Marantz 3-Head Double Cassette Deck PMD520 - Manual (Page 13)

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CASCADE OPERATION
Refer to Fig. 5
CASCADE CONTINUOUS PLAYBACK
1. Set the POWER button to ON.
2. Connect the EXT output of the first unit into the EXT input of
the second unit.
Then connect the EXT output of the second deck into the
next unit in the chain or back into the first unit.
3. Insert recorded cassettes into all wells.
4. If the tape has been encoded with Dolby NR, set the DOLBY
NR switches accordingly.
5. Press the CONT buttons on all units. The CONT Indicator will
light.
6. Press the PLAY button of Well A, of Unit #1.
7. When Well A of Unit #1 finishes, Well B of Unit #1 will start
automatically.
8. When Well B of Unit #1 finishes, Well A of Unit #2 will start
automatically.
9. To stop playback, press the CONT button, and STOP
buttons on all units.
Note:
Output from both Wells of each unit will be sent to LINE Out-
put A on each unit. Line output B is not used on any unit.
CASCADE CONTINUOUS RECORDING
1. Set the POWER button to ON.
2. Connect the EXT output of the first unit into the EXT input of
the second unit.
Then connect the EXT output of the second deck into the
next unit in the chain or back into the first unit.
3. Insert recorded cassettes into all wells.
4. If the tape has been encoded with Dolby NR, set the DOLBY
NR switches accordingly.
5. Press the CONT buttons on all units. The CONT Indicator will
light.
6. Press the REC buttons on both Wells of each unit. Check
to see that every Well indicates REC-PAUSE mode.
7. Adjust the recording level of each Well.
8. Press the PLAY button on Well A of Unit #1.
9. When Well A of Unit #1 finishes, Well B of Unit #1 will start
automatically.
10. When Well B of Unit #1 finishes, Well A of Unit #2 will start
automatically.
11. To stop Recording , press the CONT button, and STOP
buttons on all units.
Note:
Input to both Wells of each unit will be received from Line
Input A on each unit. Line Input B is not used on any unit.
SYNCHRONOUS RECORDING
Synchronous Recording is possible only when this unit is con-
nected with a Marantz Professional product equipped with the
Sync Recording function.
The Synchronous Recording connection consists of a single RCA
cable which runs to the RC-5 REMOTE input jack on the rear
panel of the PMD520, from the REMOTE output jack on the rear
panel of the Marantz source.
1. Set the POWER button to ON.
2. Insert blank cassettes into the appropriate Wells.
3. If the tape has been encoded with Dolby NR, set the DOLBY
NR switches accordingly.
4. press the REC button on the appropriate Wells of the unit.
Check to see that REC-PAUSE mode is indicated.
When recording two tapes in parallel, press the
A+B button
instead the REC button.
5. Adjust the recording level with source playing.
6. Press the PLAY button of the source player.
CASCADE OVERLAP SERIES RECORDING
1. Connect the units as shown in Figure 6.
2. Insert blank cassettes in both Wells A and B of all the con-
nected units.
3. Press the CONT button of all the units so that their CONT
indicator light up (the continuous mode is " ").
4. Press the OVERLAP REC buttons of the all the units.
The OVERLAP REC indicators light up to indicate the over-
lap series recording mode.
5. Press the REC buttons of both Wells A and B of all the
units to put all the wells in record-pause mode.
6. Adjust the REC LEVEL controls of Wells A and B in record-
pause mode.
7. Press the PLAY button of Well A or B of unit #1 to start
recording.
8. When the remaining time on the tape in the first well becomes
about 3 minutes, the other well starts recording automati-
cally.
9. Similarly, when the remaining time on the tape in the second
well of unit #1 is approximately 3 minutes, Well A of unit #2
starts recording automatically.
10. If the auto rewind mode is switched on, the finished tape is
rewound automatically to the beginning. If the auto rewind
mode is off, reverse the finished tape manually to prepare for
the next recording.
11. To terminate the overlap series recording mode, press the
OVERLAP REC button again.
12. To terminate the continuous mode, press the CONT button
twice.
Note:
If AUTO REW is activated during the " " mode or the con-
tinuous loop is fed back to the first deck, the information re-
corded will be erased and recorded over.