Radio Shack Portable Cassette Recorder - Manual (Page 5)

5 Operation
Listening Safely
To protect your hearing, follow these
guidelines when you use the earphone.
• Set the volume to the lowest setting
before you begin listening. After you
begin listening, adjust the volume to
a comfortable level.
• Do not listen at extremely high vol-
ume levels. Extended high volume
listening can lead to permanent
hearing loss.
• Once you set the volume, do not
increase it. Over time, your ears
adapt to the volume level, so a vol-
ume level that does not cause dis-
comfort might still damage your
hearing.
Traffic Safety
Do not wear an earphone while operat-
ing a motor vehicle or riding a bicycle.
This can create a traffic hazard and can
be illegal in some areas.
Even though some earphones let you
hear some outside sounds when listen-
ing at normal volume levels, they still
can present a traffic hazard.
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Operation
LOADING A CASSETTE
TAPE
1. Take up any slack in the tape by
turning one of the cassette’s hubs
with a pencil.
Caution: If you do not remove the
excess slack, the tape could
become tangled in the record/play-
back mechanism.
2. Press STOP/EJECT to open the cas-
sette compartment door.
3. Load the cassette into the cassette
guides in the door with its open
edge out, the side you want to play
facing up, and its full reel to the left.
4. Close the door.
PLAYING A CASSETTE
TAPE
1. Load the cassette tape.
2. Press PLAY . The cassette plays until
it reaches the end of the side, then it
automatically stops.
Notes:
• Press PAUSE to temporarily stop
playback. Press PAUSE again to
resume playback.
• To rapidly wind the tape forward
or backward, press STOP/EJECT
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