Cassette Player Features Playing Cassette Tapes; Fast Forwarding And Rewinding Cassette Tapes; Using Dolby B Noise Reduction; Switching Tape Types - Kenwood KRC-309S Instruction Manual

Cassette player features
Playing Cassette Tapes
Loading and Playing Cassettes:
Load a cassette with the tape exposed on the right.
The tape starts playing automatically.
Playing Cassettes Already Loaded:
Press the SRC (source) button repeatedly to select the tape
mode. "TAPE" is displayed when the tape mode has been
selected.
Listening to the other side:
Press the 23 button.
Tape play switches to the other side.
Stopping and Ejecting Cassettes:
Press the 0 button.
The tape stops playing and the cassette ejects.
NOTE
Remove a cassette from the unit when not listening to it for a
while. If you leave it in the unit too long, the tape may stick to
the tape head and cause unit malfunction.

Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes

Fast Forwarding Tapes:
Press the FM button.
Rewinding Tapes:
Press the AM button.
Canceling:
Press the 23 button.
Normal tape play will begin.

Using Dolby B Noise Reduction

Listen to tapes recorded using Dolby B NR.
Turning Dolby B Noise Reduction On/Off:
Press the B NR button to switch Dolby B NR on and off.
The B NR indicator lights up when it is turned on.

Switching Tape Types

Select type of tape being played.
Switching Tape Types:
Press the MTL (Metal) button to switch the metal tape
indicator on and off and to select the tape type.
Turn the MTL indicator off for normal tape (Type I) playback.
Turn the MTL indicator on for the following tape types:
CrO (Type II) FeCr (Type III) Metal (Type IV)
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Selecting the wrong tape type may cause sound quality to
suffer.

Blank Skip

Automatically fast forward to the beginning of the next track
when long blank spaces (10 seconds or more) are detected,
continuing tape playback.
Turning Blank Skip On/Off:
Press the B.S button to switch blank skip on and off.
The B.S indicator lights up when blank skip is turned on.
NOTE
• If the blank space contains much noise, the blank skip function
may not work right.
• Sections recorded at low levels may trigger the blank skip
function if they last for 10 seconds or more.
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