Teac 450 - General Operating Suggestions; Inserting and Starting a Cassette; Playback and Fast Forward;Rewind; Using the PAUSE Function

General operating suggestions
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To Start Playback
Press the Power On-Off Switch @ to prepare your 450.
This tape deck can not be turned on unless theTimerSelector
Switch (20) is set to OUT except when the deck is prepared
for Timer-controlled recording or playback.
Fully depress ►(Play Button) (6) and the tape will be wound
up onto the right hub at the regular speed, with the head and
amplifiers engaged, thus starting playback.
Headphone Listening
Connect an 8-ohm type stereo headphone (such as aTEAC
HP- 1 01) to the PHONES Jack (fj) and you can enjoy
private listening through the headphone.
PAUSE
Depress the PAUSE Button (9) during recording or playback
and it will lock in the depressed position to temporarily halt
the travel of the tape.
Depress it again to unlock it and the recording or playback
will be resumed immediately. The PAUSE function is useful
in that one quick touch on the PAUSE Button immediately
stops or resumes recording or playback. You do not need to
release or reset the Record and/or Play buttons each time
the recording or playback is stopped or started.
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1. A cassette has two sides, Side 1 (or A) and Side 2 (or B).
The side you wish to record or play back should be up
when that cassette is installed in the tape deck.
2. When one side of a cassette has completely been recorded
or played back and you want to record or play back the
other side, take out the cassette from the tape deck, turn
it over and re-insert it in the tape deck.
3. When the tape winding is very loose, the hub that has no
tape slack should be turned to restore proper tension.
The term refers to processing to obtain
the Dolby-level recording characteristic.
It is generally synonymous with output
of, or processing by. a Dolby processor
when recording.
The term refers to processing to convert
or “ decode ” the Dolby-encoded signal
to its original form.
Dolby Terminology
* Dolby-cncode:
Equipped with the built-in end stop mechanism, the 450
automatically releases the control button from the depressed
position to change, the functional mode to STOP when the
(ape end is reached.
The power supply circuit is automatically turned off with the
Timer Selector Switch set to IN. Since the AC Outlet
(33) is part of this power supply circuit, power taken from
this AC Outlet for an external audio component (such as a
tuner connected to it) is also cut off al the same time.
Inserting the cassette
Depress the Eject Button (3) fully and both the Cassette
Holder Lid (T) and the Cassette Holder (2) will open. Place
a cassette tape on the Cassette Holder so that the open end
(where tape is partly exposed) of the cassette will face toward
you. Press the cassette downward with your fingers until it
locks in place. This completes loading the tape deck with a
cassette tape, making the tape deck ready to start in either
playback or recording.
Whether or not the Cassette Holder Lid is closed does not
matter as far as the recording or playback operation is
concerned. To close the Cassette Holder Lid, simply press it
from above with your finger. Keep it closed for the purpose
of keeping dust out of the compartment.
Fast Forward and Rewind
The Fast Forward and Rewind functions are conveniently
used when you want to skip over unnecessary portions of the
tape or play back the same program several times.
Lightly press ► ► Button (7) (or ■< ◄ Button (5)) halfway
and the tape will be wound onto the right hub (or left hub)
al faster speed. Press ► ► (or < -< ) Button fully and it will
lock in depressed position. Lock the Button in the depressed
position when you want the tape completely wound onto
the right (or left) hub.
Mode of operation can be changed directly from Fast
Forward to Rewind or vice versa. To change
operation from Fast Forward or Rewind to Play, however,
the Stop Button should be pressed before pressing ► (Play
Button.)
* Dolby-decode: