Panasonic CQ-R223W: Cassette Tape Player

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CQ-R223W

CQ-R223W

Loading a Cassette

Ejecting the Tape

Insert the cassette with the exposed tape side facing to

Press [u] and the cassette will eject for removal, and

the right. Gently push the cassette in until the loading

the previous mode of operation will be resumed.

begins. The cassette will be loaded in place and playback

Notes:

starts.

• If power is switched off before [u] is pressed, the

cassette will not eject. Switch on again and press [

u]

to eject the cassette.

• The cassette tape should always be removed from the

Program Indicator

cassette slot when not in use.

(This indication “” rotates.)

Play Side Change

Press [] to switch to the program on the other side

of the tape.

The display changes to indicate which program is

playing.

Rewind and Fast Forward

Press [6 TRACK] or [7 TRACK] to activate rewind

or fast forward of the tape.

Metal Tape

Blank Skip

Press [1] (MTL) when playing metal or

Press [5] (B•S) to skip unrecorded portions

chromium dioxide (CrO

2) tapes.

longer than 15 seconds on the tape.

Press

[1] (MTL) again to cancel.

Press

[5] (B•S) again to cancel.

Exposed Tape end

Note: Playing normal tapes in the metal

Note: When repeat is on, the blank skip does

Caution: Do not insert a tape when “tape”

tape mode causes high frequency

not work because the repeat has priority over

indicator “

” or “” lights.

imbalance, which affects tone quality.

the blank skip.

Top Side Playing

Dolby B Noise Reduction

Press [2] (NR) to set the Dolby B NR.

Note: To maintain your cassette player in top

Repeat Play

Press

[2] (NR) again to cancel.

condition, avoid using tapes that are longer than 90

Press [4] (REP) to repeat the current

minutes (C-90).

program.

Bottom Side Playing

Press

[4] (REP) again to cancel.

Notes on Cassette Tapes

Note: Set the Dolby B NR when playing back

a tape recorded with Dolby B Noise

Tape Slack:

Reduction.

Use a pencil or similar object to take up the slack as

shown. If a loose tape is used, this may result in the

Tape Program Search (TPS)

Note: The TPS and B•S may not work

tape becoming tangled in the rotating parts of the

correctly in the following cases. This,

unit.

Operation

however, does not mean that the unit is

 Press [3] (TPS) to activate the tape program search.

defective.

Pencil

• There is an interval less than 3 seconds (15

Exposed tape

seconds in B•S) or having a high level of

end (Open

blinks

end)

noise or hum between programs.

Press

[] to stop rewind or fast forward.

 To select a desired program, press [7 TRACK] or [6

•

There is particularly low-level passage

Do not

TRACK] corresponding times to go forward (up to 9) or

during the program.

touch or

If you rewind the tape fully, it will play on the same

backward (up to 8).

pull out the

program side again.

tape.

If you fast forward to the end, play will resume from the

(Rewind:)

(Fast forward:)

beginning of the other side of the tape.

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Display Change

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Press [DISP] (display) to switch to the clock display.

 To turn it off, press [3] (TPS) again.

Tape Clock display