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Cassette Deck/VCR Features
You can connect two cassette decks to the receiver. Selecting either
VCR/TAPE
1
or
TAPE 2 MONITOR
lets you hear the playback from the cassette deck you
connected to the receiver’s corresponding (
VCR/TAPE 1
,
TAPE 2 MONITOR
)
jacks.
Using the VCR/TAPE 1
Button
Press
VCR/TAPE 1
.
VCR
appears on the display. You hear the playback from the
cassette deck or VCR you connected to the receiver’s
VCR/TAPE 1
jacks.
Using the TAPE 2
MONITOR Button
Press
TAPE 2 MONITOR
.
TAPE 2
appears on the display along with the last
program source you selected. You can hear playback or monitor a recording
from the cassette deck you connected to the receiver’s
TAPE 2 MONITOR
jacks.
The
TAPE 2 REC
jacks continue to output the previously selected source when
you press
TAPE 2 MONITOR
.
To return to the previous source, press
TAPE 2 MONITOR
again so
TAPE 2
dis-
appears.
Notes:
• If you press
TAPE 2 MONITOR
when the cassette deck is neither playing
nor recording, the receiver mutes the current audio source. To hear the
audio source, press
TAPE 2 MONITOR
until
TAPE 2
disappears from the
display.
• Do not press
TAPE 2 MONITOR
while you are recording on the deck con-
nected to
TAPE 2 REC
. If you do, the recording is interrupted for about 1
second.
Recording a Program Source
The receiver sends the audio program source you select—
VCR/TAPE 1
,
TAPE 2
MONITOR
,
LD
,
CD
,
TUNER
,
PHONO
—to the
VCR/TAPE 1
OUT
(audio) and
TAPE 2
MONITOR REC
jacks.
The
VOLUME
control does not affect the level of the signal going to the tape
decks.