JVC KS-F525: TAPE OPERATIONS

TAPE OPERATIONS

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To stop play and eject the cassette

Listening to a cassette

Press 0.

Tape play stops and the cassette automatically

You can play back type 1 (normal) tapes.

ejects from the cassette compartment. The

source changes to the previously selected one.

1

Insert a cassette into the cassette

If you change the source, tape play also stops

compartment.

(without ejecting the cassette this time).

The unit turns on and tape

• You can also eject the cassette by pressing 0

play starts automatically.

while the unit is turned off.

When one side of the tape

reaches its end during play,

To fast-forward and rewind a tape

the other side of the tape

automatically starts playing

Press ¢ for more than 1

(Auto Reverse).

second to fast-forward the tape.

When the tape reaches its end,

Note on One-Touch Operation:

the tape is reversed and playback

When a cassette is already in the cassette

starts from the beginning of the

compartment, pressing TAPE 23 turns on the

other side.

unit and tape play starts automatically.

Press 4 for more than 1

second to rewind the tape.

2

Select the tape direction.

When the tape reaches its end,

Each time you press

playback of the same side starts.

TAPE 23, the tape direction

changes alternately

forward ( ) and

To stop fast forward or rewind at any position

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reverse ( ).

on the tape, press TAPE 23 .

Tape play starts from that position on the tape.

Note:

When the tape reaches its end while fast-forwarding, the

tape direction will be changed automatically.

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Prohibiting cassette ejection

Finding the beginning of a tune

You can prohibit cassette ejection and can “lock”

a cassette in the cassette compartment.

Multi Music Scan allows you to automatically start

Press and hold TAPE 23 and 0 for more than 2

playback from the beginning of a specified tune.

seconds. “NO EJECT” flashes on the display for

You can specify up to 9 tunes ahead of or before

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about 5 seconds, and the cassette is “locked.”

the current tune.

During playback

Specify how many tunes ahead of or

before the current tune the one you want

is located.

To cancel the prohibition and “unlock” the

Press ¢ to locate a tune

cassette, press and hold TAPE 23 and 0 for

ahead of the current tune on

more than 2 seconds again. “EJECT OK” flashes

the cassette.

for about 5 seconds, and this time the cassette is

“unlocked.”

Press 4 to locate a tune

before the current tune on the

cassette.

Each time you press the buttons, the number

Note:

changes up to ±9.

If you press 0 while cassette ejection is prohibited,

When the beginning of the specified tune is

the cassette will not be ejected.

located, playback starts automatically.

Notes:

• While locating a specified tune:

– If the tape is rewound to its beginning, playback

starts from the beginning of that side.

– If the tape is fast-forwarded to the end, it is

reversed and played from the beginning of the

other side.

• In the following cases, the Multi Music Scan

function may not operate correctly:

– Tapes with tunes having long pianissimo passages

(very quiet parts) or non-recorded portions between

tunes.

– Tapes with short non-recorded sections.

– Tapes with high level of noise or humming between

tunes.

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Playing the current tune repeatedly

Other convenient tape functions

You can play the current tune repeatedly (Repeat

Skipping the blank portions on the tape

Play).

You can skip blank portions between the tunes

Press RPT while playing a tune you

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(Blank Skip).

want to hear over again.

When this function is on, the unit skips blank

Each time you press the button,

portions of 15 seconds or more, fast-forwards to

Repeat Play turns on and off

the next tune, then starts playing it.

alternately.

• See also “Changing the general settings (PSM)”

on pages 23 and 24.

Lights up when Repeat Play is turned on.

1

Press and hold SEL (select) for more

than 2 seconds so that one of the

PSM items appears on the display.

(PSM: see page 24.)

When the tune has been played, the tape is

automatically rewound to the beginning of that

tune and the same tune will be played again.

To cancel Repeat Play, press RPT again so that

the RPT indicator goes off.

2

Press ¢ or 4 to select

Note:

“B. SKIP (blank skip).”

In the following cases, Blank Skip and Repeat Play

may not operate correctly:

– Tapes with tunes having long pianissimo passages

(very quiet parts) or non-recorded portions during

tunes.

– Tapes with short non-recorded sections.

– Tapes with high level noise or humming between

3

Turn the control dial clockwise to

tunes.

select “ON.”

– Tapes with tunes recorded at low recording levels.

Now Blank Skip is activated.

4

Press SEL (select) to finish the

setting.

To cancel Blank Skip, repeat the same procedure

and select “OFF” in step 3 by turning the control

dial counterclockwise.

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