Automatic - Akai X-355 Operator's Manual

Cross field head solid state amplifier 4-track stereophonic sound recorder and reproducer
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NOTE:
When you desire the reverse playback operation
by
using the
Tin-foil
Sensing
Tape,
be
sure
to
check
and see
the
Se
t
Dia
l
(A)
and
Tape Counter
Meter
(B)
is
not
set within
the
ranges as
shown
below
Figures
I
a
nd
2
respectively.
If
the
Set Dial
(A)
and Tape Counter
M
e
ter
(B)
is
set
within
that
range
neither
case the
reverse
playback operation
will work.
(I)
The red Index Pointer on
the
Set
Dial
(AJ
is
set within
the
range of
"
1-0-11"
on the
Tape
Counter
Meter
(B)
as
shown by the dotted line in
Figure
l.
(2)
The "0"
on the Tape Counter
Meter
(B)
lies
within
the range
as shown
by
the
dotted
line in
Figure
2.
A
B
DIAL~c
OFF
~
C
(
Fig.
I)
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I
I
I
I
I
I
A
B
AUTOMATIC REVERSE (METER)
(Fig. 2)
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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
In
step
(C),
if the
PLAY
BUTTON
@ is used
to advance the
tape,
it
is
not necessary to push the STOP
BUTTON
@ a
t
point
B.
Ap.
proaching the desired point
B.
perform
teps
(D)
and
(E).
In
step
(C), rotate,
the SET
DIAL
@
counter clockwise
until
its
red index mark
has
slightly passed
the
"0"
on
the
TAPE COUNT
METER
@
.
The
X.355 will begin
reverse
play
as soon as
the "0"
a ligns itself with
the
red
index mark.
Steps
(F)
and
(G)
are
not
necessary,
however, the informa
tion
contained there
under
is a
pplicable.
An
al ternate
procedure for automatic
reverse is
to
let
the
graduated
TAPE COUNT METER
@
represent 2,400 feet
of
tape. Approxima
tely
2,375 feet
is
the
maximum length of
tape
that
can
be reversed using the TAPE COUNT
METER
@
Note,
as
in
Figure
13@
and
steps
(B)
and
(D),
that
if
there were 2,400
feet
between points
A
and
B, the
TAPE
COUr
T
METER
@
and
the SET
DIAL
@
would
be unable
to distinguish point A from
point
B.
The intervals
between numbers
re
present
200
feet.
Substitute the
following
for teps
(C)
and
(F).
(C) Manually rotate the
TAPE COUNT
M ETER
@
counter
clockwise
until the number that
represents
the
desired
tape
footage between
points
A
and
Bis a ligned
with
the
black
index mark on
the
DIAL OFF
BUTTO
@
(Figure 13@
shows 650
feet).
(F)
Manually
rotate
the
TAPE
COUNT
M
ETE
R
@
clockwise
until
the "0" is
a ligned
with
the
black
index
ma
rk on the DIAL OFF
BUTTON
@.
7.
AUTOMATIC REPEAT (METER)
Automatic repeat
is
used for playback in
the
forward direction
only. When
the meter
is
used for
automatic
repeat. the X.355 will continu.
ously
repeat
the
portion of
tape
from
point
A to
point
B
by playing
back in the foward direction from point A to
point
B,
rewi
nding
itself to
point
A
a
nd
playing back
again to point
B. The
operation
will continue
a utomatically
until the STOP
BUTTON
@
is pushed.
When
the
PLAY BUTTON
@
is pushed
again,
playback
will
resu me
in
the forwa
rd
direction
until rewinding
occurs at
point B.
The
procedure for
automa tic
repeat
is
the same as
for
a utoma tic reverse
except
for step
(E).
Substitue
the following for
step
(EJ.
(E).
Push
the
IlEPEAT
BUTTO
@ (Figure
13(i)).

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