and normal fast winding and rewinding, the corresponding cassette deck is
automatically switched to the STOP position.
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