6
Playing Tapes
Listening to a Tape
1. Press the EJECT button to open
the cassette holder.
2. Insert a cassette.
• The portion of the cassette where the
tape is exposed sholud be facing
downward and the side you wish to
play facing outward.
3. Close the cassette holder.
4. Select the appropriate Dolby NR
mode using the Dolby NR button.
Each press of the Dolby NR button
advances the Dolby NR mode setting
one step through the following se-
quence: B, C, OFF, B, etc.
Select the B setting if the cassette to be
played was recorded using Dolby B
NR. Use the C setting if the cassette
was recorded using Dolby C NR. Tapes
recorded without Dolby NR must be
played back using the OFF setting.
5. Press the
s s
s s
s PLAY button to
begin playback.
The Peak Level indicators will light
during playback showing the strength of
the recorded signal.
The auto-stop mechanism will auto-
matically stop tape transport if a tape is
played through to the end.
• The TAPE MONITOR indicator lights
when power is initially turned on. If the
s PLAY button is pressed while the
TAPE MONITOR indicator is not lit,
the indicator lights automatically.
Automatic Tape Selection
System
This deck automatically detects the type of
cassette in the cassette holder and sets the
bias and equalization to the correct settings.
Tape selection is performed by detecting
the presence or absence of identification
pits on the back of the cassette shell.
Cassettes manufactured before this
identification system was adopted and
bargain cassettes that do not incorporate
these pits cannot be used with this deck.
1
Stopping Playback
Press the
e e
e e
e STOP button.
Stopping playback temporarily
Press the
gg
gg
g PAUSE button.
• To resume paly, press the s PLAY
button.
2
PAUSE
STOP
EJECT
3
4
5
DOLBY NR
PLAY
OFFBC
Cassette holder Dolby NREJECT
sPLAY
eSTOP
gPAUSE
d,f
REAL TIME COUNTER
ELAPSED
L CH
R CH
PEAK LEVEL
(dB)
30 20 14
10 6
DOLBY NR
B
OPERATION
4
2
+2 +4 +6 +100