Sony XR-C353: Cassette Player

Setting the clock

Cassette Player

The clock has a 24-hour digital indication.

For example, setting it to 10:08

1 Press (OFF) or (DSPL) during operation.

Listening to a tape

2 Press (DSPL) for two seconds.

Insert a cassette.

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The hour digit flashes.

1 Set the hour digits.

To go forward

Playback will start automatically.

To go backward

If a cassette is already inserted, press

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(SOURCE) repeatedly until “TAPE” is

displayed.

2 Press (SEL) momentarily.

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TAPE

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Getting Started/Cassette Player

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The side facing up is being played.

The minutes digits flashes.

TAPE

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3 Set the minute digits.

To go forward

The side facing down is being played.

To go backward

Tip

To change the tape transport direction, press (MODE)

(*) during tape playback.

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To

Press

3 Press (DSPL) momentarily.

Stop playback

(OFF)

Eject the cassette

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The clock starts.

Fast-winding the tape

During playback, press either side of

(SEEK/AMS) for two seconds.

Note

If the POWER SELECT switch on the bottom of the unit is

set to the B position, the clock cannot be set unless the

Fast-forward

SEEK

power is turned on. Set the clock after you have turned on

AMS

the radio.

Rewind

To start playback during fast-forwarding or

rewinding, press (MODE) (*).

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Locating the beginning of a track

Playing a CrO2 or metal tape

— Automatic Music Sensor (AMS)

Press (4) when you want to listen to a

You can skip up to nine tracks at one time.

CrO2 (TYPE II) or metal (TYPE IV) tape.

“MTL” appears on the display.

During playback, press either side of

(SEEK/AMS) momentarily.

To cancel this function, press (4).

To locate the succeeding tracks

Switching to the radio while fast-

SEEK

AMS

winding a tape

To locate the preceding tracks

— Automatic Tuner Activation (ATA)

Note

Press (5) during playback.

The AMS function may not work when :

“ATA” appears on the display.

• the blanks between tracks are shorter than 4 seconds

• there is noise between tracks

When fast-forwarding or rewinding with

• there are long sections of low volume or quiet sections.

(SEEK/AMS), the tuner will turn on

automatically.

Changing the displayed items

Each time you press (DSPL) momentarily

To cancel this mode, press (5).

during tape playback, the displayed item

changes as follows:

Skipping blanks during tape

z Tape playback z Clock z Frequency*

playback — Blank skip

EN

Press (6) during playback.

* While the ATA function is activated.

“BL.SKIP” appears on the display.

Blanks longer than eight seconds will

automatically be skipped during tape

playback.

Playing a tape in various

To cancel this mode, press (6).

modes

Searching for the desired track

— Intro scan

Press (1) during playback.

“INTRO” appears on the display.

The first 10 seconds of all the tracks are played.

When you find the desired track, press again.

The unit returns to the normal playback mode.

Playing tracks repeatedly

— Repeat play

Press (2) during playback.

“REP” appears on the display.

When the current played track is over, it will

be played again from the beginning.

To cancel this mode, press again.

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