Optimus - Katadyn Products Inc. Dual Cassette Dubbing Deck SCT-540 - Manual (Page 7)

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OPERATION
1. To turn on the cassette deck, press POWER .
2. Gently press OPEN on the cassette door ( DECK 1
or DECK 2 ) and load the cassette tape.
3. Press DOLBY NR and the indicator lights. Press
DOLBY NR again to turn off this feature.
4. Press REVERSE MODE to select the desired reverse
mode (Only DECK 2 ).
The cassette deck plays or records one
side of the tape and stops.
The cassette deck plays or records both
side of the tape and stops.
Note: To play or record both sides, you must press
PLAY (not PLAY ).
The cassette deck plays endlessly.
Note: During recording, the cassette deck automati-
cally changes the setting and operates the same way
as both-side play.
5. Press the PLAY button.
The indicator lights and play begins.
For forward play.
For reverse play.
6. Adjust the tape speed by turning the pitch control.
7. Press STOP to stop the tape.
AUTOMATIC SEARCH MUSIC
SYSTEM
The automatic search music system (ASMS) lets you
quickly locate a desired selection on a cassette tape. It
searches for the blank space before a selection and auto-
matically stops just before playback begins.
1. Press PLAY to begin playing a tape.
2. To skip to the beginning of the current selection,
press or — whichever points in the oppo-
site direction of the play direction. To skip to the
beginning of the next selection, press
or
— whichever points in the same direction as the play
direction.
ASMS might not operate as expected if:
• The pause between selection is less than 4 seconds
long.
• The overall recorded volume level of a selection is
very low.
• The noise level between selections is very high.
USING CONTINUOUS PLAY (DECK 1
TO DECK 2)
You can set the cassette deck to play one side of the
tape in
DECK 1 , then automatically play the tape in DECK
2 .
To turn on the continuous play, press PLAY on DECK 1 for
3 or 4 seconds. DECK 1 starts playing and the PLAY indi-
cator on DECK 2 flashes.
When the cassette in DECK 1 finishes playing, the cas-
sette tape in DECK 2 automatically begins playback.
To cancel the continuous play, press STOP or any cas-
sette button of the deck which is currently playing (either
DECK 1 or 2 ).
RECORDING A CASSETTE TAPE
You can only record to a cassette in DECK 2 .
Select the source to record from on your receiver amplifi-
er (CD, VCR, TUNER or DVD).
1. Gently press OPEN on DECK 2 and insert the tape
to be recorded into the cassette holder.
2. Press DOLBY NR to use the noise-reduction system.
3. Select the desired reverse mode.
• To record on one side only.
• To record on both sides.
4. Press .
The RECORD indicator lights and both the PLAY
direction indicators flash.
5. Turn REC LEVEL between MIN and MAX to adjust the
recording level.
6. To select the direction for recording, press either
PLAY or .
RECO RD R EC/
PA USE
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