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    Cat. No. 14-1239 OWNER’S MANUAL Pleas e read befor e usi ng th is eq uipme n t. STEREO MATE SCR-96 AM • FM Stereo Cassette Recorder with Tie-Clip Micropho ne A ® 14-1239a.fm Page 1 Wednesday, August 25, 1999 4:00 PM[...]

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    2 FEA TURES Your Optimus Ste reo Mate SCR-96 AM • FM Stereo Cass ette Recorde r includes a stereo m icroph one for reco rding l ectures o r live music. Other fe atures inc lude: Automatic Reverse — autom atica lly cha nges the tape di rection at the end o f a tape side s o you can continu ously pl ay both s ides of a c assette ta pe. Tape Direc[...]

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    3 Belt Clip — lets yo u attach t he cassette rec order to your be lt for h and s-fr ee carr ying when yo u a re o n th e go. Automat ic Level C ontrol — automa tically sets th e correct recordi ng lev el . Battery Chec k Indicators — s how you the amou nt of pow er remaini ng in the batteries. Note: To l isten to your ca ssette re corder in s[...]

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    4 CONTEN TS Preparation . ................. ........... ................. ............. 5 Connecti ng to P ow er ............... ........... ............. 5 Using Bat ter y P ower ............. ........... ........ 5 Using A C P ower ............... ........... ............. 8 Using V ehicle Batte r y P ower .................. .. 9 Connecti ng Head[...]

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    5 PREP ARA TION CONNECTING T O P O WE R You can power yo ur cassette recorder fro m: • Inte r nal bat ter ie s • A C pow er (using an A C adap ter) • Y our v ehicle’ s cigare tte-lighte r soc ket (using a DC adapter) Using Battery P o wer To po wer th e cass ette reco rd er f rom inte rn al b atte r- ies, you need two AA batterie s. For the[...]

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    6 Follow these s teps to in stall bat teries. 1. Open the batter y compartment cov er by press- ing do wn and sli ding it in the dire ction of the arrow o n the co ver , then li fting open the co v er . Caution: The c ov er is hinged . Do not tr y to remo ve i t. 2. Put the ba tteries in the c ompar tment as ind i- cated b y the polarity symbo ls ([...]

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    7 When the red BATT ERY indica tor lights duri ng oper- ation , r epl ace b oth ba tt eri es. Warn in g: Dispos e of old bat teries pr omptly and properly . Never burn or b ury them. Important: T his produ ct is c apable o f usi ng re- chargea ble nick el-cadm ium batte ries. At th e end of the batteri es’ us eful lif e, they m ust be rec ycled o[...]

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    8 U s i n g AC Po w e r You can pow er the c assette rec order us ing a 3V, 20 0 mA AC ada pter and a size H Ada ptaplug ® (neither suppli ed). Both are avai lable at yo ur loca l Ra- dioS hack stor e. Cautions: Y ou must use a Class 2 power s ource that sup plies 3 V DC and deli vers at least 200 mA. Its cente r tip must be set to negat ive and i[...]

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    9 Follow these steps to c onnect th e cass ette recorder to AC power. 1. Set the ad apter’ s v olta ge s witch to 3V . 2. Insert the size H Ada ptaplug into the adapter’ s cord, with the tip s et to negat ive . 3. Insert the plug into the cassette recorder’ s DC3V jack. 4. Plug the adapter into a st andard A C outlet. Note: Con necting t he A[...]

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    10 not meet these spe cificati ons coul d damage th e casse tte recorde r or the ada pter . • Al ways conn ect the DC ad apter to t he casset te recorder be fore you conne ct it to the power source. When you finish, dis connect the a dapter from the po wer source be fore you di sconnec t it from the cassette recorder . Follow these st eps to pow [...]

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    11 CONNECTING HEADPHONE S OR SPEAKERS To listen in st ereo, you need a pair of headphon es or ampl ifie d sp eake rs wi th a 1 / 8 -inch plug. Yo ur local Radio Shack s tore carrie s a ful l line o f headph ones and spea kers. Insert the headphon es’ or speak ers’ plug in to the cas sette rec order’s jack. Listening Saf el y To protec t your [...]

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    12 T raffi c S afety Do no t we ar h eadpho ne s whil e o peratin g a m oto r v e- hicle or ridi ng a bicycl e. This can crea te a traffic haz- ard an d ca n b e ill ega l in so me ar eas . Even tho ugh some headph ones are d esigned to let you hea r so me ou ts ide soun ds w hen lis ten ing at no r- mal vo lume levels, they sti ll can p resent a t[...]

