Advertisement
FRONT PANEL FACILITIES
NorE:
POWER SWTTCH
When the power switch is set to ON. the head section may be energized momentarily. However,
this is not indicative of any trouble in the unit.
C E J E C T S W I T C H
D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o o p e n t h e c a s s e t t e d o o r .
N O T E :
When the tape is in motion (including pause) the cassette door
will not open when this switch is pressed.
@ D U A L M O D E C O U N T E R
T h e c o u n t e r m o d e s e l e c t o r i s u s e d t o s w i t c h o p e r a t i o n s
f r o m a n o r m a l t a p e c o u n t e r m o d e t o a m o d e t h a t s h o w s
t h e a m o u n t o f t i m e l e f t o n t h e p r e s e n t t a p e . D e t a i l s m a y
b e f o u n d o n p a g e 6 .
NOTE:
Turning the power switch ON sets the normal tape counter
operatton.
@ C O U N T E R M O D E S E L E C T O R
D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o s e l e c t t h e c o u n t e r m o d e .
@ C O U T I E R R E S E T S W I T C H
D e p r e s s i n g t h i s s w i t c h r e s e t s t h e c o u n t e r t o 0 0 0 0 .
@ L E V E L M E T E R
I n p u t - o u t p u t l e v e l i s s h o w n b y t h i s i n d i c a t o r d u r i n g r e -
c o r d i n g o r p l a y b a c k .
G ) O P E R A T I O N S S W I T C H E S
*
( F A S T F O R W A R D ) : D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o f a s t f o r -
w a r d t h e t a p e i n t h e d i r e c t i o n
f r o m l e f t t o r i g h t .
< < ( R E W I N D ) : D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o r e w i n d t h e t a p e i n
t h e d i r e c t i o n f r o m r i g h t t o l e f t .
C : ) ( D I R E C T I O N ) :
D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o r e v e r s e t h e d i -
r e c t i o n o f t r a v e l o f t a p e .
P L A Y :
D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o s t a r t t a p e p l a y b a c k .
o S T O P : D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o s t o p t a p e t r a v e l .
O a L n N K S E A R c H S W I T c H
D e p r e s s i n g t h i s s w i t c h p u t s t h e m e c h a n i s m i n t h e f a s t f o r -
w a r d m o d e . W h e n a n o n - r e c o r d e d a r e a o f o v e r 8 s e c o n d s
d u r a t i o n i n t h e f a s t f o r w a r d m o d e i s d e t e c t e d , t h e m e c h a -
n i s m s t o p s t h e t a p e a n d r e w i n d s i t t o t h e p r o p e r r e c o r d i n g
s t a r t p o s i t i o n .
€ ) C L E A R S W I T C H
D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o c l e a r t h e d a t a u s e d b y t h e A U T O
B L E s y s t e m . B i a s c u r r e n t , r e c o r d i n g l e v e l , a n d e q u a l i z a -
t i o n a r e s e t t o r e f e r e n c e v a l u e s b u i l t i n t o t h e m a c h i n e .
E nurO BLE SWtTcH
D e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h t o u s e t h e A U T O B L E s y s t e m t o a u t o -
m a t i c a l l y a d j u s t b i a s c u r r e n t , r e c o r d i n g l e v e l , a n d e q u a l i -
z a u o n .
(E IVIUSIC REPEAT SWITCH
D e p r e s s i n g t h i s s w i t c h d u r i n g t a p e p l a y b a c k c a u s e s t h e
s o n g n o w b e i n g p l a y e d t o b e r e p e a t e d . ( r e p e a t p l a y u p t o
e i g h t t i m e s )
(TD INDEX SCAN SWITCH
D e p r e s s i n g t h i s s w i t c h c a u s e s t h e m e c h a n i s m t o s c a n i n
t h e d i r e c t i o n t h a t t h e D I R E C T I O N s w i t c h ( C Z l )
i s s e t
t o . W h e n a t a p e h a s a n u m b e r o f s o n g s r e c o r d e d o n i t , t h e
s c a n m e c h a n i s m w i l l s t o p a t t h e b e g i n n i n g o f e a c h s o n g
a n d p l a y a b o u t 7 s e c o n d s o f i t . l f s c a n i s d e s i r e d d u r i n g
t a p e r e w i n d , d e p r e s s t h i s s w i t c h a l o n g w i t h t h e r e w i n d
s w i t c h ( < < ) .
@ ) M S / S K t P S W T T C H
W h e n t h i s s w i t c h i s O N , d e p r e s s i n g t h e f a s t f o r w a r d s w i t c h
( r e w i n d s w i t c h i f t r a v e l i n g i n o t h e r d i r e c t i o n ) c a u s e s t h e
m e c h a n i s m t o f a s t f o r w a r d t o t h e b e g i n n i n g o f t h e n e x t
s o n g , a n d r e s t a r t p l a y b a c k f r o m t h a t p o i n t . W h e n t h e
M S / S K I P s w i t c h i s o n d u r i n g n o r m a l p l a y b a c k , b l a n k s e c -
t i o n s b e t w e e n s o n g s o v e r e i g h t s e c o n d s l o n g w i l l
b e
s k i p p e d o v e r i n t h e f a s t f o r w a r d m o d e u n t i l t h e
b e -
g i n n i n g o f t h e n e x t s o n g , a n d p l a y b a c k w i l l r e s t a r t f r o m
t h a t p o i n t a u t o m a t i c a l l y .
)UrO
,rr,
AuTO BLE is an abbreviation for Automatic Bias Levet Equalizer Tuning System. Details of the system may be found no page 14.
Advertisement
