INDEX OVERVIEW OF KEYS Summarized description per key... INSTALLATION Mains connection. Analog connections. Digital connections. Remote control battery loading. CASSETTE TYPES DCC album DC. Videocassette Sliding out a DCC cassette from its box. Positioning of a cassette in the tray. Protecting a cassette against recording DCC BASICS PLAYBACK DISPLAY RECORDING Notes on playback. Playback... Displaying text information Displaying time information Counter Making your first recordings .
OVERVIEW OF KEYS ysijbug KEYS 1 POWER ON/OFF 2 OPEN/CLOSE 7 PHONES 8 LEVEL 10 MIC 17 DOLBY B/C NR 18 SCROLL 19 TEXT 20 TIME RECORDING CONTROLS § REC LEVEL 11 RECORD # 12 APPEND MI 13 SELECT PAUSE 14 EDIT to switch the recorder on and off. 10 open and close the tray loader {also push tray to close}. socket for headphone connection.
. INSTALLATION SUPPLIED CABLES: 1x mains cable 2 x whiff connection cable (cinch) 1 x digital cable {cinch} MAINS CONNECTION « Before connecting the unit to the mains, proceed as follows: ~ If the unit is equipped with a VOLTAGE selector, first adjust the voltage selector to the local mains voltage.
CASSETTE TYPES busy DCC ALBUM TET eT = continuous play » continuous frack numbering * LEAD IN: automatic search to start of first track; negative time will be displayed. ‘When using 2 DCC album the following information is available: » albuminous: title, artist track title-list * song lyrics {if present on cassette} = track numbers tack time, absolute teems, total remaining time.
CASSETTES SLIDING OUT A DCC CASSETTE FROM ITS BOX English Press the cassette out with your thumb; push the cassette upwards. POSITIONING A CASSETTE IN THE TRAY insert a DCC with the printed side up and protective slider pointed 10 the DC-player. A conventional videocassette should be inserted with the tape pointed to the DC-player.
DCC BASICS PLAYBACK ladybug l= Playback of a cassette Ts similar to operating a CO-player. Switch the unit on with the POWER ON/OFF key. The unit checks if a cassette is loaded. If no cassette is loaded, the display panel shows: fd Press the OPEN/CLOSE key to open the tray and insert a cassette. Close the tray by pressing OPEN/CLOSE again or by pushing the tray. The display panel shows: The unit now reads the tape. This procedure will take maximum 5 seconds.
DISPLAY BASICS TEXT TIME By pressing the TEXT or TIME key you can select different information to be shown on the display. Different information is available for the different cassette types { ®€ see CASSETTE TYPES J.
DCC BASICS MAKING YOUR FIRST RECORDINGS stinkbug gl * To interrupt the recording for a short time, press the SELECT PAUSE key. Basically, making recordings on your DCC recorder is similar to making tape recordings on a videocassette. Press OPEN/CLOSE. Insert a blank DCC and close the tray. READING des Press BACKWARD a«€ for more than 0.5 seconds. =3 The deck rewinds and stops at the beginning of the tape. im T ap Press the SELECT PAUSE I key. The deck writes a buffer area (LEAD-IN}.
RECORDING EXAMPLES DCC BASICS RECORDING ON A PARTIALLY RECORDED DCC The APPEND function makes it possible to easily continue 2 recording at the end of your last recording, Track numbering will = automatically continue in the right sequence. In case your last recording does not end with silence, it may happen that a very 5 small part of your last recording max 1 second) is overwritten. 5 Press APPEND 1.
DETAILED FUNCTION DESCRIPTION Bug ys INSTALLATION PRESETS With the PRESETS function you can control the default settings of the DCC recorder. » Press the PRESETS key to enter the edit mode. The display shows SELECT FLAT REC SELECT EMIT, indicating that you can select one of these keys. « After pressing the respective key the following default settings can be adjusted.
DETAILED FUNCTION DESCRIPTION INSTALLATION RECORD LEVEL SETTING MEMORY The DCC730 stores the latest record-elev setting for each independent source. As such, you do not have to adjust the record level setting each time another source is selected. During installation or when making your first recordings you can check and adjust the record level settings for each connected source. English EXAMPLE: SOURCE | _ STORED RECORD LEVEL SETTING cD DIG IN { Optimal direct digital TUNER ~~ ANA | Setting ne.
DETAILED FUNCTION DESCRIPTION ysyibug PLAYBACK FUNCTIONS TRACK SEARCH The lal anc Pi keys can be used to search for a particular track on the tape or to scroll through the track list {see title search. During the track search the display shows e.g.: stop mode: « Press Ht {less than 0,5 seconds) to search for the start of the current track. « Press WI (less than 0,8 seconds) to search for a track next to the current track.
DETAILED FUNCTION DESCRIPTION RECORDING FUNCTIONS EDIT The EDIT function is only possible when you are using non protected user recorded DCC cassettes. In this mode you can edit the tape formats, delete or create track Transition and renumber the tracks. English When in REC PAUSE mode: START HEW SIDE | og Press the EDIT key to enter the edit mode ' CT Ty You can select the various EDIT functions by pressing EDIT several times } BETTE 5 Press the RECORD key to actually edit the ape.
DETAILED FUNCTION DESCRIPTION stinkbug RECORDING FUNCTIONS Note: If a recording is started in a blank ares, the recorder is not able to write track numbers and absolute time on the type. The display will not indicate the track number (also not with Indication will be similar to a videocassette. The is initialized with a LEAD-IN area. TITLE PROGRAMMING On user recorded DCC cassettes, you can record your own titles. The title will be recorded st the start of the track.
REMOTE CONTROL 0-8 these keys can be used for track selection and for title programming. REPEAT to repeat the current track, to repeat all tracks of 10 Switch repast off. TEXT ~ 10 select text information and to enter the title programming mode. STOP # ~ to stop any action. it» when pressed < 0,5 sec.: track search. ~when pressed > 0,5 sec.: windflower. 0/C ~ open/close. TIME ~ to select time information. SCROLL ~ to stroll text information or to enter demo mode. 10 adjust the scroll speed when lyrics.
TROUBLESHOOTING ysy bug symptom possible cause remedy General problems — The unit does not respond to any Electrostatic charge may cause this Switch off the power. command. problem, — Switch on the power again after a few seconds. CC and MC cassettes Interdenominational playback sound. ~ Clean the head section. ~ The head section is dirty. DCC cassettes Distorted signal. — Recording was made with too high ~ Make a new recording with lower peak peak level (OVERLOAD). feel.