User manual SONY DTC-690

[. . . ] To prevent fire or shock hazard, do no expose the unit to rain or moisture. If the plug supplied with this appliance is not suitable for the socket outlet in your home, it should be cut off and appropriate plug fitted. IMPORTANT The wire in this mains lead are coloured in accordance with the following codes: Blue: Neutral Brown: Live As the colours of the wires in the mains lead of this apparatus may not correspond to the coloured markings identifying the terminals in your plug, proceed as follows: The wire which is coloured blue must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter N or coloured black. The wire which is coloured brown must be connected to the terminal which is marked with the letter L or coloured red. [. . . ] Writing Manually during Recording If it is not, press the START ID AUTO button to turn it off. The start ID is written for 9 seconds (18 seconds in the long-play mode) from the point where you pressed the START ID WRITE button. While a start ID is being written, the START ID indicator flashes. Writing Manually during Playback (Rehearsal Function) During playback, start ID can be written at the desired position more accurately than during recording. Make sure that the safety tab of the cassette is closed. The REHEARSAL indicator lights and the WRITE and START ID indicators flash, and the position for 3 seconds from the point where you pressed the START ID WRITE button is played back repeatedly (rehearsal function). The beginning of the repeated portion will be the beginning of the start ID. press the 1 or ¡ button to adjust the "repeat start" point. The "repeat start" point is shifted backward with the 1 button or forward with the ¡ button by about 0. The indicator at the MARGIN display shows how much the "repeat start" point is shifted from the point where you pressed the START ID WRITE button. After setting the beginning of the start ID at the desired point, press the START ID WRITE button again. the WRITE indicator lights steadily and the start ID is written. The program number is not written in this time. Note on the point where a start ID is written Å A) During the rehearsal function, a start ID is written at the beginning of the repeated portion as illustrated. A) Point where you pressed START ID WRITE b) Repeated portion (for 3 seconds) c) Selection d) Each time you press 1 e) Each time you press ¡ f) 0. When the 1 or ¡ button is pressed while the repeated portion is played back, the repeated portion is played back up to 8 times max, and then the tape stops. The position of a start ID written during recording or by using the rehearsal function can be finely adjusted. You can shift the start ID position about 2 seconds (about 4 seconds in the long-play mode) backward or forward. To shift it for more than 2 seconds, first erase the start ID (see below) and rewrite it manually. While the start ID you want to erase appears on the display during playback or in the stop mode, press the START ID ERASE button. Make sure that the safety tab of the cassette is closed. While the start ID is being erased, the ERASE indicator lights and the START ID indicator flashes. [. . . ] ) While writing the start ID (9 seconds or 18 seconds), none of the buttons except the 7 button are operative. The tape operation buttons do not operate while writing the start ID. Rewind the tape to the beginning, or locate the very last point of the previous recording by using the end search function (page 54), and start recording from the point. set the deck in the record-pause mode by pressing ¶REC , then write the end ID. [. . . ]