Philips FC 931 - Manual (Page 5)

OPERATION
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1 POWER STAIMDBY/OFF - for switching the cassette deck
on and off
2 OPEN - for opening cassette holder 3 of deck A
3 Cassette holder A - for playback in both directions
4 COUNTER
- COUNTER MODE - for selecting display to show the tape
counter, the total playing time or the track playing time
- COUNTER SELECT - for selecting the tape counter to
count for deck A or deck B
- COUNTER RESET - for returning the tape counter in the
display to 0000
- COUNTER MEMO - for storing the actual counter reading
in the memory
5 REC BALANCE - for adjusting the recording balance
6 Display
7 REC LEVEL - for adjusting the recording volume
8 AUTO BIAS - for starting the automatic procedure which
adjustst correct recording bias for the tape in deck B.
9 DOLBY MODE - for switching the Dolby Noise Reduction
system on and off and selecting Dolby B or Dolby C
Dolby noise reduction and HX Pro headroom extension manufactured under
license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Hx Pro originated by
Bang and Olufsen. DOLBY, the double-D symbol DO and HX Pro are
trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.
10 REVERSE MODE:
“ - the tape stops at the end of each side.
I") - playback (+ recording for deck B) of both cassette sides,
after which the tape stops at the end of the second side.
C3 - continuous playback of both cassette sides
C“D CD - for continuous playback of both cassette sides
on both decks
11 RECORD CANCEL - for cancelling the current recording.
The set will go back to the beginning of the current
recording and enter the record pause mode.
12 Cassette holder B - for recording and playback in both
directions
13 OPEN - for opening cassette holder 12 of deck B
14 PHONES - socket for stereo headphones
You can connect a pair of stereo headphones with 6.3 mm
plug to this socket.
15 Keyboard for deck A and deck B
- ◄◄ - for fast winding in the opposite direction to that in
which the tape is travelling or for searching for previous
tracks when pressing this key briefly during playback
- STOP ■ - for stopping the tape transport
- PLAY ► - for starting playback
■ - for fast winding in the tape travel direction or for
searching for next tracks when pressing this key briefly
during playback
- CHANGE SIDE - for reversing the tape travel direction of
the playing deck (A or B) or reversing the tape travel
direction of both decks when they are in STOP mode. After
switching on the power, the unit always automatically
displays the last directions chosen.
16 RECORDING
- RECORD - for starting recording.
- MUTE - for recording a pause (silent passage)
- PAUSE - for preparing or interrupting a recording
17 APPEND - for searching for a blank space on the tape in
deck B of at least 20 seconds suitable for recording
18 DUBBING
- NORMAL - for dubbing from deck A to B at normal speed
- FAST - for dubbing from deck A to B at high speed
- CD SYNC. - for synchro start of deck B and a CD player when
recording from a Compact Disc (provided the CD player is
connected via its ESI bus to your Philips system 900 series).
DISPLAY
AUTO BIAS HI SPEED DUBBING
DOLBY NR BC CD SYNC.
CtpC:^^ TRACK TIME MUTE
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The display shows:
CD CD - when the reverse-mode continuous playback of
both cassette sides on both decks is activated;
SS-SS - tape transport counter or time of deck A and deck B;
DOLBY B/C - when Dolby Noise Reduction System B or C
is switched on;
AUTO BIAS - during the automatic bias adjustment procedure
MUTE - during recording mute;
RECORD - during any recording or dubbing;
Starts flashing during recording pause mode;
CD SYNC. - during a synchronized CD recording;
DUBBING - during dubbing at normal speed;
HI SPEED DUBBING - during high-speed dubbing;
DECK A/B - indicating that the tape transport counter is
counting for deck A or deck B; blinks when COUNTER
[yiEMO is activated.
Peak level meters - indicating the output or recording
level which can be adjusted with the REC BALANCE and
REC LEVEL controls.