User manual SONY TC-WA9ES

[. . . ] To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose the unit to rain or moisture. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. [. . . ] However, you can get better recording results by doing the automatic bias current and the recording level calibration. You can do automatic calibration on either deck. Change the cassette or clean and demagnetize the heads (see page 19). If you insert a cassette into either deck A or B and "AUTO CAL" appears in the display, it means that automatic calibration data in that deck for that tape type (I, II or IV) exists. However, we recommend that you repeat the automatic calibraion procedure each time you insert a new cassette since cassettes of the same type also vary in their characteristics. Before recalibrating, be sure to turn off "AUTO CAL" in the display by pressing AUTO CAL. Then start from Step 2 of the automatic calibration procedure. to erase calibration data on either deck A or B The automatic calibration data is stored even if you turn off the power (Memory Backup function). Insert the cassette you want to record on into either deck. Make sure the record-protect tabs on the cassette have not been removed. Press AUTO CAL for the deck you're using until "AUTO CAL" appears in the display. Automatic calibration works only when both decks are stopped. â· You don't have to select the Dolby NR system when doing automatic calibration since the Dolby NR system does not affect the calibration results. During the calibration, the counter changes from 9 to 0. When the automatic calibration procedure ends, the tape rewinds to the original position, the counter returns to normal and the tape deck stops. You can copy a tape in deck A to a tape in deck B at normal or high speed. You can make the following tasks only during normal-speed dubbing. During high-speed dubbing, only p works. To dub at the same level as the original, turn the control to the center-click position. Insert the recorded cassette into deck A and a blank cassette into deck B. Make sure the record-protect tabs on the cassette in deck B have not been removed. If a TV set is placed near the tape deck, noise may occur during high-speed dubbing. [. . . ] The quick reverse function does not operate and the deck does not reverse the tape direction until the tape ends completely when : --you start recording on the tape or begin playing the tape right before the start of the leader tape (less than 10 seconds before). --the leader tape is made of dark material that impedes the passage of light. The tape deck may reverse the tape direction in the middle of the tape if: --there are folds, wrinkles, oil stains, or uneven patches of magnetic coating on the tape. --the quick reverse sensor is exposed to direct sunlight or other strong light sources. [. . . ]