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    13 OPERA TION PLA YING THE RADIO 1. T o hear monaura l sound th rough the b uilt-in speak er , set E-B ASS to SP ON . Note: When y ou use th e bui lt-in speak er , you cannot emphasi ze lo w frequencies with E-B ASS . T o hear stereo sound through h eadphones or ampl i fie d spe akers, set E-BASS to OFF . 2. Slide T APE/RADIO to RADIO . One o f t h[...]

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    14 3. Slide BA N D to the desired ban d. Slide it to FM STEREO f or stereo s ound on FM s tations. Notes: • The AM anten na is b uilt-in. Mo ve the c as set te recorder to impro v e AM rece ption. • If y ou connec t a pair of he adphon es or ampli- fied spea kers , fully uncoil the he adphones ’ or speak ers’ cord f or the best FM receptio [...]

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    15 5. Adjust VO L U M E to t he de sir ed l ist eni ng level. 6. T o increase the bass , slide E-B A SS to ON . 7. T o tur n off the r adio , slide T APE/R AD IO to TA P E . LO ADING A CASSETTE T APE You can use the recorder to play no rmal bia s, high- bias, an d metal tap es. Howev er, you can only use normal bias (Typ e I) tapes f or recordin g.[...]

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    16 1. T ake up an y slac k in the tape b y turning the cas- sette’ s hub with a penci l. Do not touch the e xposed tape. 2. Slide OPEN in the direction of the arro w and pull up on th e compartment door to open it. 14-1239a.fm Page 16 Wednesday, August 25, 1999 4:00 PM[...]

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    17 3. Insert a cassette into the door’ s tape guides wi th the cas sette’ s open edge f acing up a nd the full reel to th e right. 4. Close the casset te compa r tment do or . PLA YING A CASSETTE T APE 1. Slide T APE/RADIO to TA P E . 14-1239a.fm Page 17 Wednesday, August 25, 1999 4:00 PM[...]

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    18 2. Slide TA P E / O S C (oscilla tor) to NORMAL f or nor- mal bi as ca sse tte t ape s or t o ME T AL/ HIGH (PB) f or ch rome or me tal cass ette tapes . 3. Slide DIRECTION to FWD to pla y the s ide f acing out, or to REV to pla y the re verse side . MET AL NORMAL HIGH(PB) T APE/OSC 14-1239a.fm Page 18 Wednesday, August 25, 1999 4:00 PM[...]

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    19 4. Set the re ve rse mode s witch to cho ose the auto- matic reverse op tio n: One-Time Playback ( ): The cass ette recorder pla ys one side of the t ape, a utomati- cally re ve rses the t ape’ s pla yback directio n, pla ys the re ve rse side of the tape , then aut omat- ically stops . Note: If y ou set DIRECTION to REV , the cassette recorde[...]

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    20 5. Press PLA Y . One of the BA TTER Y indica- tors lig hts, a nd the tape begi ns to pla y . 6. Adjust VO L U M E to t he de sir ed l ist eni ng level. 7. T o increase the bass , slide E-B A SS to ON . 8. T o stop the tape , press STOP . 14-1239a.fm Page 20 Wednesday, August 25, 1999 4:00 PM[...]

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    21 USING F AST FOR W ARD AND REWIND When th e tape is stopped , press or to re- wind or fast-forward it. To stop t he tape before it re aches the end, pres s ST OP . Note: To prot ect the tap e after the ta pe has ful ly wound to eithe r end, press ST OP to rele ase fast- forward an d rewind. You can pre ss or during playbac k. The button loc ks do[...]

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    22 RECORDING You can record fro m the cass ette reco rder’s rad io, or you can use the su pplied micropho ne to make live recordin gs. Use an y normal bias (Ty pe I) tape up to 90 min utes long . We do no t recommend 120-minute tapes b ecause th ey are thi n and can easily tangle. Important: To prevent accide ntal eras ure, bef ore us- ing your S[...]

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    23 2. Slide T APE/RADIO to RADIO . 3. Slide B AND to the desir ed band. 4. Adjust VO L U M E . 5. Rotate TUNING to select a radio stati on. 6. Be sure DI RECTION is set to FWD , t hen hold down RECORD and press PLA Y so recordin g star ts. Record ing con tinues until the tape reaches the end. T o stop r ecording s ooner , pr ess ST OP . 14-1239a.fm[...]

