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OPERATIONS
BEFORE BEGINNING OPERATIONS
Set the controls and switches as follows: See page 3.
1. Set the POWER switch @ to ON.
2.
Press the SPEAKERS A selector switch 6. SPEAKERS
B selector switch (3) or both switches.
3.
Set the BALANCE control @ to the center position.
4. Set the DIRECT switch @ to OFF.
PLAYBACK PROCEDURES
1.
Set the INPUT SELECTOR switch [5] to the desired
playback source.
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For playback with the equipment connected to the LINE
terminals: Set to [LINE].
°® For reception of an AM/FM broadcast: Set to [TUNER].
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For playback of a record: Set to [PHONO].
Set the PHONO
SELECTOR switch @ to MM ( @
jor
MC ( =
) according to the type of cartridge being used.
(A-443 only)
For playback of a compact disc: Set to [CD]
For playback of a tape: Set to [DAT/TAPE 1] or [TAPE 2].
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2.
Operate the equipment to begin playback.
3.
Adjust playback volume with the VOLUME control @
on this unit.
RECORDING TAPES:
1.
Select
the
recording
equipment
with
the
REC
SELECTOR switch @.
® When
set to SOURCE,
the signals
from the device
connected
to the terminals
of the selected
input are
recorded. (To record signals from the device connected
to the PHONO or LINE terminals, set the REC SELECTOR
switch to SOURCE and set the INPUT SELECTOR switch
to PHONO or LINE.)
®
Recording is impossible when the switch is set to OFF.
NOTE:
When REC SELECTOR switch is set to a position other than SOURCE
or OFF, the equipment selected by the REC SELECTOR switch can
be recorded
from,
irrespective
of the settings
of the INPUT
SELECTOR and DIRECT switches.
2.
Begin recording by operating the recording equipment
and tape deck.
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Refer to the operating instructions for your tape deck for
proper operating procedures.
MONITORING
WHILE RECORDING
On a 3-head tape deck, sound can be concurrently heard
while recording on tape. SELECTOR operation of checking
the sound quality and recording level is called '"'monitoring.'""
For monitoring, the INPUT SELECTOR
switch of this unit
must be set to the tape deck on which recording is being
done,
DAT/TAPE
1 terminals: Set to DAT/TAPE
1.
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When
recording with the tape deck connected
to the
TAPE 2 terminals: Set to TAPE 2.
NOTE:
When recording from the PHONO or LINE source, recording monitor
is not possible,
COPYING TAPES:
When two decks are used {or when using double cassette
deck), you can record the sounds from one deck onto the
other,
Application examples:
© To make
a tape copy with contents
identical to the
original tape.
e To edit a recording of an FM broadcast in order to cut
out
unwanted
commercials,
recording
only
desired
material onto another tape.
When using two tape decks
1.
Load
tapes
for
playback
(pre-recorded
tape)
and
recording (blank tape} into the respective tape decks.
2.
Select the copying direction with the REC SELECTOR
switch
@ .
® When copying from the tape deck of the DAT/TAPE
1
terminals to the tape deck of the TAPE 2 terminals: Set
to 12.
e When
copying
from
the tape
deck
of the TAPE
2
terminals to the tape deck of the DAT/TAPE 1 terminals:
Set to 21.
NOTE:
The tape input selected with the REC SELECTOR switch can be
copied, regardless of the settings of INPUT SELECTOR and DIRECT
switches.
3. Operate the tape decks to begin copying.
Set the tape deck with the original (playback) tape to the
playback mode, and set the tape deck with the blank tape
to the recording mode.
Playback using a graphic equalizer
© The sound of all sources can be finely adjusted with a
graphic equalizer connected to the ADAPTOR terminais.
However, the graphic equalizer is bypassed when the
DIRECT switch is ON.
NOTE:
Be sure to perform this operation with the adaptor component power
switch in the ON position.
Even
when
not using the adaptor
component,
its power switch must be left ON. If the adaptor
component is switched OFF, no sound will be produced, or the
playback sound will be distorted.
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