The STAND-BY indicator will light. 3. Press the STAND-BY/ON button. The STAND-BY indicator will go out and the display will light. • Pressing the a or s button of either Deck A or Deck B when the unit is in standby status will also cause the display to light and playback will start. • If the tape deck is plugged into the amplifier’s AC outlet, the amplifier’s AC power cord must be plugged into a wall outlet and its power switched on before the tape deck can operate. POWER STAND-BY 1 2 3 MAIN POWER STAND-BY (TA-RW144) (TA-RW244) STAND-BY/ON STAND-BY (TA-RW244 only) (TA-RW144 only) POWER STAND-BY To play a tape • Check once again that all connections have been completed exactly as indicated in the connections diagram and then plug in the AC power cord. • After turning the power on, the display illuminates and the g PAUSE indicator flashes (about 5 seconds). While the indicator is flashing, no operation can be performed. • This deck holds two cassettes at once. Both Deck A and Deck B are capable of auto-reverse playback; Deck B can also record. • Tapes can be played back using either Deck A or Deck B. Follow the procedure on Deck A or B. (Deck A is pictured.) 2 134 ONKYO 5 3 Listening to a tape 1. Press the EJECT button to open the cassette holder. 2. Insert a cassette. • The side of the cassette with the exposed tape should be facing down- ward. 3. Set the Dolby NR by pressing the DOLBY NR button repeatedly until the proper Dolby NR indicator (OFF, B or C) turns on. • Select the same noise reduction system that was used when the cassette was recorded. For instance, tapes recorded using Dolby B NR should be played back with Dolby B NR. 4. Set the Reverse Mode by pressing the REVERSE MODE button repeatedly until the desired mode is displayed. ( v ) one side: Only one side of the tape is played back. ( b ) repeat: Both sides of the tape are played back repeatedly eight times or until the e button is pressed. 5. Start playback. • Press the a or s button depending on which side of the cassette you wish to listen to. s : Playback starts from the front side. a : Playback starts from the reverse side. • The auto-stop mechanism will auto- matically stop the tape (depending on the tape transport mode) if a tape is played through to the end. 1 4 5 Stopping playback Press the e button. 2 ONKYO EJECT REVERSE MODE DOLBY NR To play a tape A A A A Reverse mode function Recheck the tape direction settings (shown by the Deck A and Deck B direction indicators) before pressing the d or f button. The following explanation assumes that the tape direction is forward ( s ). Fast forward and rewind To fast forward the tape, press the f button. To rewind the tape, press the d button. • To stop either fast forward or rewind, press the e button. It is always important to press the e button before the f or d buttons are used while the tape transport is active. This helps to reduce performance problems. (or to ensure long life and better performance from your new cassette deck we advice that:) Automatic tape selection system This deck automatically detects the type of cassette in the cassette holder and sets the bias and equalization to the correct settings. Tape selection is performed by detecting the presence or absence of identification pits on the back of the cassette shell. Cassettes manufactured before this identification system was adopted and bargain cassettes that do not incorporate these pits cannot be used with this deck. • Recheck the tape travel direction settings (shown by the Deck A and Deck B direction indicators) before beginning playback or recording. • The following explanation assumes that cassette side A is facing outward. A A A A A A A A Continuous tape playback • There is a silent gap about 10 seconds long when the direction of tape travel switches from forward to reverse or from reverse to forward when the end of a tape side is reached. Insert the cassettes you wish to play in Deck A and Deck B. Set the reverse mode to b . Press the a or s button of either Deck A or Deck B. Both sides of both cassettes will play back, one after the other, and then the process will repeat. After four complete playback cycles, playback stops automatically. • Be sure to select the same Dolby NR system on both Deck A and Deck B. Recording to both sides of a tape (Deck B) Insert the cassette you wish to record in Deck B. Set the reverse mode to b . Press the t button followed by the s button of Deck B to start recording from the front side. Both sides of the cassette are recorded. Then, the auto-stop mechanism will stop the tape at the end of the reverse side. • If recording starts in the reverse direction first, only the reverse side is recorded, after which tape travel stops automatically. Recording Recording can be performed on Deck B only. High-speed recording is not possible when recording from the LINE IN (REC) jacks. • Check to see if one or both of the cassette’s erasure prevention tabs have been removed. (Refer to page 13 for d...