6
Basic Operation
Loading and Playing
a Cassette Tape
Loading a Cassette Tape
1. Use your finger or a pencil to turn the cassette’s hub and take up
any tape slack.
Note:
Avoid touching the tape. Fingerprints attract dirt.
2. Press the appropriate
EJECT
( ) button (Deck 1 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 (not
).
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 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
( ) to stop playback.
9. Press
EJECT
( ) to open the cassette door and remove the cassette.
10. To turn off the cassette deck, press
POWER
. Only the
STAND BY
indi-
cator lights.