ENCODING FROM CASSETTE TAPE:
- SWITCH TO TAPE MODE, OPEN THE CASSETTE DOOR AND INSERT A TAPE AS USUAL.
- INSERT AN USB / SD CARD INTO THE USB/ SD CARD SLOT.
- ADJUST THE TAPE (REWIND OR FAST FORWARD) UNTIL REACHING THE DESIRED
POSITION ON THE TAPE. PRESS PLAY TO START PLAYBACK OF THE TAPE.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK PRESS
REC ,
“REC” WILL BE SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY
TO INDICATE THAT THE CASSETTE-AUDIO IS BEING RECORDED.
- TO STOP RECORDING, SIMPLY PRESS
REC
AGAIN OR
STOP
. THE “REC” SYMBOL WILL
NO LONGER BE DISPLAYED.
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- PRESS THE FOLDER KEY REPEATEDLY TO SELECT THE DESIRED FOLDER NUMBER.
- PRESS
NEXT
OR
BACK
TO SKIP FORWARD OR BACKWARDS TO SELECT THE
DESIRED MP3 FILE IN THE SELECTED FOLDER.
- PRESS
PLAY
TO START PLAY BACK OF THE SELECTED SONG.
- ALL FUNCTIONS FOR USB-DRIVE & SD-CARD MP3 PLAYBACK ARE EXACTLY THE SAME AS IN
CD-MP3 MODE (AS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED).
- IF A USB-DRIVE & A SD-CARD ARE SIMULTANEOUSLY INSERTED INTO BOTH SLOTS, THE UNIT WILL
AUTOMATICALLY READ THE USB-DRIVE FIRST AND ALLOW PLAYBACK OF THE CONTENTS OF THE
USB-DRIVE AS USUAL. IN SUCH A CASE, TO SELECT THE SD-CARD, PRESS
USB/ SD
ONCE TO
SWITCH FROM SD-CARD TO USB-DRIVE.
- TO SWITCH BACK TO SD-CARD, SIMPLY PRESS
USB/ SD
AGAIN.
ENCODING FUNCTION (RECORDING TO MP3 FILE)
ENCODING FUNCTION IS THE MOST INTELLIGENT FUNCTION WHICH ALLOWS DIFFERENT AUDIO
SOURCES TO BE RECORDED AND/OR TRANSFER INTO THE USB OR SD-CARD AS A MP3 FORMAT FILE.
AT ANYTIME DURING CD/ CD-MP3 PLAYBACK, CASSETTE TAPE PLAYBACK OR AUX-IN FUNCTION,
THIS FUNCTION IS ABLE TO RECORD AND/OR TRANSFER THE DESIRED TRACK OR SOUND CLIP
INTO THE USB OR SD-CARD, AS FOLLOWS:
ENCODING FROM CD/ CD-MP3:
- SWITCH TO CD MODE, OPEN THE CD DOOR AND INSERT A CD/ CD-MP3 DISC AS USUAL.
- INSERT A USB / SD CARD INTO THE USB/ SD CARD SLOT.
- SELECT A TRACK THAT IS DESIRED TO BE TRANSFERRED AND RECORDED, THEN START PLAYING
THE TRACK BY PRESSING
PLAY
.
- AT ANYTIME DURING PLAYBACK, PRESS
REC
. THE TRACK WILL THEN BE REFRESHED AND START
PLAYING AGAIN FROM THE BEGINNING, AND “REC” WILL ALSO BE SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY TO
INDICATE THAT THE CD IS BEING RECORDED.
- THE RECORDING WILL CONTINUE AND AUTOMATICALLY STOP AT THE END OF THE CD.
IT WILL ALSO SAVE EACH TRACK(SONG) INTO A NEW FILE WITH A UNIQUE NAME
(IE. TMCDA001, TMCDA002... OR COPY THE ORIGINAL FILE NAME FROM THE CD-MP3 DISC). THESE
FILES WILL BE LOCATED ON THE USB/ SD CARD UNDER THE FOLDER NAME CALLED “TMCDA001”.
- TO STOP RECORDING BEFORE THE END OF THE SONG, SIMPLY PRESS
REC
OR
STOP
AT ANY
TIME. THIS WILL CREATE AN MP3 FILE OF THE PARTIAL SONG. ONCE RECORDING HAS STOPPED,
THE “REC” SYMBOL WILL NO LONGER BE DISPLAYED.
AUTOMATICALLY
ENCODING FROM RADIO
- SWITCH TO RADIO MODE.
- SELECT A RADIO CHANNEL THAT IS DESIRED TO BE RECORDED.
- PRESS
REC
AT ANYTIME, "REC" WILL SHOWN ON THE DISPLAY TO INDICATE THAT THE MACHINE
IS RECORDING.
- TO STOP RECORDING, SIMPLE PRESS
REC
AGAIN OR
STOP
ONCE RECORDING HAS STOPPED.
THE "REC" SYMBOL WILL NO LONGER BE DISPLAYED.
THIS UNIT DOES NOT SUPPORT USB-MP3 PLAYER, DUE TO THEIR INHERENT LACK OF SOFTWARE
COMPATIBILITY.
ONLY USB "PEN DRIVES" (FLASH MEMORY USB DRIVES) CAN BE USED, FOR MP3 PLAYBACK.
ALTHOUGH THIS PRODUCT IS FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH USB 1.1 & 2.0 STANDARDS, A SMALL
PERCENTAGE (ABOUT 5%) OF USB FLASH DRIVES MIGHT NOT BE READABLE, DUE TO THOSE
USB-DRIVE MANUFACTURERS NON-COMPLIANCE WITH THE FULL (OFFICIAL) USB 1.1 / 2.0 STANDARDS.
NOTE:
THE READING TIME FOR A USB-DRIVE OR SD-CARD VARIES DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE
MEMORY DEVICE AND THE NUMBER OF SONGS AND FOLDERS. IN SOME CASES THE READING
TIME MAY BE AS LONG AS 60 SECONDS.
ALWAYS SWITCH OFF THE UNIT OR CHANGE MODE TO “CD” OR “RADIO”BEFORE REMOVING A USB
FLASH DRIVE OR SD-CARD, TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO YOUR USB DEVICE OR MEMORY CARD.
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT:
IMPORTANT
IF A RADIO STATION IS WEAK AND UNCLEAR, THEN ENCODING IT TO MP3 WILL NOT YIELD GOOD
RESULTS, WHICH IS NORMAL. THE ENCODING FUNCTION NEEDS A GOOD (STRONG) RADIO SIGNAL
TO WORK PROPERLY.
