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Owner’s Manual Please re ad before u sing this equipm ent. AM/FM/CD/Cassette Portable 14-518.fm Page 1 Tuesday, October 10, 2000 11:31 AM[...]
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2 Features ˆ Features Your RadioShack AM/FM/CD/Cass ette Por- table is an a ll-in-one music s ystem wi th a AM/FM st ereo radio, a cassette re corder , and a t op-load ing CD p layer. It is s mall and port abl e so yo u ca n ta ke it anyw her e, in- doors or out. Anyw here you g o, at wor k or play, y ou can lis ten to the rad io, prere corded cas[...]
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3 A Quick Look at Y our System herein might res ult in h azardous ra dia- tion expos ure . THE FCC W ANTS Y OU TO KNOW This equip ment comp lies wit h the lim its for a Class B digita l device as speci fied in Part 15 of FCC Rules . These li mits prov ide rea son- able prote ction against radio an d TV i nterfer- ence in a resi dential a rea. How e[...]
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4 Preparation ˆ Preparation CONNECTING POWER You can po wer your s ystem from eit her of these s ources : • standard AC pow er , using the supplied AC power cord • internal batte ry pow e r , using ei gh t C bat - teries (n ot suppli ed) CONNECTING AC POWER Plug the sup plied AC power cord into the AC jack on th e back of the s ystem, then plu[...]
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5 Radio Operation 3. Repl ace t he c over. When yo ur sys tem' s sound weak ens or di s- torts, rep lace the batterie s. Cautions: • Dispo se of old batteries prom ptly and prope rly . Do not bu rn or bury them. • If yo u do not pl an to use the sys tem with batteries for a m onth or m ore, or if you plan to u se onl y AC power , remove th[...]
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6 CD Player O peration 5. Sl ide TONE to HIGH to emphasiz e the trebl e sounds o r to LOW t o empha size the bas s sounds . 6. T o turn off the radi o, set FUNCTION to STD BY .T APE . ˆ CD Player Operation LOADING AND PLAYING A CD 1. Se t FUNCTION to CD . -- flas hes on the displa y , then 00 appears. 2. O pen the C D door by lifting the tab on th[...]
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7 CD Player O peration USING REPEAT PLAY The sy stem lets y ou conti nuous ly repea t a single track, all tracks o n a CD, or a n entire progra mmed se quence o f tracks. To conti nuously repeat a single track, pre ss REPEA T once so the repeat indicat or in fron t of the rig ht dig it of the tra ck numb er flashes . To cont inuous ly repea t all t[...]
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8 Cassette Deck Operation • Always handl e a CD by the edg es to avoid fi ngerprints and always k eep it in its p rotective c ase or slee ve when it is not in use. Fingerpri nts and scratch es on the C D’ s surfac e can p revent the laser be am from co rrectly read ing the digital informati on. If the C D gets scratch ed, use RadioSh ack Scrat [...]
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9 Cassette Deck Operation low-no ise, wide-ra nge record ings, use normal bia s tape . • Before you lo ad a cass ette tape fo r recordin g, turn the c assette's hu b with your fi nger o r a pe ncil to move the tape past its lead er . • Before recording , be su re the erase pro - tect ion tab s ar e in plac e on th e cas set te tape yo u ar[...]
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10 Care and Maint enance Preventing Accident al Erasure Cass ette tapes have two era se-prot ection tabs — on e for each s ide. To pro tect a re- cording from being acci dentally recorded over or e rased, use a sc rewdrive r to remo ve one or both eras e-protecti on tabs. If you want to record on a tape’s side afte r you ha ve re moved the er a[...]
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11 Specifications ˆ Specifications GENERAL Power Supply ................................ ............. ...... .... ............. ...... ............. ...... .... ............. .... .. .. 120V AC 60 Hz or eight C batteries T uning Range ........................................... ......................... ........................... ...... AM 530 t[...]
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14-518 10A00 Printed in China Radio Shac k Corpo rati on Fort Worth, Texas 76 102 Limited Nine ty-Day W arra nty This pro duct is warrante d by RadioShack aga inst manufac turing defects in mate rial and workma n- ship un der normal u se for ninety ( 90) days fro m the date o f purchase from RadioShac k company- owned sto res and auth orized R adio[...]