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TASCAM CD-A550MKII
7 – Recording Cassette Tapes
Basic dubbing (recording to the A side of a
tape from its beginning)
When playback is stopped, press the
CD DUB
key on
the main unit or the remote control.
The tape automatically rewinds to the start of the A side,
and the tape counter resets to “0000.” The CD pauses
at the beginning of its first track. After the tape records
about eight seconds of silence (to avoid the leader tape),
dubbing starts with the CD beginning playback and the
cassette recorder beginning recording at the same time.
(The
DUB
indicator appears on the display.)
NOTE
• When the CD playback stops or the tape end is
reached, the tape stops (the tape side end that it
stops at depends on the reverse mode) and dubbing
ends.
• When dubbing in two-side recording mode, if the
last track being recorded to the first side of the tape
is not recorded completely before the operation
direction reverses, that track is recorded again from
its beginning on the second side of the tape.
• When dubbing in two-side recording mode, nothing
is recorded for eight seconds after the operation
direction is reversed. (CD playback pauses while the
cassette recorder continues in record mode.)
• Press the TAPE or CD STOP key to stop dubbing at
any time.
Adjusting the record level when dubbing
The recording level is automatically set when dubbing
a CD to a tape by default, but the record level can be
adjusted with the
INPUT
knob when dubbing.
1 Set "CD" as the recording source. (See “Selecting
the recording source” on page 36.)
2 When in standard display mode, press the
MENU
key on the main unit or the remote control to enter
menu mode.
3 Use the
–
/
+
keys on the main unit or the remote con-
trol to show "
DUB LEVEL?
" on the main display,
and press the
ENTER
key on the main unit or the
remote control.
4 Use the
–
/
+
keys on the main unit or the remote con-
trol to select “VARI.”
Options: FIX (default value), VARI
5 Press the
ENTER
key on the main unit or the remote
control to return to the standard display.
6 Press the
RECORD
key on the main unit or the
remote control to make the unit record ready and
enable monitoring of the recording source.
7 Play the CD and observe the recording level meters
on the display.
8 Use the
INPUT
knob to adjust the recording level.
(See “Recording” on page 37.)
9 Press the
CD STOP
key to stop the CD and the
TAPE
STOP
key to take the unit out of record ready mode.
10 Press the
CD DUB
key on the main unit or the
remote control to conduct dubbing in the same way
as described above in “Basic dubbing.”
