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(Numbers refer to the steps below)
Figure 6
@
Set the TIMER switch to OFF.
®
Check that your tape heads are clean.
record.
@
set the Dolby NR selector.
@Dolby
NR
recordings
have reduced
tape-hiss on
DOLBY NR
Dolby System off: if tapes
are to be played back ona
deck without Dolby NR.
@
Press the PAUSE/MUTE
button to enter PAUSE
mode.
@
Press the REC and PLAY
buttons simultaneously.
The PAUSE and REC buttons will light.
@
Cue up the cassette tape: If recording from the very
beginning of a cassette side; turn the RECORD level
control
completely
anticlockwise,
then
press
the
PAUSE/MUTE
button momentarily.
The tape will
wind on past the leader, and any previous recording
will
be erased.
After
several
seconds
press
the
PAUSE/MUTE button again.
@Note:
The first few inches of tape may be marked
in manufacture and should not be used for
hi-fi recording.
@
Play the source (disc, radio), if possible at the joud-
est part of the programme,
and set the RECORD
level control
so that the peaks of the programme
signal light the peak level meters given on page 4.
Now, the PC-E70
is ready to start recording.
Cue
up your source (disc, tape, etc.).
"os
®
Start
the source
playing,
then
press
the PC-E70
PAUSE/MUTE button momentarily.
Recording will
start.
The PLAY
and REC buttons will light, and
the PAUSE/MUTE button light will go off.
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Dolby
NR
(with
MPX
in!
titer) to record from
FM
OUT,
Lee
stereo radio or MPX TV,
OFF
;
Dolby
NR
(without
MPX
filter) to record from disc
PC-E70
Microphone Recording
(Numbers refer to the steps below)
Figure 8
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The same basic procedure as for recording from disc or
radio is followed.
Set the TIMER switch to OFF.
Switch on the POWER.
Check that your tape heads are clean.
Insert
a cassette—with
tab for the side you will
record,
Set the TAPE
selector to the tape type used (see
"Recording from disc,'' above).
Set the Dolby NR
selector.
Plug
the microphone(s) into the MIC jacks on the
front panel.
.
Press the PAUSE/MUTE
button
to enter PAUSE
mode.
Press the REC
and PLAY
buttons simultaneously.
The PAUSE and REC buttons will light.
Cue up the cassette tape (see 'Recording from disc,"
above).
Position the microphones.
If feedback (a whining noise) is produced from your
speakers, turn down your amplifier volume control.
While observing the level meters, set the RECORD
level control so that the appropriate peak indicators
light for a ioud passage of sound.
Move the micro-
phones, if necessary, to obtain optimum and consist-
ent
recording
leveis.
Leave
the
RECORD
level
control
set throughout
a recording if possible, or
adjust gradually.
that the peaks do not overload (see page 4).
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To stop recording, press the PAUSE/MUTE
button
momentarily,
or
the
STOP
button
or
REWIND
button, depending on the next operation required.
Fade-up Start
Setting the Recording Level
Tape type
Peak level meters
NORMAL
(ferric) tape
—3 dB or 0 dB
CHROME tape
0 dB or+3 dB
METAL alloy tape
+3dBor+5dB
For the same tape, type at lower recording levels, there
is better higher-frequency response as shown in Figure10.
system.
Metal tape
Chrome tape
Level
Normal tape
High-frequency Response (Hz)
Recording level
set to +10 dB
Recording level
set to 0 dB
Recording level set to -10 dB
Level
High-frequency Response (Hz)
Figure 10
Frequency Response Curves at
Different Recording Levels
Mute Recording
At the end of a recording, tape transport is normally
stopped by pressing the STOP button or the PAUSE/-
MUTE
button momentarily.
If, however, the PAUSE/-
MUTE
button is pressed and held in during recording,
the tape continues to run but will be erased.
When the
button is released , the tape will stop in record standby
made
ready to continue
recording.
To start recording
again
press
the PAUSE/MUTE
button
a second time;
when
the PAUSE/MUTE
button is released , recording
will start.
The
PAUSE/MUTE
button
therefore
serves.a
dual
purpose: record mute and pause.
For proper operation follow the steps given in the table
just below:
@ Releasing the
pause mode
This is illustrated below.
To
restart
recording,
@® Making a
non-recorded gap
momentarily
press
the
A non-recorded gap can
button again.
be
created
by
press-
ing
and
hoiding
the
PAUSE/MUTE
button
PAUSEINUTE
during recording. When
the button
is released,
| the
tape
stops
in the
button
operations
| Pause mode.
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record mode
Record mute
_' Tape transport
starts.
stops.
Recording starts again.
Figure 711
@When
the button
is pressed during playback, only the pause func-
tion operates.
The PAUSE/MUTE
button is not effective in the fast-
forward and rewind modes.
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