User manual KENWOOD KCA-RC420

[. . . ] and Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 120 V only Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AC 230 V only *Other countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] /BIAS ÷ In counter, adjust the recording balance level so that the left and right displays are the same. 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 (Deck B of the CT-2050/KXF-W6010 only) 4 "LEVEL", "BAL. ", and "BIAS"go off: Counter display mode 0dB. lights up Right sound decreases. MIN/L MAX/R Left sound decreases. 5 Press the MODE key and select the "LEVEL" mode. MODE 6 Adjust the recording level. REC LEVEL/BAL. /BIAS Recording level display. Recording level decreases. MIN/L MAX/R Recording level increases. 7 Stop playing the source. ÷ Adjust the recording level so that the 0 dB of the peak level indicators sometimes lights up. ÷ The recording level can be adjusted on both decks A and B. (CT-203/ KCA-RC420; Deck B only) How to record (CT-203/KCA-RC420; Deck B only) CT-2050/203/KXF-W6010/W4010 (En/M) 17 4 Start recording. 1 Press the REC/ARM (¶) key. CT-2050/KXF-W6010 ¶REC/ARM CT-203/KCA-RC420 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 (Deck B of the CT-2050/KXF-W6010 only) The MODE key can be used to adjust the bias level. 1 Press the MODE key and select the "BIAS" mode. MODE 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 (Deck B of the CT-2050/KXF-W6010 only) 4 "LEVEL", "BAL. ", and "BIAS"go off: Counter display mode lights up 2 Adjust the bias level. REC LEVEL/BAL. 3 Make "Playback (recording) preparation". : Keys and control used in the operations described on this page. Tape dubbing 1 Perform auto-bias adjustment. (The bias adjustment is applied to deck B. ) "AUTO BIAS"blinks. AUTO BIAS After approximately "AUTO BIAS" lightsup. 40 seconds ÷ The optimum bias is set in about 40 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. NORM. DUBB For high-speed dubbing. HIGH DUBB. 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. CT-2050/KXF-W6010 NORMAL DUBBING CT-2050/KXF-W6010 HIGH DUBBING CT-203/KCA-RC420 CT-203/KCA-RC420 To pause dubbing For normal-speed dubbing. NORM. DUBB For high-speed dubbing. HIGH DUBB. CT-2050/KXF-W6010 NORMAL DUBBING CT-2050/KXF-W6010 HIGH DUBBING CT-203/KCA-RC420 CT-203/KCA-RC420 ÷ 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. 2 7 3 ÷ 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. To prevent this, install the system farther from the TV set. [. . . ] 56 dB (IEC, 250 nWb/m, TYPE tape) Dolby NR OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 dB (3rd, H. D. , 3 %, TYPE tape) Harmonic Distortion . . . . . . . Less than 1. 2 % (at 315 Hz, 3rd H. D. , 250 nWb/m, TYPE tape) Input sensitivity/Impedance LINE IN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122. 8 mV/47 k Output Level/Impedance LINE OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]