Sensor seals/handling cassette tapes, Note – Yamaha MT44D User Manual

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SENSOR SEALS/HANDLING CASSETTE TAPES

USING THE SUPPLIED SENSOR SEALS

The MT44D automatically switches to the 2-channel

mode (regular stereo cassette) or 4-track mode

according to whether a sensor seal is detected on the

loaded cassette. Note that only one side of the tape

can be used in the 4-track mode.

For regular 2-channel operation load a cassette with

out the sensor seal.

For 4-track operation affix one of the three types

of seals provided to the cassette window. Match

the size of the seal to the cassette window. The seal

must fit the cassette window properly or the MT44D

may "misread" the seal and switch to the wrong

mode. If one of the provided seal sizes does not fit,

use a seal that is larger than the cassette window and

trim it to size.

PROTECTING YOUR RECORDINGS

All cassettes have record protection tabs along the
top edge of the cassette shell. If this tape is broken
out using a screwdriver or any other appropriate

implement, recording will be inhibited on the cor

responding side of the tape, thereby protecting your

recordings from accidental erasure. To record on a

tape that has already had its tab removed, simply fix

a piece of adhesive tape over the hole left by the

tab.
Break out both the side "A" and "B"tabs to protect

4-track tapes.

Break off the tab

Sensor Seals

*The seal should be afl-

fixed to the "B" side of
the cassette for 4-track
recording on side "A".

CORRECTING EXCESSIVE TAPE SLACK

If the cassette tape is slack or is extending from the

cassette housing, there is a risk that it may become

tangled around the capstan or pinch roller—causing

irreparable damage to the tape, and possibly damaging

the transport mechanism. In order to take up this

slack, insert a pencil or bail-point pen into the center
of the reel and rotate to wind the excess tape back

onto the reel.

Cassette Half

CASSETTE STORAGE

To prevent slackening of tape, fit a stopper or keep

cassettes in a case (normally supplied with the

cassette). Do not store cassettes in locations with

direct sunlight, high humidity, high temperatures or

magnetic fields (e.g. near television sets, speakers, etc).

NOTE:

The MT44D has been specifically designed to provide

optimum sound quality with chrome (Cr

> formu

lation tape (High Bias, 70/isec. EQ). Do not use

ferrichrome type tapes.