Philips FC 880 - Page 6

Cassette holder ‘B’
See
Figure
3
for
the
insertion
of
the
cassette.
@) ‘REC LEVEL’ control
For
adjusting
the
recording
level.
‘CONT
PLAY,
CONT
REC’
(Continuous
Playback/Record)
©
@
@
buttons
Press
the
‘CONT
PLAY’
or
‘CONT
REC’
button
for
continuous
playback
or
recording
over
Decks
A
and
B.
When
the
button
command
is
accepted,
the
corresponding
indicator
lights
to
indicate
Continuous
Play
or
Continuous
Record
mode.
Commands
from
these
buttons
are
accepted
while
both
decks
are
in
the
Stop
mode.
The
‘CONT
PLAY’
button
command
is
also
accepted
when
one
deck
is
in
Play
mode
and
the
other
is
in
Stop
mode,
and
the
‘CONT
REC’
button
is
also
accepted
when
one
deck
is in
Record
mode
and
the
other
is
in
Stop
mode.
The
Continuous
Playback/Recording
can
be
cancelled
by
pressing
the
'
@
‘
(stop)
button
@
or
one
of
the
mechanism
control
buttons.
Continuous
Playback
starts
with
the
deck
selected.
Record
‘BALANCE’
control
Used
to
balance
the
right
and
left
channels
of
the
recording.
"DOLBY
NR
B-C/MPX’
selector
switch
For
recording
using
Dolby
NR
or
playing
a
tape
recorded
with
Dolby
NR.
Set
the
switch
to
BorC
according
to
the
Dolby
NR
system.
When
recording
an
FM
broadcast
with
Dolby
NR,
set
the
switch
to
the
B-MPX
or
C-MPX
position.
"TIMER/SYNC
REC’
selector
switch
“SYNC REC’ position
When
this
unit
is
into
connected
via
the
remote
control
bus
with
a
PHILIPS
CD
player
equipped
with
the
Synchro
Recording
function,
synchronous
recording
with
the
start
of
CD
play
is
made
possible.
Connection
is
made
via
the
"REMOTE
CONT
BUS’
jacks
©
on
the
rear
panel
of
this
unit.
“TIMER
REC/PLAY’
positions
For
starting
recording
or
playback
by
an
audio
timer.
‘PHONES’
socket
For
connecting
stereo
headphones.
OPERATION
PLAYBACK
PLAYBACK
ON
ONE
DECK
(Same
procedure
for
Deck
A
and
Deck
B)
7.
Set
the
‘ON/OFF’
switch
@)
to
ON.
Direction
indicator
(
»)
(
flashes
for
about
4
seconds,
until
the
internal
circuitry
of
the
unit
has
stabilized.
Open
the
cassette
holder
by
pressing
the
‘EJECT’
button
@.
Insert
a
recorded
cassette
in
the
cassette
holder
with
the
side
to
be
played
in
the
forward
direction
facing
towards
you.
Then
close
the
cassette
holder,
For
playback
of
a
Dolby
NR
recording
select
the
B
or
C
type
with
the
‘DOLBY
NR’
selector
switch
@).
Reset
the
tape
counter
of
the
deck
by
pressing
the
corresponding
‘RESET’
button
G).
Press
the
‘PLAY
»
'
button
@
for
forward
playback,
or
"@
PLAY’
button
@
for
reverse
playback.
(The
‘PLAY’
indicator
of
the
deck
@®will
light.)
Before
pressing
the
button,
be
sure
to
check
the
tape
running
direction
(
&
or
<4)
indicated
by
the
Direction
indicators
().
if
a
tape
is
loaded
only
in
Deck
A
or
Deck
B,
deck
selection
is
performed
automatically.
If
tapes
are
loaded
in
both
decks,
select
Deck
A
or
B
by
pressing
the
‘DECK
A’
or
‘DECK
B’
button
@)
before
pressing
the
‘PLAY’
button
@.
Press
the
‘
@’
(stop)
button
@
to
stop
play.
CONTINUOUS PLAYBACK
Continuous
Playback
from
Deck
A
to
Deck
B
7.
Insert
a
recorded
cassette
in
the
cassette
holder
of
Deck
A
with
the
side
to
be
played
in
the
forward
direction
facing
towards
you.
Then
close
the
cassette
holder.
insert
another
recorded
cassette
in
Deck
B
in
the
same
way as Deck A.
For
playback
of
a
Dolby
NR
recording
select
the
B
or
C
type
with
the
‘DOLBY
NR’
selector
switch
@).
Reset
the
tape
counter
of
the
deck
by
pressing
the
corresponding
‘RESET’
button
().
Select
Deck
A
by
pressing
the
‘DECK
A’
button
@.
Press
one
of
the
‘PLAY’
buttons
(@).
{Press
the
‘PLAY
»®
‘
button
for
forward
playback,
or
"
4
PLAY’
button
for
reverse
playback.)
*
This
operation
can
be
omitted
if
the
current
direction
does
not
need
to
be
changed.
Press
the
‘CONT
PLAY’
button
(@.
(Even
if
step
5
was
omitted,
Continuous
Playback
starts
from
the
selected
deck
and
continues
on
the
other
deck.)
Continuous
Playback
starts,
and
the
‘CONT
PLAY’
indicator
@)
lights
to
indicate
the
Continuous
Play
mode.
e
When
the
cassette
in
Deck
A
has
been
played,
the
cassette
in
Deck
B
starts
to
play
automatically.
Before
starting
Continuous
Playback,
the
head
direction
of
Deck
B
should
also
be
set
to
the
desired
direction
in
the
same
way
as
Deck
A.
To
stop
playback,
press
the
‘
g'
(stop)
button
@).
@
The
‘CONT
PLAY’
button
(@
command
is
accepted
when
both
Decks
A
and
B
are
in
the
Stop
mode,
or
when
one
deck
is in
the
Play
mode
and
the
other
deck
is
in
the
Stop
mode.
Continuous
Playback
from
Deck
B
to
Deck
A
For
Continuous
Playback
from
Deck
B
to
Deck
A,
select
Deck
B
by
pressing
the
‘DECK
B’
button
@)
to
start
playback
from
Deck
B.
After
this
step,
the
button
operations
are
the
same
as
for
Continuous
Playback
from
Deck
A
to
Deck
B.
QMS
(Quick
Music
Search)
PLAYBACK
(Same
procedure
for
Deck
A
and
Deck
B)
7.
Insert
a
recorded
cassette
in
the
cassette
holder
of
Deck
A
or
B
with
the
side
to
be
played
in
the
forward
direction
facing
toward
you.
Then
close
the
cassette
holder.
Select
the
deck
to
be
played
by
pressing
the
‘DECK
A‘
or
"DECK
B'
button
@.
(This
selection
can
be
omitted
if
a
tape
is
inserted
in
only
one
of
the
decks.)
Press
the
‘QMS’
button
@
the
desired
number
of
times.
The
tape
counter
display
will
change
to
the
QMS
count
display.
The
QMS
count
display
shows
the
count
of
musical
numbers
to
be
skipped
from
the
current
position
(max.
15).