Cassette Deck/VCR Features. Optimus STAV-3690, 31-3040

Cassette Deck/VCR Features

You can connect two cassette decks to the receiver. Selecting either

VCR/TAPE 1

or

TAPE 2 MONITOR

lets you hear the playback from the cassette deck you connected to the receiver’s corresponding (

VCR/TAPE 1

,

TAPE 2 MONITOR

) jacks.

Using the VCR/TAPE 1 and

TAPE 2 Monitor Buttons

Press

VCR/TAPE 1

.

VCR

appears on the display. You hear the playback from the cassette deck or VCR you connected to the receiver’s

VCR/TAPE 1

jacks.

Press

TAPE 2 MONITOR

.

TAPE 2

appears on the display along with the last program source you selected. You can hear playback or monitor a recording from the cassette deck you connected to the receiver’s

TAPE 2 MONITOR

jacks. The

TAPE 2 MONITOR REC

jacks continue to output sound from the previously selected source when you press

TAPE 2 MONITOR

.

To return to the previous source, press

TAPE 2 MONITOR

again so

TAPE 2

disappears.

Notes:

• If you press

TAPE 2 MONITOR

when the cassette deck is neither playing nor recording, the receiver mutes the current audio source. To hear the audio source, press

TAPE 2 MONITOR

so

TAPE 2

disappears from the display.

• Do not press

TAPE 2 MONITOR

while you are recording on the deck connected to

TAPE 2 MONITOR REC

. If you do, the recording is interrupted for about 1 second.

Recording an Audio Source

The receiver sends the audio of the program source you select—

VCR/TAPE 1

,

TAPE 2 MONITOR

,

DVD/TV

,

LD/SAT

,

CD

,

TUNER

,

PHONO

, or

VIDEO

— to the

VCR/TAPE 1

OUT

(audio) and

TAPE 2 MONITOR REC

jacks.

Dubbing a Cassette Tape

You can copy, or dub, a cassette tape from one cassette deck to another.

You can use either deck as the playback or recording deck. However, if you want to monitor the cassette deck during dubbing, use the deck connected to the

VCR/TAPE 1

jacks as the source, and the deck you connected to the

TAPE 2

jacks as the recording deck. Then press

TAPE 2 MONITOR

so

TAPE 2

appears on the display to hear the recording. See “Using the VCR/TAPE 1 and TAPE 2

Monitor Buttons.”

Note: The

VOLUME

,

BALANCE

, and tone controls do not affect the signal going to the tape decks.

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