Automatic Search Music System; Using Continuous Play (Deck 1 To Deck 2); Recording A Cassette Tape - RCA DUAL CASSETTE DUBBING DECK SCT-550 Owner's Manual

OPERATION
1. To turn on the cassette deck, press
2. Gently press
OPEN
DECK 2 ) and load the cassette tape.
3. Press DOLBY NR and the indicator lights. Press
again to turn off this feature.
NR
4. Press
REVERSE MODE
(Only DECK 2 ).
The cassette deck plays or records one side of
the tape and stops.
The cassette deck plays or records both side of
the tape and stops.
Note: To play or record both sides, you must press
(not
PLAY PLAY
The cassette deck plays endlessly.
Note: During recording, the cassette deck automatically
changes the setting and operates the same way as both-
side play.
5. Press the button.
PLAY
The indicator lights and play begins.
For forward play.
For reverse play.
6. Adjust the tape speed by turning the pitch control.
7. Press STOP to stop the tape.

AUTOMATIC SEARCH MUSIC SYSTEM

The automatic search music system (ASMS) lets you quickly
locate a desired selection on a cassette tape. It searches for the
blank space before a selection and automatically stops just
before playback begins.
1. Press to begin playing a tape.
PLAY
2. To skip to the beginning of the current selection, press
or — whichever points in the opposite
direction of the play direction. To skip to the beginning of
the next selection, press
points in the same direction as the play direction.
ASMS might not operate as expected if:
• The pause between selection is less than 4 seconds long.
• The overall recorded volume level of a selection is very
low.
• The noise level between selections is very high.
POWER .
on the cassette door (
DECK 1
DOLBY
to select the desired reverse mode
).
or — whichever
USING CONTINUOUS PLAY (DECK 1 TO
DECK 2)
or
You can set the cassette deck to play one side of the tape in
, then automatically play the tape in
DECK 1
To turn on the continuous play, press
or 4 seconds.
DECK 1
DECK 2 flashes.
When the cassette in
in DECK 2 automatically begins playback.
To cancel the continuous play, press
button of the deck which is currently playing (either
or ).
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RECORDING A CASSETTE TAPE

You can only record to a cassette in
Select the source to record from on your receiver amplifier
(CD, VCR, TUNER or DVD).
1. Gently press OPEN
be recorded into the cassette holder.
2. Press DOLBY NR
3. Select the desired reverse mode.
•
•
RECORD
4. Press
REC/
PAUSE
The RECORD indicator lights and both the PLAY direction
indicators flash.
5. Turn REC LEVEL
recording level.
6. To select the direction for recording, press either
or .
Notes:
• If you want to record both sides of the cassette tape when
the reverse mode switch is in
. Otherwise, if you press
PLAY
of the cassette tape records.
• When both sides of the tape finish recording,
automatically stops.
DECK 2
PLAY on
starts playing and the PLAY indicator on
finishes playing, the cassette tape
DECK 1
STOP or any cassette
DECK 2 .
on DECK 2 and insert the tape to
to use the noise-reduction system.
To record on one side only.
To record on both sides.
.
between MIN and MAX
, be sure to press
PLAY
.
DECK 1 for 3
DECK 1
to adjust the
PLAY
, only side B
DECK 2
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