Listening Safely; Traffic Safety; Connecting An External Audio Source; Connecting An External Microphone - Radio Shack CTR-117 Owner's Manual

Insert the earphone or speaker's
(3.5-mm) plug into the recorder's
jack. This automatically disconnects the
internal speaker.

Listening Safely

To protect your hearing, follow these
guidelines when you use an earphone.
• Do not listen at extremely high vol-
ume levels. Extended high-volume
listening can lead to permanent
hearing loss
• Set the volume to the lowest setting
before you begin listening. After you
begin listening, adjust the volume to
a comfortable level.
• Once you set the volume, do not
increase it. Over time, your ears
adapt to the volume level, so a vol-
ume level that does not cause dis-
comfort might still damage your
hearing.

Traffic Safety

Do not wear an earphone while operat-
ing a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle.
This can create a traffic hazard and
could be illegal in some areas.
Even though some earphones let you
hear some outside sounds when listen-
ing at normal volume levels, they still
can present a traffic hazard.
CONNECTING AN
EXTERNAL MICROPHONE
You can connect an external micro-
phone (not supplied) with a
1 / -inch mm) plug to the recorder's
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Connecting an external microphone au-
EAR
tomatically disconnects the built-in mi-
crophone.
Note: Your local RadioShack store car-
ries a variety of microphones.
If you are using a microphone with a re-
mote switch, insert the microphone's
sub-mini plug into the cassette deck's
REMOTE
phone's remote switch to start and stop
the cassette deck during play and re-
cording.
CONNECTING AN
EXTERNAL AUDIO
SOURCE
You can use your recorder to record
from an external audio source, such as
a radio, cassette deck, or CD player.
Disconnect any external microphone
from the recorder (an external micro-
phone disables input to the
/ -inch (3.5-
1
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Preparation
MIC
jack. You can use the micro-
AUX
jack.
jack).
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