SCT-7500 (140-0668) Operation Faxback Doc. # 7802 Before you listen to a cassette tape, set your receiver/amplifier's volume to its lowest setting. After the cassette tape starts playing, adjust the volume to a comfortable listening level. TURNING ON THE CASSETTE DECK Press POWER to turn the cassette deck on and off. LOADING A CASSETTE TAPE 1. Before loading a cassette tape, take up any slack in the tape by turning the hub with a pencil. Avoid touching the tape. If you do not remove excess slack, the tape might become tangled in the record/playback mechanism. 2. Press STOP/EJECT to open the cassette compartment on either deck (TAPE 1 or TAPE 2). NOTE: Tape 2 has a record button. 3. Insert a cassette with the open side down and the full reel to the left desired side facing out. 4. Gently close the compartment door. PLAYING A CASSETTE TAPE 1. Load a cassette tape in TAPE 1 or TAPE 2. 2. Press DOLBY NR OUT/IN to IN an select DOLBY NR B/C to B or C if the cassette tape was recorded with Dolby. See "Dolby Noise Reduction." 3. Press PLAY on the deck you are using. Your cassette deck's auto-tape select function automatically adjusts for the type of tape you are playing. NOTE: TAPE 2 has a record button. 4. Adjust the volume, tone, and balance controls on your receiver/ amplifier for the desired sound. 5. Press STOP/EJECT to stop the tape. Press STOP/EJECT again to open the cassette compartment and remove the cassette. To temporarily stop the tape, press PAUSE on the deck you are using. Press PAUSE again to continue play. To use fast-forward or rewind, simply press FAST-F >> or REWIND << on the deck you are using. Press STOP/EJECT to stop fast-forward or rewind. USING DIRECTION Press DIRECTION at any time to reverse the direction of play of the tape in TAPE 1. USING REVERSE MODE Use REVERSE MODE to play both sides of the tape in TAPE 1 continuously, or to have both sides of the tape play once and then stop. Set the REVERSE MODE switch to continuously play or one time play. USING CONSECUTIVE PLAY Follow these steps to pay a tape in TAPE 2 and then automatically play a tape in TAPE 1. 1. Load cassettes into both decks. NOTE: Load the cassette you want to hear first in TAPE 2. 2. Set DOLBY NR OUT/IN to IN and select DOLBY NR B/C to B or C if the tapes were recorded with Dolby. See "Dolby Noise Reduction." 3. Press PLAY for TAPE 2. The cassette in TAPE 2 plays. 4. Adjust the volume, tone, and balance controls on your receiver/ amplifier for the desired sound. 5. Press PAUSE on TAPE 1. 6. Press PLAY on TAPE 2. When the cassette in TAPE 2 ends, TAPE 2 automatically stops and the tape in TAPE 1 plays. When the tape in TAPE 1 ends, TAPE 1 automatically stops. To temporarily stop the tape, press PAUSE. Press PAUSE again to continue play. USING THE TAPE COUNTER As you play or record a cassette tape in TAPE 2, the TAPE 2 COUNTER advances. Reset the counter to 000 by pressing the button to the right of the TAPE 2 COUNTER. You can then use the tape counter to quickly locate a specific section of the tape. USING AN OPTIMUS STA-5500/7500 REMOTE CONTROL If you connect an Optimus STA-5500/7500 receiver to the cassette deck's DECK PAUSE jack, you can use the receiver's remote control to pause TAPE 2. The REMOTE PAUSE indicator || on the cassette deck lights when you press PAUSE on the receiver's remote control. DOLBY NOISE REDUCTION This cassette deck uses the Dolby NR B/C noise reduction system to lower the level of background noise or tape hiss. As the deck records, the Dolby NR B/C circuit "listens" to the program to find places where you might later be able to hear the tape noise. The Dolby NR B/C system increases the music's volume so these sections are recorded at a higher level. When you play the tape, the circuit cuts the volume of these sections, while at the same time reducing the level of tape hiss to one- third the original level on Dolby B and one-eigth on Dolby C. Before listening to a recording, set the DOLBY NR switch to the setting used for the original recording. Most commercially available recorded tapes with the Dolby mark are recorded with DOLBY NR, and should be played back with DOLBY B NR selector set to B type. To play back tapes recorded with the DOLBY C NR that have the Dolby mark, set DOLBY B/C to C. Tapes recorded with DOLBY NR should be played back with DOLBY NR IN/OUT set to OUT. Be sure to indicate the Dolby setting used on tapes you record. DOLBY HX-PRO Since the Dolby HX-Pro system is only used during recording, tapes recorded using the system sound better than conventional recordings, even on playback equipment without Dolby HX-Pro. The Dolby HX-Pro effect is independent of Dolby NR system settings (B, C or OFF). To guarantee optimum recording results, this unit's HX-Pro system is automatically activated whenever you record. (ALL-10/5/94)