RCA SCT-560 - Manual (Page 8)

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SPECIAL FEATURES
FAST-FORWARD/REWIND
To rapidly advance or rewind the tape, press ¡ or 1.
To stop the tape, press STOP ( 7). When the tape reaches
the end, the cassette deck automatically stops.
PAUSE
To temporarily stop Deck 2 during playback or recording,
press
PAUSE (
8). To restart, press 8, 3, or 2.
Note: You cannot pause while fast-forwarding or rewinding.
BLANK SKIP
To have the cassette deck automatically fast-forward
through blank spaces on the tape, set
REV MODE to
RELAY/SKIP . If the cassette deck encounters 15 seconds
of silence, it fast-forwards to the end of the blank section
and resumes normal play from that point. If the tape
reaches the end, it reverses and plays the other side.
TAPE COUNTER
As you play or record a tape, the tape counter advances
for the tape side facing you or decreases for the tape side
facing away from you. At the beginning of a tape or
selection, press
RESET to reset the counter to 0000. You
can then use the tape counter to quickly locate a specific
section on the tape.
The deck can also show the elapsed playing time (in
minutes and seconds) since you reset the time. To switch
between displays, press
TIME/COUNTER on the deck you
are using. (The time does not advance when you fast-
forward or rewind the tape.)
AUTOMATIC SEARCH MUSIC SYSTEM
The automatic search music system (ASMS) lets you
quickly locate a desired selection on a cassette tape. It
searches for the blank space before a selection and
automatically stops just before playback begins.
ASMS operates only during play. If the cassette deck is
stopped, first press
3 or 2.
• To skip to the beginning of the current (or an
earlier) selection:
Press ¡ or 1 — whichever points in the
opposite direction of the or indicator.
To skip to the beginning of an earlier selection,
repeatedly press the button.
• To skip to the beginning of the next (or a
later) selection:
Press ¡ or 1 — whichever points in the same
direction as the 3 or 2 indicator.
Note: If you press ( ¡ or 1) more times than the
number of selections on the side you want to search,
and have not set
REV MODE to “ , the search
continues to the other side.
ASMS might not operate as expected if:
• The pause between selections is less than 4 seconds
long.
• The overall recorded volume level of a selection is
very low.
• The noise level between selections is very high.
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