Philips N 5756 Manual De Instrucciones página 5

® to the upper position.
• As well as the FM pilot-tone suppression filter, switch® is also
,/'ed
for a RIF circuit (Radio Interference Filter). This filter
ippresses whistles which may occur when recording broad-
casts in the medium or long wave band. Such whistles may occur
particularly when the recorder is stacked with other components
of a HiFi chain, i.e. above or below a tuner or tuner/amplifier.
The RIF circuit operates in both positions of switch®; if a whistle
does occur, set the switch to the other position.
Monitoring during recording
You can check what is going onto the tape by monitoring during
recording either through an amplifier connected to the sockets®
and ® or a2 or through headphones connected to socket ~.
Adjust the volume for the headphones with the controls 20 .
Monitoring through headphones is of particular advantage when
making microphone recordings, since it averts the danger of the
microphones picking up sound from the loudspeakers and thus
causing acoustic feedback, which is heard as a whistling or
howling noise.
By means of the monitor switch ® you can choose between
'before tape' ('source') and 'after tape' ('tape') monitoring.
In case of source monitoring you hear the signal as it is recorded
the tape by the recording head. You will also hear the signal of
a sound source connected with the tape stationary (position
'rec' + 'pause'). In the case of tape monitoring you will hear the
signal coming from the playback head immediately after it has
been put on the tape by the recording head. Thus what you then
hear is the signal as recorded. The recording level indicators ®
and z2 now indicate the signal coming from the playback head.
Depending on the kind of tape which is used, the deflection in
'tape' monitoring may differ from that in 'source' monitoring.
Note: With the tape stationary (position 'rec' + 'pause') and
monitor switch ® at 'tape' the playback head gives no signal and
so nothing is heard. At the same time, nothing is indicated by the
recording level indicators zi and z2.
Recording
• Connect the sound source from which you wish to record to the
appropriate socket.
• Insert a cassette.
• Set the tape selector switches® and® to the correct position.
• Switch on the Dolby system, if desired.
• Press recording button 63. The corresponding indicator will
then light.
Set monitor switch ® to position 'source'.
Allow the equipment connected to play, or speak or sing into the
microphone and adjust the recording level with the controls®, , 2s
and/or® in such a way that, during the loudest passages, the bars
of the recording level indicators zi and z2 deflect just to the '0'
level of the scale.
• When pressing 'peak hold' button za the recording level in-
dicators ©i and® will not only show the instantaneous reading of
the recording level, but also the highest peak level over 0 dB,
which will light continuously.
• When pressing reset button ® the peak indication will disap-
pear. A new peak over 0 dB will again light continuously.
• Reduce the recording level, if peaks over +3 dB occur over a
longer period in your recording.
• When 'peak hold' button t23 is released, the recording level
indicators z, and z2 will only show the instantaneous reading.
• The light intensity of the recording level indicators® and® can
be adjusted with dimmer control ®' .
• Differences in the recording level between the left and right
channels can be corrected by setting the two controls® and®
to different positions.
Jrr'!r Now start recording by pressing start button ,s.
Check the recording level from time to time and readjust it,
gradually, if necessary.
• For brief interruptions, press pause button ,z.
To resume recording, press start button is again.
• To stop, press stop button ,J.
Adjustable output levels
The output levels from the recorder are adjustable in order to
match the recorder playback volume to that of the other input
sources connected to the amplifier. The output level can be
adjusted with the controls® (left channel) and ai (right channel).
Note: When adjusting the output level, the levels of sockets®, , ®,
az and ® are adjusted simultaneously.
Playback
The recordings made can be reproduced through headphones
and/or through an amplifier/speaker system.
• Connect the headphones or amplifier to the appropriate socket
(see 'Connections').
• Set the amplifier for tape playback.
• Insert a recorded cassette and adjust the tape type concerned
with switch ® (and ® if you are going to record on the same
cassette).
• Switch on the Dolby system, if necessary.
• Press start button u .
• Adjust the volume for the headphones with the controls® or,
when playing back via an amplifier, adjust volume, balance and
tone with the amplifier controls.
• For brief interruptions, press pause button ,z.
To resume playback, press start button ,s again.
• To stop, press stop button n .
N.B.: During playback, the indicators ©i and® will deflect in the
same manner as they did during recording.
Depending on the kind of tape in the cassette which is used, the
deflection during playback may differ from the deflection when the
same part was recorded.
This has no influence on the quality of the sound.
See also 'Monitoring during recording'.
Fast winding, cue and review
Fast winding or rewinding may be undertaken in either of two ways
as follows:
• Starting from the stop-position (when indicator® lights) : Press
rewind button® or wind button is. The corresponding indicator
'rew' ,a or 'if' is will then light. To stop fast winding or rewinding,
press stop button n.
• Fast winding (cue) or rewinding (review) is also possible during
recording or playback:
In this case the review button® or cue button® must be pressed
in and when either is released, the recorder automatically reverts
to playback.
If the recorder was in position recording before the review button
,a or cue button is was pressed, the recording button is will be
disengaged.
Post-fading
It is possible, during playback, to fade-out and fade-in undesired
applause, announcements or other parts of a recording. Caution
should be taken when using post-fading switch®, since incorrect
use can spoil the recording. It is therefore recommended to gain
experience using an old or unimportant recording.
With control ®you can adjust how quicklythe fade-out and fade-in
will be effected, see Fig. 5: control at 'max time' and Fig. 6: control
2a at 'min time'.
• Play the tape and take note of the start and duration in seconds
of the part to be faded-out.
• Rewind the tape to a point before the fade-out is required and
press start button ®.
• First push lock button® to the left and keep it in that position
and, as the selected part of the recording approaches, push
post-fading switch ® downwards. (You may now release button
The sound will now fade away. When releasing switch® the sound
will return. However, take the delay into account, which can be
adjusted with control za , to a maximum of 4 seconds.
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