User manual KENWOOD CT-405

[. . . ] STEREO CASSETTE TAPE DECK KXF-W4030 CT-405 INSTRUCTION MANUAL KENWOOD CORPORATION B60-4536-08 (EN) Introduction 2 Before applying power Units are designed for operation as follows. AC 120 V only Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 230 V only *Other countriesAC 110-120 / 220-240 V switchable Caution: Read this section carefully to ensure safe operation. As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Kenwood Corporation has determined that this products meets the ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency. Saving energy reduces air pollution and lowers utility bills. For the United Kingdom Factory fitted moulded mains plug 1. [. . . ] You can also check with the Ò and  peak level indicators. Each press of the MODE key changes the setting. 1 "LEVEL" lights up: Recording level setting mode 2 "BAL. " lights up: Recording balance setting mode 3 "BIAS" lights up: Recording bias setting mode 4 "LEVEL", "BAL. ", and "BIAS"go off: Counter display mode 0dB. lights up AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 Right sound decreases. Left sound decreases. 5 Press the MODE key and select the "LEVEL" mode. MODE AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 6 Adjust the recording level. REC LEVEL/BAL /BIAS AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 Recording MIN/L level decreases. MAX/R Recording level increases. Recording level display. 7 Stop playing the source. ÷ Adjust the recording level so that the 0 dB of the peak level indicators sometimes lights up. How to record (Deck B only) 17 4 Start recording. 1 Press the REC/ARM (¶) key. ¶REC/ARM AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 Press once. 2 Play the music source from the beginning. ÷ Recording will start. ÷ The deck enters the stop mode automatically when the tape has been recorded till the end. Bias level adjustment The MODE key can be used to adjust the bias level. 1 Press the MODE key and select the "BIAS" mode. MODE AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 Each press of the MODE key changes the setting. 1 "LEVEL" lights up: Recording level setting mode 2 "BAL. " lights up: Recording balance setting mode 3 "BIAS" lights up: Recording bias setting mode 4 "LEVEL", "BAL. ", and "BIAS"go off: Counter display mode lights up 2 Adjust the bias level. REC LEVEL/BAL /BIAS MIN/L MAX/R AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 The high frequency decreases. The high frequency increases. ÷ To adjust the bias level, play back the recorded sound and adjust to the suitable level. Repeat if necessary. ÷ The bias can be adjusted to a value of ±3. How to use the MPX FILTER key Use this function when recording a radio (FM) broadcasts. Depending on the tuner, a recorded FM broadcast may produce a "beat" sound. In this case, press the MPX FILTER key before recording. To cancel, press the MPX FILTER key again. lights up MPX FILTER AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 How to record (Deck B only) 18 To pause recording temporarily Pause 8PAUSE To stop recording 1 Stop the tape transport. AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE To resume recording ¶REC/ARM TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 2 7 3 3 7 2 ÷ The 8 indicator lights. 2 Stop playing the source component. How to provide non-recorded blanks between programs In stop mode Press successively twice. ¶REC/ARM During recording Press once. ¶REC/ARM ÷ After leaving a non-recorded blank of about 4 seconds, the deck enters the record-pause mode. Tape dubbing operation (Deck A \ Deck B) The dubbing refers to the copy of the recorded contents of a tape to another tape (tape in Deck A \ tape in Deck B). Since this unit is not designed for recording with metal (TYPE IV) tapes, do not use metal tapes for recording. Preparation 1 Load the tape to be played in deck A and 19 0 0 the tape to be recorded in deck B. 0 2 Set the tape transport directions of decks A and B to the same direction ( by pressing the play (2 or 3) key then pressing the stop (7) key immediately after it ). 3 Make "Playback (recording) preparation". AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 Tape dubbing 1 Perform auto-bias adjustment. (The bias adjustment is applied to deck B. ) "AUTO BIAS"blinks. AUTO BIAS AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE : Keys and control used in the operations described on this page. After approximately "AUTO BIAS" lightsup. 50 seconds A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 3 7 2 ÷ The optimum bias is set in about 50 seconds, after which the deck enters the stop mode. ÷ Recording is possible even if the auto-bias adjustment operation is omitted. For normal-speed dubbing. For high-speed dubbing. Normal dubbing: Dubbing at the normal speed. "DUBBING NORMAL" lights up. High-speed dubbing: Dubbing at about twice the normal speed. "DUBBING HIGH" lights up. NORN. DUBB HIGH. DUBB To pause dubbing For normal-speed dubbing. For high-speed dubbing. NORN. DUBB HIGH. DUBB ÷ Only deck B enters the record- pause mode after leaving a nonrecorded space of about 4 seconds in case of normal-speed dubbing, or about 6 seconds in case of high-speed dubbing. ÷ To resume dubbing after pause, press the same DUBBING key as above (NORMAL DUBBING or HIGH DUBBING) again. To stop dubbing Press the stop (7) key of Deck B. AUTO REVERSE AUTO REVERSE TAPE A - ON ­ OFF TAPE B 2 7 3 2 7 3 3 7 2 ÷ Both decks A and B enter the stop mode. Notes 1. The recording balance and recording level cannot be adjusted for dubbing. The DOLBY NR is not active during dubbing. The tape recorded by dubbing features the same NR system as the original tape in Deck A. Noise from TV may interfere with dubbed sound if high-speed dubbing is executed near a TV set. [. . . ] The optimum recording level for the specific CD is determined Automatic recording level setting. and set based on the peak value sampled. The recording preparation steps above take about 20~200 seconds, after which the actual recording starts. After recording (when the CD player is stopped or when the tape has run out), both the cassette deck and CD player stop. Specifications Track System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]