Document Outline

• INFORMATION
• CAUTION
• For the customers in Canada
  • CAUTION
• NOTICE FOR THE CUSTOMERS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
  • IMPORTANT
  • WARNING
• Recording on a Tape 4 Playing a Tape e
• Getting Started
• Advanced Playback Operations
• Advanced Recording Operations
• Additional Information
• Index 18
• Recording on a Tape
• playing a Tape
  • To play back
  • Set to
  • Unpacking
    • Setting the voltage selector (only on models supplied with a voltage selector)
  • Hooking Up the System
    • Connecting the AC power cord
    • Hookups
  • Locating a Track (Multi-AMS/ Auto Play/Memory Play
    • Notes
    • Note
  • Creating Your Own Program (RMS Play)
    • If "FULL" appears in the display
    • To stop RMS Play
    • To cancel RMS Play
    • To alternate between the RMS and peak level meter displays
    • 'rt' You can play the program again after RMS Play ends
    • Notes
    • Checking the order of tracks in the program
    • Adding tracks to the end of a program
      • 'Q' To create another program
      • You can use your Sony remote to perform RMS programming
      • Note
  • Adjusting Bias and Recording Level Calibration Automatically
    • To cancel the automatic calibration function
    • If "CAL" flashes continuously
    • Updating the calibration setting
  • Dubbing a Tape
    • During high-speed dubbing
    • You don't have to adjust the recording level or select the Dolby NR system during dubbing
    • Note
    • Dubbing only specific portions
  • Recording Your Own Program (RMS Dubbing)
    • To Stop RMS Dubbing
    • To insert a blank space on the tape before you start RMS Dubbing
    • 'Q' A blank of 10 seconds is automatically inserted on the tape when you start RMS Dubbing if:
  • Inserting a Blank Space During Recording (Record Muting)
    • 'Q' If you want to insert a blank space longer than 4 seconds
  • Precautions
    • On safety
    • On power sources
    • On operation
    • On placement
    • On cleaning the tape deck
    • For the customers in the United States
  • Notes on Cassette Tapes
    • To protect a recording on side A or B
    • To record on a tape with a missing record-protect tab
    • On tapes longer than 90 minutes
    • On handling cassettes
    • Demagnetizing the heads
    • Cleaning the heads and tape path
  • Troubleshooting
    • The function buttons do not work.
    • The tape deck does not play or record.
    • There is excessive wow, flutter or sound drop-out.
    • The Multi-AMS function does not work properly.
    • The DOLBY NR function does not work during playback.
    • There is excessively loud tape transport noise during fast- forwarding or rewinding.
    • = does not work.
    • There is a decrease in sound level, sound drop-out, or poor reproduction of high frequencies./The tape does not erase completely./Noise increases.
    • There is hum or noise.
    • There is an unbalanced tone.
    • The tape stops before the tape has been fully rewound.
  • Specifications
    • System
    • General
    • Supplied accessories
    • Optional accessory
    • Inputs
    • Outputs
  • Glossary
    • ATS
    • Automatic calibration
    • Dolby HX PRO system
    • Dolby NR (noise reduction) system
    • Multi-AMS
    • Multiplex filter
    • Test tones
    • U, V. W, X, Y. Z
    • Names of Controls
    • M, N, O
    • P,Q