Adjustingthe Alc Level; Measuring The Combined Recording And Playback Level; Measuring The Combined Recording And Playback Distortion; Measuring The Combined Recording And Playback Signal-To-Noise Ratio - Marantz SUPERSCOPE CRS-2204 Manual

4 band stereo cassette recorder
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6.7 ADJUSTING THE ALC LEVEL
Set the recorder
in the recording
mode.
Connect
a
1 kHz, —60 dBV signal from audio-frequency oscillator
to the external mic jack. Adjust the semifixed resistor
R592
so that the meter reading of both channels are
identical.
AF
Recording
MIC Jack
6.8 MEASURING THE COMBINED RECORDING
AND PLAYBACK LEVEL
Connect
a 1kHz,
—60dBV
signal from
an audio-fre-
quency
oscillator to the external mic jack and record
it. In turn, play the recorded signal back. Read the signal
level at the LINE OUT jack. The normal signal level will
be 0.775 V rms.
AF
Unrecorded
Recording
Tape
Attenuator
Mode
Recorded
Portion
Playback
LINE OUT
Jack
6.9
MEASURING THE COMBINED RECORDING
AND PLAYBACK DISTORTION
Record and playback a signal in a manner similar to that
for Item 6.8 above. Measure the distortion.
CRS-2204
6.10 MEASURING THE COMBINED RECORDING AND
PLAYBACK SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO
Record a signal in a manner similar to that for Item 6.8
above.
Rewind the tape a /ittle. Make the external mic
jack short using a short plug and erase a part of the re-
wound
tape. Read the signal level for the 1 kHz, —60
dBV
input and the noise level for the erased part. Sub-
tract the noise level from the signal level in dB.
Short
Plug
Recording
Mode
MIC Jack
Recorded
Portion
Playback
6.11 MEASURING THE ERASING LEVEL
Connect a 1 kHz bandpass filter to the,LINE OUT jack.
Play back the tape used in Item 6.10 above.(The
tape
consists of the 1 kHz, —60 dBV signal recorded portion
and erased portion.) Read the output levei for the erased
portion
in reference to that of the signal recorded por-
tion.
Recorded
Portion
i
ial
LINE OUT
1 kHz Bandpass
Jack
Filter
6.12 CALIBRATING THE VU METER
Connect a precisely-adjusted 6.75 V DC power source to
the DC 9V
jack. Set the recorder in the playback mode.
Adjust
R307
so that the meter
reading is between
the
black and red areas of the scale.
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