Philips FW 80 - Cassette Deck Advanced Functions; Record Mute, Dolby HX Pro, and Dubbing; CD Synchro Dubbing and Active Rewind

RECORD MUTE _
You can create a silent passage of at least 5 seconds in a
recording (see chapter 'AMS').
• Press RECORD PREPARED 6 for less than 5 seconds during
recording to create a silent passage of 5 seconds.
• Press RECORD PREPARED 6 for more than 5 seconds dur¬
ing recording to create a silent passage. The silent passage
will last as long as you keep the key pressed down.
Undesired passages (announcements etc.) can thus be omit¬
ted during recording.
During record mute the RECORD indicator is flashing.
Notes:
- Record mute only works during recording and not during
dubbing (NORMAL, FAST or CD SYNCHRO).
- If record mute is active the red RECORD indicator is flash¬
ing.
DUBBING (FROM DECK A TO B) _
You can duplicate a recorded cassette by simultaneously play¬
ing the recorded cassette in deck A and making a recording of
it in deck B using the dubbing function. The dubbing can be
done at norma! or high speed.
• Press the EJECT buttons to open the cassette holders of
decks AandB.
• Insert the recorded cassette into the cassette holder of
deck A with the open side facing down and close the cas¬
sette holder.
• Press ◄◄ to go to the beginning of the recorded tape.
• Insert a cassette which is not protected against recording
into the cassette holder of deck B with the open side facing
down and close the cassette holder.
• Press ◄◄ to go to the beginning of the tape.
• Press PLAY MODE 1 to select the required play mode
(— or C“) to make a single or double-sided dubbing.
• Press NORM or HIGH 3 for more than 0.5 seconds to start
the dubbing process at normal or high (double) speed.
The two cassette decks start playing simultaneously, the dis¬
play shows TAPE and the corresponding dubbing speed indi¬
cator lights up. The RECORD indicator also lights up.
• Press STOP ■ (A or B) to stop dubbing at any desired point.
Both decks then stop simultaneously.
Notes:
~ Both decks always start in the selected direction.
- The dubbing is stopped when the tape in deck A or B is at
the end (play mode m).
- In the play mode C~: when the tape in deck A reaches the
end, deck B will stop so that deck A can switch direction.
After 2.5 seconds both decks will continue with dubbing.
- While dubbing you can listen to any other source.
- An original cassette recorded with Dolby Noise Reduction
will always produce a copy with Dolby NR.
DOLBY HX PRO HEADROOM EXTENSION SYSTEM _
The built-in HX Pro headroom extension system improves the
recording performance of your cassette deck. The HX Pro sys¬
tem is automatically activated when a recording or dubbing is
started and the indicator HX Pro lights up.
The HX Pro system prevents large high-frequency signals from
overloading the tape by introducing automatic bias compensa¬
tion. HX Pro is not a noise reduction system because it func¬
tions only during recording and no decoding is required.
Therefore, a tape recorded with the HX Pro system can be
played back on any other cassette deck while retaining the
benefits of HX Pro.
CD SYNCHRO DUBBING _
You can synchronise the start of a recording on deck B with
the start of play of a CD (or CD program) by just pressing one
button.
• Insert a cassette and prepare your CD player for playback.
• If desired, switch on the Dolby B/C noise reduction system
by pressing DOLBY B/C 8.
• Press PLAY MODE 1 to select the play mode ~ or C7.
• Press CD SYNCHRO 5 for more than 0.5 sec.
Both the CD SYNCHRO and the RECORD indicator will light
up.
The CD player returns to the beginning of the disc (or pro¬
gram) and enters the pause mode.
Recording starts and after a 7-second delay the CD will start
playing. This delay is to ensure that the recording does not
start until after the leader tape.
CD SYNCHRO dubbing will stop when one or both sides of
the cassette are full (depending on play mode) or when the
CD reaches the end.
• Press the STOP key on the CD player or cassette deck to
stop the dubbing at an earlier stage.
Notes:
- The pauses between the tracks are extended to 5 seconds
by the CD player to ensure operation of the AUTOMATIC
MUSIC SEARCH function on the cassette deck.
- When the standby mode is selected during CD SYNCHRO
dubbing, the dubbing will be cancelled.
- Listening to another source during CD dubbing is not possi¬
ble. The message CD-SYNCHRO ACTIVE appears in the dis¬
play of the CD player.
- If the CD player has an error (e.g. bad disc) the CD SYN¬
CHRO will be cancelled and the message DISC ERROR will
appear on the display of the CD player.
- When in play mode cT: if the tape is at the end of the side
the CD player will pause so that deck B can switch direction.
After 7 seconds the CD player replays the track.
- If stop is pressed on the cassette deck, the CD SYNCHRO
function will be cancelled and the tape will stop, the mes¬
sage CD SYNCHRO CANCELLED appears on the CD display
but the CD player will keep on playing.
- The play mode (~ orCT) can be switched at any time.
- On the cassette deck only the STOP ■ key of deck B can be
pressed. Any other key will be ignored and the CD SYN¬
CHRO indicator will blink for 3 seconds.
ACTIVE REWIND __
You can rewind the tape to the beginning where it starts play¬
ing automatically.
• Press « and ►► simultaneously to start the active rewind.
The direction indicator starts flashing.
Notes:
- Press any key on the keyboards 2 or 7 to stop the ACTIVE
REWIND.
- ACTIVE REWIND can be activated while playing or when
playback is stopped.
- ACTIVE REWIND cannot be activated with the remote con¬
trol.
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