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LOADING AND PLAYING A CASSETTE TAPE
BASIC OPERATION
Loading a Cassette Tape
1. Use your finger or a pencil to turn the
cassette’shub and take up any tape slack.
Note:
Avoid touching the tape. Fingerprints attract dirt.
2. Press the appropriate
EJECT
(
0
)
button
(Deck1 or Deck 2) to open the cassette
compartment door.
3. Load the cassette with its open edge down.
Since the decks play in either direction, it does
not matter which side faces out.
4. Gently close the compartment door.
Playing a Cassette Tape
1. Turn on the cassette deck by pressing
POWER
.
2. Load a tape.
3. Set
DOLBY NR
to the setting used when the
tape was recorded. See “Dolby Noise
Reduction.”
4. Set
REV MODE
for one-side, two-side, or
continuous two-side play.
“
The cassette deck plays or records one side of the
tape and stops.
[
The cassette deck plays or records both sides of
the tape and stops.
Note:
To play or record both sides, you must press
3
(not
2
).
”
The cassette deck plays the tape up to eight times
(16 sides) and stops.
Note:
During recording, this setting is the same as one-
side play.See “Using Relay Play” for more details about
REV MODE
.
5. Set the receiver/amplifier’s volume to its lowest
position.
6. Press
3
on the appropriate deck to play the
side facing you. Press to play the side facing
away from you.
7. Adjust the receiver/amplifier’s volume, tone,
and balance.
8. Press
STOP
(
7
)
to stop playback.
9. Press
EJECT
(
0
)
to open the cassette door
and remove the cassette.
10. To turn off the cassette deck, press
POWER
.
Only the
STAND BY
indicator lights.
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