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Precautions
a
Environment
Avoid using the deck in the following cir-
cumstances:
e High temperature (such as heater, direct
sunlight).
e Extremely low temperature.
e Excessive humidity.
e Dusty atmosphere.
eWhere
power
line voltage fluctuation
is
severe (the use of a voltage regulator may
be advisable).
Cassette Tape (Fig. 3)
Tape Selection:
For the automatic
tape select function to
work properly, metal and chrome (cobalt)
formula tapes must have tape identification
holes.
Tape Handling:
Do not store tape in the following places:
e On top of heaters, in direct sunlight or in
any other high-temperature areas.
© Near speakers, on TV sets or amplifiers
or near any strong magnetic fields.
High-humidity areas or dirty, dusty areas.
Avoid dropping or subjecting the cassettes
to excessive shock.
Voltage
Conversion
(For
general
export
models) (Fig. 4)
If it is necessary to change the voltage re-
quirements of the deck to match your area,
use the following procedure:
1. DISCONNECT POWER LINE CORD.
2. Using a screwdriver, turn
the selector
until
the
desired
voltage
marking
appears.
IMPORTANT (for U.K. Customers)
The wires in this mains lead are coloured
in accordance with the following code:
BLUE:
NEUTRAL
BROWN:
LIVE
As the colours of the wires in the mains
lead of this apparatus may not corres-
pond with the coloured markings identi-
fying the terminals in your plug, pro-
ceed as follows:
The wire which is coloured BLUE must
be connected to the terminal which is
marked with the letter N or coloured
BLACK.
The wire which is coloured
BROWN
must
be connected
to the
terminal which is marked with the letter
L or coloured RED.
In the U.K, this unit is sold without an
AC plug.
This product is manufactured to comply
with the radio interference of EEC direc-
tive "82/499/EEC."
* Dolby noise reduction and HX Pro head-
room
extension
manufactured
under
license from Dolby Laboratories licensing
Corporation. HX Pro originated by Bang &
Olufsen.
DOLBY', the double-D symbol OO and
"HX
PRO"
are trademarks
of Dolby
Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
Features and Controls (Fig. 1)
Front Panel
@ POWER Switch
Press to switch the deck on; the bottom
LEDs of the peak level meter and the tape
running direction indicators of both decks
ight. Press again to turn the deck off.
Note: If you switch the power off, be sure
to wait more than 3 seconds before switch-
ing the power on again.
The deck draws nominal non-operating
power
from
the
AC
outlet with
its
POWER switch in the OFF position.
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@ Cassette Holder (TAPE I/TAPE Il)
The cassette holder can be opened by press-
ing the Eject button;
insert the cassette
with the edge where the tape is exposed
down.
TAPE | is for playback only and
TAPE II for recording and playback.
© Eject Button (TAPE I/TAPE Il)
Press in the stop mode to open the cassette
holder. Cassette holder cannot be opened
during recording or playback.
Note:
If the power has been switched off
during
play
or
recording,
ejecting
the
Cassette
may
be
impossible.
In such
a
Case, switch
the power on and press the
Eject button again.
QTAPE COUNTER and Reset
Button (TAPE II only)
of the tape loaded
in TAPE
Il. Pressing
© PEAK LEVEL METER
This
indicator
shows
the peak levels of
the signals of left (L) and right (R) channels
separately.
In the record mode, it shows
the level of signal from the LINE IN jacks
on the rear panel which can be adjusted
with
the RECORD
level control.
In the
play mode,
the meter
indicates the level
of the signal recorded on the tape.
© Operation Indicators
BLANK SCAN:
Lights when the Blank Scan
function is engaged.
—5-
Connections (Fig. 2)
e Turn off power for all equipment before
making connections.
e Read instructions for each component you
intend to use with the deck.
e For the connection of the REMOTE CON-
TROL jack, refer to the owner's manual
of the component to which the W-550R is
to be connected.
SYNC REV:
Lights when
the Synchro
Reverse
function
is en-
gaged.
HIGH:
Lights
when
high-speed
dubbing is engaged.
NORMAL:
Lights when normal-speed
dubbing is engaged.
@ BLANK SCAN Button
(Usable for TAPE 1)
With
this button
engaged
(the indicator
lights), when a blank portion of more than
10 seconds
is detected, the tape is fast
forwarded
to the beginning of the next
tune,
at which
point
playback
resumes.
When
it is pressed again, the function
is
released
(the indicator
goes out).
(See
page 8.)
@ SYNC REV (Reverse) Button
The
Synchro
Reverse
feature
reverses
the tapes
in both decks simultaneously
during dubbing. When the synchro reverse
function
is engaged,
the
"SYNC
REV"
indicator lights.
See "Synchro
Reverse Dubbing" on page
8
@ RECORD Level Control (TAPE Il
only)
Use to adjust the levels of the signals input
to the LINE
IN jacks on the rear panel;
both L-channel and R-channel are adjusted
simultaneously. This control has no effect
when dubbing from TAPE
| to TAPE
ll.
@ BALANCE Control (TAPE II only)
Adjust the balance of the input signals
between
the
left and
right channels
for
recording on TAPE Il.
@® TIMER Switch
OUT:
Set to this position when the timer
function is not required.
REC:
Set
to
this
position
for
timer
recording with TAPE II.
(See page 9.)
@® REVERSE MODE Switch
The
setting
of
this
switch
determines
how
the
deck
operates
during
playback
or recording
when
the tape reaches the
end. See the table "Tape Travel Depending
on Setting of REVERSE
MODE Switch".
This function also works in the same way
during dubbing and when using the Blank
Scan facility (TAPE | only). See box ''Auto
Reverse Mechanism" on the next page.
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