Optimus 31-3042 - Manual (Page 38)

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Cassette Deck/VCR Features
You can connect two cassette decks to the receiver. Selecting either VCR/TAPE 1
or TAPE 2 MONITOR lets you hear the playback from the cassette deck you con-
nected to the receiver’s corresponding ( VCR/TAPE 1 or TAPE 2 MONITOR ) jacks.
Using the VCR/TAPE 1 and
TAPE 2 MONITOR Buttons Press VCR/TAPE 1 . VCR appears on the display. You hear the playback from the
cassette deck or VCR you connected to the receiver’s VCR/TAPE 1 IN jacks.
Press TAPE 2 MONITOR . TAPE 2 appears on the display along with the last pro-
gram 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 MONITOR REC jacks continue to output sound from the previously selected
source after you press TAPE 2 MONITOR .
To return to the previous source, press TAPE 2 MONITOR again so TAPE 2 disap-
pears.
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 so TAPE 2 disappears from the display.
• Do not press TAPE 2 MONITOR while you are recording on the deck con-
nected to TAPE 2 MONITOR REC . If you do, the recording is interrupted for
about 1 second.
Monitoring a
Program Source The receiver sends the audio of the program source you select— VCR/TAPE 1 ,
DVD/LD , CD , FM/AM (tuner), or PHONO — to the VCR/TAPE 1 OUT/REC (audio) and
TAPE 2 MONITOR OUT/REC jacks. If you select VCR/TAPE 1 or DVD/LD , the video pro-
gram is also sent to the VIDEO OUT TO MONITOR TV jack.
The VOLUME control does not affect the level of the signal going to the tape
decks.
Dubbing a Cassette Tape You can copy (dub) a cassette tape from one cassette deck to another through
the STAV-3770.
You can use either deck as the playback or recording deck. However, if you
want to monitor the cassette deck during dubbing, use the deck connected to
the
VCR/TAPE 1 jacks as the source, and the deck you connected to the TAPE 2
REC jacks as the recording deck. Then press TAPE 2 MONITOR so TAPE 2 and the
last program source you selected appear on the display. See “Using the VCR/
TAPE 1 and TAPE 2 MONITOR Buttons.”
The VOLUME control does not affect the level of the signal going to the tape
decks.