Philips MC-21, Service Manual

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21
English
Radio Reception
Note: –
Some RDS station may be tr
ansmitting a r
eal
time c
loc
k at a minute inter
val.
The accur
ac
y of
the tr
ansmitted time depends on the tr
ansmitting
RDS station.
NEWS
(only av
ailab
le in RDS r
adio station)
Once the News PTY (Progr
amme
Type) is
detected in a RDS station, it will switch to TUNER mode automaticall
y.
IMPOR
T
ANT!
Y
ou can activ
ate NEWS function in Standb
y,
Demonstr
ation or an
y source mode e
xcept
T
uner and Eco Po
wer Standb
y mode
.
To
star
t NEWS function
1
Press
NEWS
on the remote control.
➜
"
NEWSNEWSNEWSNEWSNEWS
" and NEWS logo (
NEWS
) will
appear on the displa
y.
➜
It will scan the r
adio stations stored in the
fir
st 5 preset and wait f
or the News Progr
amme
Type data to be a
vailab
le in an
y of these RDS
radio stations.
●
If no RDS station is detected in the f
ir
st 5
presets, the system will exit NEWS function.
➜
"
NO RDS NEWSNO RDS NEWSNO RDS NEWSNO RDS NEWSNO RDS NEWS
" will be displa
yed and
NEWS
will disappear from the display
.
2
When NEWS tr
ansmission is detected,
the
system will switch to
Tuner mode automatically
.
➜
NEWS
will star
t flashing.
●
At the end of news bulletin,
the sy
etem will
switch to the last selected source and resume its last oper
ation (f
or example
, bef
ore detecting the
tr
ansmission,
the system is pla
ying tr
ack 5 of disc
1,
it will resume pla
yback from the same
position). Notes: –Y
ou have to exit
Tuner mode bef
or
e selecting
NEWS function. –
While searc
hing NEWS in pr
ogress
, the curr
ent
source activity will r
emain uninterrupted.
–
Bef
or
e you activate the NEWS f
eature
, ensure
that the f
ir
st 5 pr
esets have RDS stations
.
–
The NEWS works only once f
or eac
h activation.
–
The NEWS will not star
t if a recor
ding is in
pr
og
ress
.
To
cancel NEWS function
●
Press
NEWS
again or press
TUNER
to select
tuner mode
.
●
Dur
ing news bulletin,
press an
y other a
vailab
le
source keys to ex
ecute the relevant source
mode
.
22
English
Ta
pe Operation/Recor
ding
IMPOR
T
ANT!
–
Befor
e playing a tape
, check and tighten
slack tape with a pencil. Slack tape may get jammed or may bur
st in the mechanism.
–
C-120 tape is e
xtr
emely thin and is easily
deformed or damaged. It is not recommended for use in this system. –
Store the tapes at r
oom temper
ature and
do not put them too close to a magnetic field (for e
xample
, a tr
ansformer
, TV or
speak
er).
Ta
pe Pla
yback
1
Press
T
APE
to select tape mode
.
2
Press
#
OPEN
to open the tape deck door
.
3
Inser
t a recorded tape and close the tape door
.
●
Load the tape with the open side do
wn and the
full spool to the left.
4
Press
PLA
Y
É
(
É
Å
)
to star
t pla
yback.
➜
"
TAPETAPETAPETAPETAPE
"
with pla
yback direction indicator will
appear on the displa
y.
To
stop pla
yback
●
Press
Ç
.
To
chang
e the pla
yback side
●
Press
í
or
ë
.
➜
The
A
(B
A
CK)
or
B
(FR
ONT) appear on
the displa
y, depending on the tape side selected.
To
chang
e the pla
yback mode
●
Press
AU
T
O
REV
.
on the remote control
repeatedly to select the diff
erent pla
yback
modes.
å
: pla
yback on one side of the tape onl
y.
∂
: both sides are pla
yed once
.
∫
: both sides are pla
yed repeatedl
y, up
to 10 times each side unless y
ou press
Ç
.
To
r
e
wind or fast f
orwar
d during
pla
yback
●
Press and hold
à
or
á
until the desired
passage is reached,
then release
.
➜
The tape continues pla
ying.
●
The tape will stop automatically at the end of the rewinding or fast f
orwarding.
➜
Dur
ing searching,
the sound is reduced to a
lo
w v
olume
.
To
r
e
wind or fast f
orwar
d when pla
yback
is stopped
1
Press
à
or
á
.
2
Press
Ç
when y
ou reached the desired passage
.
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-
OPE
N
ST
ANDBY
-ON
ECO POWER
iR
VOL
AUX
/
CDR
PROG
PRESET
T
APE
SEARCH
/
TUNE
TUNER
DEMO STOP
P
AUSE
PREV
NEXT
REC
STOP
3 CDC
PLA
Y
BASS
TREBLE
NEWS
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