Tape advance, Fast forwarding and rewinding cassette tapes, Using dolby b noise reduction – Kenwood KRC-38MR User Manual

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Automatically fast forward to the beginning of the next track
when long blank spaces (10 seconds or more) are detected,
continuing tape playback. The B.S indicator lights up when
blank skip is turned on.

Turning Blank Skip On/Off:

Press the B.S button to switch blank skip on and off.

• If the blank space contains much noise, the blank skip function

may not work right.

• Sections recorded at low levels may trigger the blank skip

function if they last for 10 seconds or more.

NOTE

Blank Skip

Function of the KRC-408/KRC-308S

Select type of tape being played.

Switching Tape Types:

Press the MTL (Metal) button to switch the metal tape indicator
on and off and to select the tape type.
Turn the MTL indicator off for normal tape (Type I) playback.
Turn the MTL indicator on for the following tape types:

CrO

(Type II) FeCr (Type III) Metal (Type IV)

Selecting the wrong tape type may cause sound quality to
suffer.

Switching Tape Types

Function of the KRC-408/KRC-308S

Listen to tapes recorded using Dolby B NR.

Turning Dolby B Noise Reduction On/Off:

Press the B NR button to switch Dolby B NR on and off.
The B NR indicator lights up when it is turned on.

Using Dolby B Noise Reduction

Fast Forwarding Tapes:

Press the FM button.

Rewinding Tapes:

Press the AM button.

Canceling:

Press the

23 button.

Normal tape play will begin.

Fast Forwarding and Rewinding Cassette Tapes

Rewinds to the beginning of the track currently being listened
to (or fast forwards to the beginning of the next track),
continuing tape playback.

Rewinding tape to the beginning of current track:

Press the

4 button, and the tape will rewind to the beginning

of the current track and automatically start playing again.

To advance to the beginning of the next track:

Press the

¢ button, and the tape will advance to the

beginning of the next track and automatically start playing
again.

Tape advance "knows" where a track begins by detecting the
blank space preceding it (the space between tracks). However,
when the blank space lasts for less than four seconds or contains
noise, this function may not operate correctly. Furthermore,
sections that are recorded at low levels may trigger the function if
they last for four seconds or more.

NOTE

Tape Advance

Cassette player features

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