Playing Cassette Tapes; Fast Forwarding And Rewinding Cassette Tapes; Using Dolby B Noise Reduction; Switching Tape Types - Kenwood DPX-5010 Instruction Manual

Playing Cassette Tapes

Loading and Playing Cassettes:
Press the TAPE OPEN/CLOSE button to slide open the front
panel, showing the cassette (insertion) slot. Holding the
cassette with the tape exposed to the right, insert it in the slot.
The control panel will be shown, and the tape will start playing.
The indicator lights up when a cassette has been loaded.
Playing Cassettes Already Loaded:
Press the SRC (Source) button repeatedly to select the tape
mode. "TAPE" is displayed when the tape mode has been
selected.
The tape will start playing.
Listening to the other side:
Press the PROGRAM button.
Tape play switches to the other side.
Eject:
Press the TAPE OPEN/CLOSE
button to stop tape play. The
front panel will slide to eject the
tape.
Press the TAPE OPEN/CLOSE
button to show the control panel.
NOTE
Remove a cassette from the unit when not listening to it for a
while. If you leave it in the unit too long, the tape may stick to the
tape head and cause the unit to malfunction.
2CAUTION
• Take care that your fingers and so on do not get caught during
the slide operation of the front panel.
• When the front panel has been slid, it might interfere with the
shift lever or something else. If this happens, pay attention to
safety and move the shift lever or take an appropriate action,
then operate the unit.
• Do not apply excessive force to the front panel after it slides.
• Do not use the unit with the front panel in the slid condition.
Doing so will cause breakdown.

Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes

Fast Forwarding Tapes:
Press the FM button.
Rewinding Tapes:
Press the AM button.
Canceling:
Press the PROGRAM button.
Normal tape play will begin.

Using Dolby B Noise Reduction

Listen to tapes recorded using Dolby B NR.
Turning Dolby B Noise Reduction On/Off:
Press the B NR button to switch Dolby B NR on and off.
The B NR indicator lights up when it is turned on.

Switching Tape Types

Select type of tape being played.
Switching Tape Types:
Press the MTL button to switch the metal tape indicator on and
off and to select the tape type.
Turn the MTL indicator off for normal tape (Type I) playback.
Turn the MTL indicator on for the following tape types:
CrO (Type II) FeCr (Type III) Metal (Type IV)
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Selecting the wrong tape type may cause sound quality to
suffer.
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