Harman Kardon DC5500 Owners Manual - Page 12

Operating

the

Unit

as

a

Dual

Cassette

Deck

Operating

the

unit

as

a

dual

cassette

deck

allows

continuous

play

between

two

different

cassette

tapes.

It

also

allows

copying

between

tapes

at

"real

time"

or

high

speed.

Continuous

Play

1.

With

a

pre-recorded

tape

in

each

transport,

press

the

Pri/Sec

Transport

Selector

button

to

select

the

Primary

Transport

as

current.

2.

Press

Direction

Mode

until

both

CONT

and

CD

are

illuminated

in

the

Display.

3.

Select

the

correct

type

of

Dolby

Noise

Reduction.

For

the

DC5700

only,

the

NR

type

for

the

Primary

Transport

may

be

set

independently

from

the

Secondary

Transport.

Use

the

Pri/Sec

Transport

selector

button

to

enable

independent

settings.

ADVANCED

OPERATIONS

4.

Press

(Forward

Play)

to

begin

Continuous

Play

with

the

front

side

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport.

The

unit

will

play

both

sides

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport,

followed

by

both

sides

of

the

tape

in

the

Secondary

Transport.

5.

Press

4

(Reverse

Play)

to

begin

Continuous

Play

with

the

rear

side

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport.

The

unit

will

play

the

rear

side

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport,

followed

by

both

sides

of

the

tape

in

the

Secondary

Transport,

and

then

the

front

side

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport.

6.

To

play

more

than two

tapes

continuously,

you

may

exchange

the

tape

that

is

not

playing.

NOTE:

Continuous

Play

will

keep

the

unit

playing

until

each

side

of

each

tape

is

played

eight

times.

Continuous

Record

(DC5700

only.)

1.

With

a

tape

in

each

transport,

press

the

Pri/Sec

Transport

Selector

button

to

select

the

Primary

Transport

as

current.

2.

Press

Direction

Mode

until

:)

is

illuminated

in

the

Display.

3.

Select

the

correct

type

of

Dolby

Noise

Reduction

in

either PRI

or

SEC

mode.

The

NR

type

for

the

Primary

Transport

must

be

set

independently

from

the

Secondary

Transport.

4.

Press

Rec/Pause

to

place

the

unit

in

Record

Pause

mode.

5.

Press

(Forward

Play)

to

begin

Continuous

Record

on

the

front

side

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport.

The

unit

will

record

both

sides

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport,

followed

by

both

sides

of

the

tape

in

the

Secondary

Transport.

6.

Press

4

(Reverse

Play)

to

begin

Continuous

Record

on

the

rear

side

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport.

The

unit

will

record

the

rear

side

of

the

tape

in

the

Primary

Transport,

followed

by

both

sides

of

the

tape

in

the

Secondary

Transport.

NOTE:

Continuous

Record

automatically

stops

when

the

rear

side

of

the

tape

in

the

secondary

transport

is

recorded.

Using

Sync

Reverse

When

making

"real

time"

or

high

speed

copies,

you

may

want

to

use

the

Sync

Reverse

mode.

Simply

press

the

Sync

Reverse

button

after

choosing

Copy

or

Hi

Speed

Copy.

In

Sync

Reverse,

when

the

leader

at

the

end

of

the

recorded

tape

is

detected,

the

Secondary

Transport

goes

into

Play

Pause,

while

the

Primary

Transport

goes

into

Record

Mute

mode.

At

the

point

the

blank

tape

reaches

its

leader,

the

direction

of

both

Transports

is

reversed

and

recording

continues.

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