Technics SC-DV250 Operating Instructions Manual page 14

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Refer to iNustrations EJ-B]J on page 21 of the illustrated booklet.
See page 29 for tape selection.
Preparation: Press ((/|] to turn the unit on.
1° Press [& OPEN] on deck 1 or deck 2 and insert
the cassette with a tape facing down.
(KQai
Close the holder by hand.
2 Press [DOLBY NR] to select Dolby NR on
("OONR" appears on the tuner/amplifier) or off.
Press [REV MODE] to select the reverse mode.
The indicator on the tuner/amplifier changes each time you press the
button:
st: One side is played.
[tp Both sides are played.
cot): Both sides are played 8 times each.
4 Press [<]] (reverse side) or [[>] (forward side).
Play begins and the play indicator changes to green.
5 Adjust the volume.
forward side
To stop the tape
Press (ll).
To change the deck to be used
Press [DECK 1/2] to select the deck you want to play.
To listen to 2 tapes consecutively
Insert a tape into each deck and select "c{")". Both tapes will be played
8 times each,
| Finding a place on a tape
To fast-forward and rewind
Press [<4] or [>>] while the tape is stopped.
To find the beginning of a track (TPS: Tape program sensor)
Press [<4] or [>] during play.
Play resumes from the beginning.
Tape direction rewind fast-forward
> << >>
<] >> a
Each deck's play direction is stored in the systam's memory.
You can fast-forward or rewind the tape while you are playing or recording
a tape in another deck.
Press [DECK 1/2] to switch to the deck not playing, and then press
[44} or [>]. After the above operation, be sure to press [DECK 1/2] to
reselect the deck playing.
L Note |
TPS may not operate correctly in the following situations:
If the interval between tracks is less than 4 seconds,
if there is noise between tracks.
If there are silent parts within tracks,
Dolby noise reduction
Dolby NR reduces "hissing" when playing tapes. It increases the high fre-
quency region when recording and then reduces it in playback. Use the
same system during playback and recording. This unit has Dolby B NR
which reduces noise to a third.
Prerecorded cassettes and equipment marked "DONR" use Dolby B NR.
Manufactured under license from Dolby Laboratories.
"Dolby" and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby
Laboratories.
Radio stations can be tuned manually by selecting the station's frequency
or they can be preset into channels to make it easy to tune (= page 15).
Preparation: Press [/] to turn the unit on.
1 Press [TUNER/BAND] to display FM or AM on the
tuner/ampiifier.
Each time you press the button: FM{2AM
Press [TUNING MODE] to display "MANUAL" on
the tuner/amplifier.
Each time you press the button: MANUAL=* PRESET
Press [TUNING (v or «)] to tune in the desired
broadcast.
If you press and hold [TUNING (v or ~)] fora moment, the frequency
starts changing automatically. It stops when a station is found.
It may also stop if there is outside interference. Press and hold
[TUNING (v or ~)] again to restart. You can also stop the frequency
changing by pressing [TUNING (v or a)].
"TUNED" is displayed when a radio station is tuned.
"ST" is displayed when a stereo FM broadcast is being received,
4 Adjust the volume.
8 | If noise is excessive in FM
Press [FM AUTO/MONO] to display "MONO".
This mode improves sound quality if reception is weak for some reason but
broadcasts are heard in monaural.
Press [FM AUTO/MONQ] again to cancel the mode. "MONO" goes out.
MONO is also canceled if the frequency is changed.
Turn off "MONO" for normal listening. Stereo and monaural broadcasts are
automatically played as they are received.
Stations can be preset in monaural. Carry out presetting manually
(™ page 1).
RDS broadcasting
For the United Kingdom, Continental Europe and Russia
This unit can display the text data transmitted by the radio data system
(RDS) available in some areas,
If the station you are listening to is transmitting RDS signals, "RDS" will light
up on the display.
Displaying the text data
Press [PS—DISP MODE} to display a station name.
Press [DIiSP MODE-PTY} to display a program type.
Each time you press the button:
Frequency display3PS or PTY display
RDS displays may not be available if reception is poor.
"M.O.R M"="Middle of the road music".
AM allocation settings
(For areas except for the United Kingdom, Continental Europe,
Russia, Australia and N.Z.)
Each country allocates broadcast bands according to their particu-
lar system.
By adjusting the AM allocation, you can enable the tuner to receive
AM broadcasts allocated in 10 kHz steps. (9 KHz3%.10 kHz)
Press and hold [TUNER/BAND].
After a few seconds the display will change to a flashing display of
the current minimum AM frequency. If you continue to hold
(TUNER/BAND] down, the minimum frequency will change. Re-
lease the button at this time.
To return to the original frequency indication, repeat above.
After changing the allocation setting, the frequencies you previous-
ly preset in the memory will be cleared.