POWER
ON! STAND BY +
FRONT OF RECORDER
cone
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POWER STANDBY/OFF - For switching on and off.
TIMER
PLAY/OFF/REC - This switch enables the recorder
to be set in advance for recording or playback, so that the
equipment can be switched on or off with a timer.
DOLBY NR - for switching the Dolby Noise Reduction
system on and off and for selecting Dolby B and C.
Only functional when you are using @ conventional Analog
Compact Cassette
MARKER controls (see page 14)
AUTO START MKR - automatic start marker generation
on/off
START MKR WRITE - for writing a start marker manually,
marking the start of
anew music track.
RENUMBER - for checking the complete tape on correct-
ness of track numbers and making a correct sequence of
tracknumbers.
Auto reverse control (see page 15)
NEXT MKR WRITE - for writing a next marker, marking
the end of a side and causing the deck to continue at the
start of the other side.
REVERSE MKR WRITE - for writing a reverse marker,
marking that the side must be reversed at this location
MKR ERASE - for erasing any marker at the current location.
COUNTER RESET - for returning the tape counter to 0000.
REPEAT — for repeating the current track, for repeating all
tracks or for switching repeat off.
Display
TIME -— for selecting the different time modes to be shown
on the display: absolute time, track time, remaining time and
counter mode. Press to scroll through the different modes.
TEXT — for displaying text information like the album title,
track title, artist, total number of tracks and time. Press to
scroll through the different text information.
Always functional for prerecorded Digital Compact Casset-
tes and sometimes functional for user-recorded Compact
Cassettes
OPEN/CLOSE - for opening and closing the tray loader
The tray can also be closed by briefly pushing its front.
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INPUT SELECT - for selecting the ANALOG, DIGITAL or
OPTICAL input from which you wish to record.
In case the recorder is connected via the ESI BUS sockets
to your HiFi system (e.g. Philips 900 series), the input is
selected automatically when the INPUT SELECT knob is
set to AUTO.
REC LEVEL - for adjusting the recording volume only when
recording from the analog input.
REC BALANCE - for adjusting the recording balance only
when recording from the analog input.
PHONES LEVEL - for adjusting the volume level of the
headphones.
PHONES - socket for headphones
You may connect a pair of stereo headphones with 6.3 mm
plug to this socket.
RECORDING controls (see page 10)
REC PAUSE I - for immediate entering of the RECORDING
PAUSE mode and for interrupting recording.
APPEND Pll — for initializing a recordable (blan<) tape or for
searching the end of the last recording after wnich the
recorder switches to the RECORDING
PAUSE mode.
It is advised to use this key before starting the actual
recording with the REC @ key.
REC @ - for starting the recording. The recording can only
be started when the recorder is in the RECORDING
PAUSE
mode.
REC MUTE O - for recording a pause (silent passage)
CD SYNC. — for synchro start of the recorder end a CD
player (connected via the ESI BUS sockets) when recording
from a Compact Disc.
PLAYBACK controls (see page 9)
SIDE A/B - for reversing the tape travel directon
PREV. |4 — for searching the previous track on: he tape
(also for analog cassettes)
NEXT >i - for searching the next track on the tape
BACKWARD
<< - for fast winding backward
STOP @ - for stopping the tape transport
PLAY > ~ for starting playback. When this key is pressed
during playback, the current track starts again fom the
beginning.
FORWARD >> - for fast winding forward
IR SENSOR ~ infra red remote control eye
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