Optimus STA-3500 - Manual (Page 16)

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Basic Operation
Using the TAPE 1/VCR Button
Press TAPE 1/VCR . TAPE 1 appears on the display. You hear the playback
from the cassette deck or VCR you connected to the receiver’s TAPE 1/VCR
jacks.
Using the TAPE 2 MONITOR Button
Press TAPE 2 MONITOR . TAPE 2 appears on the display along with the last
program source you selected. You can hear playback or monitor a recording
from the cassette deck you connected to the receiver’s
TAPE 2 MONITOR jacks.
The TAPE 2 REC jacks continue to output the previously selected source when
you press TAPE 2 MONITOR .
To return to the previous source, press TAPE 2 MONITOR again so TAPE 2 dis-
appears.
Notes:
• If you press TAPE 2 MONITOR when that cassette deck is neither playing
nor recording, the receiver mutes the current audio source. To hear the
audio source, press
TAPE 2 MONITOR until TAPE 2 disappears from the
display.
• Do not press TAPE 2 MONITOR while you are recording on the deck con-
nected to TAPE 2 REC . If you do, the recording is interrupted for about 1
second.
Recording a Program Source
The receiver sends the audio program source you select— TAPE 1/VCR , TAPE 2
MONITOR , LD/DVD , CD , TUNER , PHONO — to the TAPE 1/VCR REC and TAPE 2
MONITOR REC jacks. The VOLUME control does not affect the level of the signal
going to the tape decks.
When you record a program source using the Tape 2 cassette deck, you hear
the program source’s signal immediately after you record it onto the tape, if the
cassette deck you connected has a three-head monitor function. (Be sure to
read the owner’s manual for your cassette deck.)
Simultaneous Recording and Playback
You can record any non-tape program source on the Tape 1 cassette deck while
you listen to a cassette tape using
TAPE 2 MONITOR .
Press the button for the desired program source ( LD/DVD , CD , TUNER , PHONO ),
then press the record button on the cassette deck connected to TAPE 1/VCR .
Tape 1 records the selected program source. Press TAPE 2 MONITOR , then start
playback on the cassette deck connected to TAPE 2 MONITOR . TAPE 2
appears and you hear Tape 2 play back while Tape 1 continues to record the
program source you selected.