Using The Tape Deck; Playing Cassette Tapes; Basic Playback Controls - Pioneer S-EV1000V Operating Instructions Manual

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Using the tape deck

Chapter 8
Using the tape deck

Playing cassette tapes

This unit has a tape deck that can be used for
both recording and playback. In addition, it
features automatic music search (AMS) and
auto-reverse functions
recordings below for more features.
1 Push down on the cassette door where
indicated to open it and insert a tape.
2 Close the cassette door.
3 Press REVERSE MODE (front panel only) to
select the reverse mode.
Press repeatedly to choose between:
• – Single side playback
• – Auto-reverse playback: stops after
finishing playback in the 'reverse' ( )
direction
• – Continuous playback (up to 16
complete plays)
4 Press TAPE to start playback.
You can also press
panel) to start playback when TAPE is selected.
The side of the tape you'll hear is whichever is
face up when you load it. This is the 'forward'
( ) direction, while the other side is 'reverse'
( ). The direction indicator is shown in the
display.
Note
1 The auto-reverse feature lets you play or record a tape without physically taking it out and turning it over.
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Basic playback controls

The following table shows the basic controls on
the remote for playing discs.
Button What it does
TAPE
Starts/resumes normal playback. Each
( ) time you press either button during
playback, the other side of the tape
starts playing. Pressing TAPE (
when the tape is stopped starts
playback on the side it was playing
previously.
Pauses playback.
Stops playback. Also resets the tape
counter to 0000 if pressed when the
tape is already stopped.
Press to fast-rewind a tape.
Press to fast-forward a tape.
Searches for the previous / next blank
a space between tracks on the side
currently playing (in other words, to the
start of the current / next track), then
resumes playback.
By pressing more than once, the tape
will skip several tracks at once (up to a
maximum of 15). For example, press
twice to skip forward two tracks.
a.Track search is unlikely to work reliably if:
– the space between tracks is less than about 4 seconds.
– the recording is noisy so the spaces are not recognized.
– the recording contains frequent silences, such as a lan-
guage study tape.
– the recording contains sections of very quiet material,
such as some classical music recordings.
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