Using Vehicle Battery Power; Using An Earphone - Radio Shack Portable Cassette Recorder Owner's Manual

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When the record/battery indicator be-
comes dim during recording or the re-
corder stops operating properly, replace
the batteries.
Warning: Always dispose of old batter-
ies promptly and properly. Do not burn
or bury them.
Caution: If you do not plan to use the re-
corder with batteries for a month or
more, remove the batteries. Batteries
can leak chemicals that can destroy
electronic parts.

Using Vehicle Battery Power

You can power the recorder from your
vehicle's cigarette-lighter socket using a
6V, 300 mA DC adapter and a size B
Adaptaplug™ adapter (neither supplied,
available at your local RadioShack
store).
Cautions:
• You must use a DC adapter that
supplies 6 volts and delivers at least
300 milliamps. Its center tip must be
set to positive, and its plug must cor-
rectly fit the recorder's
Using an adapter that does not meet
these requirements could damage
the recorder or the adapter.
• Always plug the adapter into the
recorder before you plug it into the
cigarette-lighter socket, and always
unplug the adapter from the ciga-
rette-lighter socket
unplug it from the recorder.
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Follow these steps to use vehicle battery
power.
1. Set the DC adapter's voltage switch
to 6V.
2. Insert the Adaptaplug adapter into
the adapter's cord so it reads + TIP.
3. Insert the Adaptaplug's barrel plug
into the
the recorder.
4. Insert the adapter's larger plug into
the vehicle's cigarette-lighter socket.

USING AN EARPHONE

jack.
DC 6V
You can use an optional mono earphone
with a
ten to a tape privately. Insert the ear-
phone's
before you
Note:
automatically disconnects
speaker.
Preparation
DC 6V jack on the left side of
1
/ -inch (3.5-mm) mini plug to lis-
8
1
/ -inch plug into the
8
Connecting the
the
jack.
EAR
earphone
built-in