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    24 Notes: •S e t PA U S E to ON to tempo rarily stop reco rd- ing. Set PA U S E to OFF to cont inue rec or di ng. • T o cue the tape , yo u can set PA U S E to ON bef ore y ou pr ess RECORD and PLA Y , and set PA U S E to OFF when you are ready to record. 7. After y ou stop recording , set T APE/RADIO to TA P E to turn off the r adio . Note: Du[...]

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    25 1. Load a b lank cassette tap e (or one y ou w ant to record o ver) i nto the tap e compar tment. 2. Conne ct the micro phone to the c assette recorder’ s MIC jack. P oin t the L/R (left/right) ele- ments of the microphon e tow ard the sound source as show n, or clip it to the sp eak er’ s tie. A voi d poi ntin g onl y one e nd ( L or R ) to[...]

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    26 You can us e stereo headphone s (not suppl ied) to monit or t he s oun d w hil e you r eco rd. Note: If feedbac k (n ois e) o ccurs duri ng r eco rding, in- crease th e dist ance between the microp hone and the headpho nes, or tur n down the volum e. TA P E T I P S Preven ting Accident al Erasure Cass ettes have two erase-prote ction tabs — on[...]

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    27 If you later de cide to record on a tape side a fter you have re mov ed it s eras e-pr ot ectio n ta b, pl ace a pi ece of str ong pla sti c t ape ove r the si de’ s e rase-pro tec tio n hole . Be sure you co ver only the hole orig inally co v- ered by the erase-p rotection tab. Caution: Removin g the erase-p rotecti on tabs doe s not preve nt[...]

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    28 Restoring T ape T ension and Sound Quality After you pl ay a c as sette tap e severa l ti me s, the tap e might become tightly wo und o n the reel s. This can cause playback sound qual ity to de teriorate . To restore th e sound qua lity, fast-fo rward the tap e from t he be gi nn i ng t o t h e en d of on e si d e, t h en c om - pletely rewin d[...]

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    29 CARE Your Optimus Ste reo Mate SCR-96 AM • FM Stereo Cass ette Record er is an e xample of s uperior design and cr aftsmanshi p. The fo llowing su ggest ions will help yo u care f or the casse tte re cord er so you can enjo y it for ye ars. • K eep the recor der dry . If it gets wet, w ipe it dry imme diat ely . • Us e only fresh batte rie[...]

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    30 CLEANING THE T AP E-HANDLING PA R T S Dirt, dus t, or particles of the tape’s coati ng can accu- mulate on the tap e heads a nd other pa rts the tap e touches . This can great ly reduce the perf ormance of the cass ette recorde r. You should clean the tap e- handl ing par ts aft er ab out ever y 20 hou rs of t ape player o pera tio n. Your lo [...]

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    31 5. When you finish cleaning, pre ss STOP and close the cas sette co mpartment co v er . Then r econ- nec t p ower . FCC INFORMA TION This d evice c omplies w ith Part 15 of t he FCC Rules . Operati on is subje ct to the followi ng two cond itions: (1) This de vice may not cause harmful interfere nce, and (2) this device mus t accept any interfer[...]

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    32 SPECIFICA TIO NS CASSETTE DECK T a pe Speed .. ................. ............... 1 7 / 8 ip s (4.8 cm/s) W ow an d Flutter (WRM S) ............... ................ .. 0.5% F requency Re sponse ( at –3 dB) ..... 63 Hz to 15 k Hz S/N Ratio ............ ................ ................. ........... 47 dB RADIO AM ................ ........... ...[...]

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    33 GENERAL P ow er Outpu t ............. .. 15 mW/Chan nel at 32 ohms Dimensi ons (HWD) ............. 3 5 / 8 × 4 3 / 4 × 1 5 / 16 Inches (92 × 119 × 33 mm) W eight (Wi thout Battery) ............. ................ .... 6.2 oz (175 g) Specific ations a re typical ; individ ual units might vary. Specific ations are su bject to chan ge and improv[...]

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    34 NO TES 14-1239a.fm Page 34 Wednesday, August 25, 1999 4:00 PM[...]

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    35 14-1239a.fm Page 35 Wednesday, August 25, 1999 4:00 PM[...]

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    84-HJ6 -904- 31 990525D KK-RS 9 07A9 9 Printe d in Ma laysia Limited Ninety-Day Warranty This pro duct is w arranted b y RadioS hack ag ainst man ufactu ring defe cts in ma- terial and workman ship under normal use for ninety (90) da ys from the date of purchase from Radi oShack compan y-owned stor es and authorized Ra- dioShack f ranchisee s and d[...]