Listening to a cassette tape, Tape playback, Various tape functions – Sharp CD-DH950P User Manual

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Listening to a cassette tape

Before playback:

For playback, use normal or low-noise

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tapes for the best sound. (Metal or
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tapes are not recommended.)

Do not use C-120 tapes or poor-quality

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tapes, as they may cause malfunctions.

Before loading a tape into the cassette compartment,

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tighten the slack with a pen or a pencil.

Tape playback

Q

Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

1

Open the cassette compartment

2

by pushing the area marked “ ”.
Load a cassette into the

3

TAPE compartment with
the side to be played facing
toward you.
Press the TAPE / TUNER

4

button repeatedly to select
TAPE.

4

5

3

2

1

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TUNING

PRESET

USB

AUDIO IN

TAPE

TUNER

CD

iPod/iPhone

(BAND)

VOL.

VOL.

Press the

5

(TAPE ) button to start playback.

Various tape functions

Q

Function

Main

unit

Remote

control

Operation

Stop

TAPE

Press in the
playback, fast
forward or fast
rewind mode.

Fast

forward/

rewind

Press in the
playback or stop
mode.

Caution:

Before remove the cassette or changing from one tape

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operation to another, press the (TAPE ) button.
If a power failure occurs during tape operation, the

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tape head will remain engaged with the tape and the
cassette door will not open. In this case, wait until the
power is restored.

Cleaning the tape-handling parts

Q

Dirty heads, capstans or pinch rollers can cause poor

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sound and tape jams. Clean these parts with a cotton
swab moistened with commercial head/pinch roller
cleaner or isopropyl alcohol.
When cleaning the heads, pinch rollers, etc., unplug

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the unit which contains high voltages.

A

Playback head

B

Capstan

C

Pinch roller

TAPE 1

A

C

B

After long use, the deck’s heads and capstans may

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become magnetized, causing poor sound. Demagnetize
these parts once every 30 hours of playing/recording
time by using a commercial tape head demagnetizer.
Read the demagnetizer’s instructions carefully before
use.

In this example, the clock is set for the 12-hour (AM 12:00)
display.

Press the ON/STAND-BY button to turn the power on.

1

Press the CLOCK/TIMER button.

2

Within 10 seconds, press the MEMORY button.

3

Press the

4

or

button to select 12-hour or

24-hour display and then press the MEMORY button.

“AM 12:00”

“AM 0:00”

“0:00”

The 12-hour display will appear.
(AM 12:00 - PM 11:59)
The 12-hour display will appear.
(AM 0:00 - PM 11:59)
The 24-hour display will appear.
(0:00 - 23:59)

Press the

5

or

button to adjust the hour and

then press the MEMORY button.

Press the

6

or

button to adjust the minutes

and then press the MEMORY button.
Press the

or

button once to advance the

time by 1 minute. Hold it down to change the time in
5-minutes intervals.

To confi rm the time display:
Press the CLOCK/TIMER button. The time display will
appear for about 10 seconds.
Note:
The “CLOCK” will appear or time will fl ash to confi rm the
time display when the AC power supply is restored after a
power failure or unplugging the unit. If incorrect, readjust
the clock as follows.

To readjust the clock:
Perform “Setting the clock” from step 1. If “CLOCK” does
not appear in step 3, step 4 (for selecting the 12-hour or
24-hour display) will be skipped.

To change the 12-hour or 24-hour display:

Clear all the programmed contents. [Refer to “Factory

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reset, clearing all memory” on page 14 for details.]

Perform “Setting the clock” from step 1 onwards.

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Timer and sleep operation (Remote
control only)

Once timer:
Once timer play works for one time only at a preset time.

Daily timer:
Daily timer play works at the same preset time every day.
For example, set the timer as a wake-up call every
morning.

Using the once timer and daily timer in combination:
For example, use the once timer to listen to a radio
program, and use the daily timer to wake up.

Setting the clock (Remote control
only)

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