Sony XR-C453RDS: 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 blinks.

1 Set the hour digits.

to go forward

Playback will start automatically.

to go backward

If a cassette is already inserted, press

(SOURCE) repeatedly until “PLAY” is

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displayed.

FWD

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2 Press (SEL) momentarily.

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The side facing up is being played.

Getting Started/Cassette Player

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The minute digit blinks.

REV

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3 Set the minute digits.

The side facing down is being played.

to go forward

Tip

To change the tape transport direction, press (MODE)

to go backward

(*) during tape playback.

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To

Press

Stop playback

(OFF)

3 Press (DSPL) momentarily.

Eject the cassette

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Fast-winding the tape

The clock activates.

During playback, press either side of

Note

(SEEK/AMS) more than two second.

If the POWER SELECT switch on the top of the unit is set

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

Fast-forward

SEEK

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

AMS

radio.

Rewind

To start playback during fast-forwarding or

rewinding, press (MODE) (*).

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Locating the beginning of a track

Switching to the radio while fast-

— Automatic Music Sensor (AMS)

winding a tape

You can skip up to nine tracks at one time.

— Automatic Tuner Activation (ATA)

Press (5) during playback.

During playback, press either side of

“ATA” appears on the display.

(SEEK/AMS) momentarily.

When fast-forwarding or rewinding with

To locate the succeeding tracks

SEEK

(SEEK/AMS) for two seconds, the tuner will

AMS

turn on automatically.

To locate the preceding tracks

To cancel this function, press (5).

Note

The AMS function may not work when :

• the blanks between tracks are shorter than 4 seconds

• there is noise between tracks

Skipping blanks during tape

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

playback — Blank skip

Changing the displayed items

Press (6) during playback.

“BL.SKIP” appears on the display.

Each time you press (DSPL) during tape

playback, the displayed item changes as

Blanks longer than eight seconds will

follows:

automatically be skipped during tape

z Tape playback z Clock z Frequency*

playback.

To cancel this function, press (6).

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* While the AF/TA function activated.

Playing a CrO2 or metal tape

Press (4) when you want to listen to a

Playing a tape in various

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

“MTL” appears on the display.

modes

To cancel this function, press (4).

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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