Panasonic SC-PM28 User Manual

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Cassette tapes

1 Press [c OPEN], insert a cassette with the

tape facing in.

When the button is pressed, the unit comes on automatically. Make sure the cassette is fully inserted

and close the lid by hand.

OPEN

2 Press [PLAY MODE] on the remote control to

select the reverse mode.

Every time you press the button:

DEMOSTOP

PLAY

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AUTO OFF

REC

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TITLE

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FF,

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3 Press [TAPE / -] to start playback.

: One side is played. : Both sides are played. : Both sides are played repeatedly until

[STOP L, –DEMO] is pressed.

Every time you press the button : 4 R ↔ F 3

F 3 : The forward side (front side) will play.

R : The reverse side will play.

4 Adjust the volume.

To stop tape playback

OPEN

Press [STOP L, –DEMO].

One-touch play

When the system is OFF and a tape is already inserted, play starts automatically when you press [TAPE / -].

Listening operations

PLAY MODE

VOLUME

TAPE

DOWN

Forward side

Insert inside the guides

Cassette tape selection and care

Use normal position tapes.

High position and metal position tapes can be played, but the unit will not be able to do full justice to the characteristics of these tapes.

• Tapes exceeding 100 minutes are thin and can break or get caught in the mechanism.

• Tape slack can get caught up in the mechanism and should be wound up before the tape is played.

• Endless tapes can get caught up in the deck’s moving parts if used incorrectly. Use tapes appropriate to this unit’s auto-reverse mechanism.

To fast-forward or rewind the tape

Press [g

4/REW] or [f

3 /FF] in the stop

mode.

Tape direction To rewind To fast-forward “ F 3” [g

4 R” [f

“

4/REW] [f

3 /FF] [g

3 /FF]

4/REW]

To find the beginning of a program (TPS: Tape Program Sensor)

TPS finds the beginning of a track and resumes play from there. Each press increases the number of tracks skipped, up to a maximum of 9.

Press [g

4/REW] or [f

Notes

The TPS function searches for silent parts of about 4 seconds in length which are normally found between tunes. As a result, it may not function properly in the following cases:

• With short silent parts

• When noise occurs between tunes

• With silent parts found within tunes

3 /FF] during play.

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To protect tapes against further recording.

Side A

Tab for side B Tab for side A

To re-record

Normal position tape

Listening operations

Adhesive tape

Before recording

Types of tapes which can be recorded correctly

Use normal position tapes. High position and metal position tapes can be used, but the unit will not be able to record or erase them correctly.

Erasure prevention

The illustration shows how to remove the tabs to prevent recording. To record on the tape again, cover as shown.

The effect of volume and sound quality on recording

These have no effect on recording. They can be changed for playback.

To erase a recorded sound

Press [TAPE / -] and then [STOP L, –DEMO].

Insert the recorded cassette with the tape facing in.

Press [PLAY MODE] on the remote control to select reverse mode.

Press [[/ J REC].

Listening operations

Recording operations

PLAY

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Your attention is drawn to the fact that recording prerecorded tapes or discs or other published or broadcast material may infringe copyright laws.

Preparatory steps

Do these steps before each recording. Wind up the leader tape so recording can begin immediately.

Preparation: Press [TAPE / -] then [STOP

L, –DEMO

]

to select tape as the source.

1 Press [c OPEN], insert a cassette with the tape

OPEN

facing in.

Make sure the cassette is fully inserted and close the lid by hand. The tape direction is automatically set to “F 3”.

To record on the reverse side

Press [TAPE /-] twice, then press [STOP L, –DEMO].

2 Press [PLAY MODE] on the remote control to

select the reverse mode.

Every time you press the button:

: One side only records.

, : Both sides record (forward → reverse).

“

” automatically changes to “ ” when [a/ J REC]

is pressed.

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Insert inside the guides

Side to be recorded facing up

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Front side

Reverse side

The interrupted track is re-recorded in its entirety on the reverse side

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A Recording from the radio

Preparation: Do the preparatory steps (A page 24).

1 Tune to the required station.

(\ page 10 or 11)

2 Press [[/ J REC] to start recording.

To stop recording

Press [STOP L, –DEMO].

To stop recording temporarily

Press [a/J REC]. To resume recording, press [a/J REC].

To cut an unnecessary part while recording

1. Press [a/J REC] during the unnecessary part. The

cassette deck will go into the stop mode.

2. Press [a/J REC] to resume recording again. Recording

will continue in the same direction as before.

Note

When recording an AM broadcast, sound is momentarily interrupted when you start and stop the recording.

B To reduce noise while recording an AM broadcast

(Beat proof function)

By remote control onlyly

Press and hold [PLAY MODE] while recording. Every time you press the button: BP1 ↔ BP2 Select the position where there is less noise.

Listening operations

C Recording CDs

Preparation:

• Do the preparatory steps (A page 24).

• Insert the CD(s) you want to record (A page 12).

To record specific CDs/tracks

Recording operations

1 For CD-DA, do steps 1 to 3 on page 14

For MP3/WMA, do steps 1 to 2 on page 19:

Ensure CD is stopped.

2 For 1-ALBUM mode (MP3/WMA only) and 1-

TRACK mode: Press [ALBUM (

select the album.

3 For 1-TRACK mode: Press [g

3 /FF] to select the track.

or )] to

4/REW] or

4 Press [[/ J REC] to start recording.

The CD starts.

To stop recording

Press [STOP L, –DEMO]. CD play stops automatically.

To stop recording temporarily

Press [[/J REC]. To resume recording, press [[/J REC].

While recording, if a track is cut off in the middle at the

• end of the front side, it is re-recorded from the beginning, on the reverse side.

• At the end of the reverse side, recording stops and the current track will be interrupted.

If the tape finishes before the CD

The CD continues playing. Press [STOP L, –DEMO] to stop it.

To record programmed tracks

Program the tracks (A page 16 for CD-DA or page 20 for MP3/WMA).

Press [[/ J REC] to start recording.

Play starts. To stop recording, press [STOP L, –DEMO]. Disc play stops automatically.

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