Harman Kardon FESTIVAL 2 Owners Manual - Page 21

Using

the

cassette

tape

RECORDING

PROCEDURE

1.

Turn

the

power

switch

of

your

FESTIVAL

2

Music

Sys-

tem

"ON".

2.

Place

the

function

selector

switch

in

the

mode

appro-

priate

to

the

material

you

wish

to

record.

(Example:

AUX,

PHONO,

AUTO

FM,

MONO

FM,

AM).

3.

Carefully

check

the

cassette

you

plan

to

use

for

recording

to

be

certain

that

the

tabs

provided

on

the

rear

to

pro-

tect

against

accidental

erasure

are

present

or

that

you

have

placed

a

piece

of

adhesive

tape

in

their

place

in

instances

where

you

plan

to

record

over

a

pre-recorded

tape.

4.

Depress

the

STOP/CASSETTE

EJECT

button

to

allow

the

trap

door

of

the

recorder

to

open.

5.

Turn

the

power

for

the

re-

corder

"ON"

by

rotating

the

record

level

control

in

a

clock-

wise

direction

until

a

click

is

heard.

Set

the

control

at

min-

imum.

6.

Select

the

appropriate

posi-

tion

of

the

STEREO

-MONO

switch.

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7.

Insert

the

cassette

into

the

recorder

and

close

the

trap

door.

8.

With

either

the

fast

forward

or

rewind

buttons

locate

the

point

on

the

tape

at

which

you

wish

to

begin

the

record-

ing.

9.

Depress

the

PAUSE

button.

This

will

keep

the

tape

in

the

proper

position

while

the

other

controls

are

being

set

to

record.

10.

Simultaneously

depress

the

RECORD

and

PLAY/RECORD

buttons.

If

the

RECORD

but-

ton

fails

to

depress

easily,

refer

to

step

3

again.

11.

Rotate

the

level

control

in

a

clockwise

direction

until

the

meter

pointer

deflects

toward

the

red

zone.

Increase

the

setting

of

the

level

control

until

the

loudest

passages

of

the

program

source

deflect

the

VU

meter

pointer

from

the

black

area

to

the

boundary

of

the

red

area.

If

you

find

the

VU

meter

pointer

well

into

the

red

area,

the

recording

level

is

set

too

high

and

your

recording

will

be

distorted.

12.

When

the

controls

are

pro-

perly

set

and

the

program

material

is

ready

for

record-

ing,

depress

the

PAUSE

button

once

again.

13.

Your

cassette

is

now

in

the

process

of

recording.

Keep

a

close

watch

on

the

level

me-

ter

during

recording

and

make

any

necessary

adjustments

to

insure

the

highest

possible

quality

of

recording.

14.

If

you

wish

to

interrupt

the

recording

process

to

avoid

unwanted

program

material,

the

PAUSE

button

may

be

used

without

upsetting

the

other

controls.

15.

When

the

recording

is

com-

plete

depress

the

STOP

but-

ton

to

stop

the

recording

process.

16.

To

remove

the

Cassette,

de-

press

the

"STOP/CASSETTE

EJECT"

button

ALL

the

way

down.

17.

If

you

want

to

record

on

the

other

side

of

your

Cassette,

turn

it

over

and

repeat

the

Record

Procedure.

PLAYBACK

PROCEDURE

The

procedure

outlined

below

should

be

followed

to

insure

proper

operation

of

your

Cassette

Recorder.

1.

Turn

the

power

switch

of

your

Music

System

"ON".

2.

Turn

the

power

"ON"

for

the

Cassette

Recorder,

using

the

Record

Level

Control.

NOTE:

In

the

playback

mode

the

level

control

does

not

serve

any

other

function

other

than

switching

the

poWer

"ON"

and

"OFF".

3.

Place

the

system

function

se-

lector

switch

in

the

"TAPE"

position.

4.

Depress

the

"STOP/CASSETTE

EJECT"

button.

The

trap

door

of

the

Cassette

Recorder

will

spring

open.

5.

Place

a

prerecorded

Cassette

into

the

recorder

and

close

the

trap

door.

Make

certain

the

tape

is

fully

wound

on

the

left

side

of

the

Cassette,

using

the

rewind

function

if

necessary.

6.

Depress

the

"PLAY/RECORD"

button

to

start

the

tape

mov-

ing

in

a

forward

direction

for

playback.

7.

Adjust

the

system

"VOLUME

CONTROL"

to

the

desired

lis-

tening

level.

8.

If

you

wish

to

stop

the

play-

back

of

the

tape

for

a

brief

period

of

time

without

reset-

ting

the

controls,

(e.g.,

to

an-

swer

the

telephone

or

the

doorbell),

merely

depress

the

PAUSE

button.

Depress

the

PAUSE

button

again,

to

resume

normal

operation.

9.

To

stop

the

recorder,

depress

the

"STOP/CASSETTE

EJECT"

button

halfway

-down.

.To

re-

move

the

Cassette

from

the

recorder,

depress

this

button

all

the

way

down.

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