IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS
1
TASCAM 202
MK
IV
Playback 1 (either TAPE 1 or TAPE 2)
1. Switch on the
POWER
.
2. Load a pre-recorded tape into the TAPE 1 or 2
deck.
Press the
EJECT
key (
ø
) to open the cassette
compartment. Insert the cassette tape with its
open edge facing down, the desired side facing
you. Then, close the cassette compartment by
pushing on its front part.
Side “A” facing you
This cassette deck can play back Normal (Type I),
Chrome (Type II) and Metal (Type IV) tapes.
For the sake of simplicity, we refer to the tape side
facing you as Side “A” and to the tape side facing
away as Side “B”. When you insert a cassette with
Sides “A” and “B” reversed, Side “A” should read
Side “B” and Side “B” should read Side “A”.
3. Select a reverse mode setting using the
REV
MODE
switch.
You have a choice of three settings:
Ä
: One way mode
Set the switch to this position to playback
only one side.
Ë
: Two way mode
Set the switch to this position to play back
both sides of the tape in one session. When
playback reaches the end of side “A”, the
playback direction is automatically reversed,
and playback continues on side “B”.
ä
: Repeat mode
Set the switch to this position. Both sides
of the tape in the Tape 1 deck is played back
continuously until you stop the operation,
and both sides of the tape in the Tape 2 deck
is played back as many as 5 times.
4. Set the
DOLBY NR
switch.
Set the switch to the
ON
position when playing
back tapes recorded with Dolby NR.
To play tapes recorded without Dolby NR, set the
switch to the
OFF
position.
5. Press the
PLAY
key (
˙
or
¥
).
Pressing the
¥
key starts playback from side
“A”.
Playback stops when reaching the end of side “A”
if the reverse mode is set to
Ä
. If the reverse
mode is set to
Ë
, playback continues on side
“B”, stopping at the end of side “B”. If the reverse
mode is set to
ä
, playback cycles through both
tape sides 5 times.
Pressing the
˙
key starts playback from side
“B”.
Playback stops when reaching the end of side “B”
if the reverse mode is set to either
Ä
or
Ë
. If
the reverse mode is set to
ä
, side “B” is played
back, and then playback cycles through both tape
sides 4 times.
3 − Playback
