Radio Shack CTR-117 Owner's Manual page 8

Note: Be sure the erase-protection tabs
are in place on the cassette tape. See
"Preventing Accidental
Page 9.
Follow these steps to record.
1. Load a cassette tape into the cas-
sette deck.
2. Set to if you want to manu-
VOX OUT
ally start and stop recording. Or, set
to or
VOX HIGH LOW
the sound source you want to
record.
is the most sensitive setting
HIGH
and requires only a soft sound to
begin recording.
LOW is the least sensitive setting
and requires a louder sound to
begin recording.
3. Set the recorder's automatic level
control to
(ALC)
recorder automatically adjust its
recording level or to
manually adjust the recording level
for unusually loud or soft sounds.
8
Erasure" on
, depending on
to have the
IN
so you can
OUT
Operation
If you set ALC to OUT
so the
UME LEVEL METER
dB during the loudest portions of the
sound signal.
4. If you are recording from an external
audio source's line level output jack,
set to . The recorder will
ALC IN
automatically adjust the recording
level.
If you are recording from an external
audio source's phones jack, turn on
the external audio source and set its
volume to a comfortable listening
level before you connect it to the
recorder (see "Connecting an Exter-
nal Audio Source" on Page 5). Then
use the recorder's
to set the recording level according
to the
LEVEL METER
5. Press to begin recording.
RECORD
and
RECORD PLAY
The
RECORD/BATTERY
lights.
, adjust VOL-
lights to 0
control
VOLUME
.
both lock down.
indicator