Pioneer RT-701 - Threading the Tape

THREADING
THE TAPE
Use
either two 7-inch or
two
5-inch reels with this
tape
deck. Use reels
of
the same size and of the
same material (use metal with metal, oj: plastic
with plastic,
for esample). You mi^ damage ttie
tape if
you use
reels
with different sixes and
materials.
MOUNTING THE
REELS
Mount the reel with the ti^ on the lefMiaiid reel
base, and the take-up reel on the right. Make sure
that the reel bases are stationary when you mount
the reels. As shown in
Fig.
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pull the reel clamps
toward you» align
the top
and bottom pawls and
insert the
reels. Next, pull
the reel clampe toward
you,
turn
to the r^[ht
or left» and they will damp
the reel into place.
Threading the tape
Unwhid two turns of tape firom the Ieft4iand reel
Emd thread the tape as shown in Fig.
5,
inserting
the
end of the tape into the winding slot in the
take-up reel. To facilitate tape threading, lock
the
left and right tape
guides as shown in Fig.
6.
Pressing the PLAY button
automatically releases
this
lot
k,
hut return
the
lock manually
for fast
forward and rewind.
Winding the tape
Wind
3—4
turns of tape onto the ri^it^iand red
to
take up the slack so that the tape
does not sl^
loose when tape transport begins.
NOTE:
Turn
the
reeh
and check thct the tape is not touching the
edges
of
the reeU and that the reels do not move while the
tap^ k running.
SHUT-OFF
MECHANISM
If the tape runs out from
either reel, or if it be-
comes slack, this
mechanism automatically stops
the tape and the
function buttons are released.
As shown
in Fig.
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the shut-off
lever causes the
shut-off switch to go to OFF
since the red drive
motor stops.
RmI Givnp
Pulliovwnk
you.
turn
ndttt
Powttr twitch
Supply tide
Take-up
side
Fig. 4
Slot
Capfisn
Pinch
roller
Fig.
5
Pmhup
and
lock
Tips Quids
Tmtton
rollsr
Push up
and lock
nnch rallsr
Fig. 6
Shut-off
Imt
Pig.
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