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Ca t. No. 32-11 56 OWNER’S M ANUAL Please read before usin g this equipme nt. KARAOKE CASSETTE RECORDER SYSTEM 32-1 156. fm Page 1 Mo nda y, Au gu st 9, 19 99 2:2 4 P M[...]
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2 © 19 95 T andy C orp ora tion . All Rights Res erved. Ra dio Shac k is a re gis tere d tr adem ark used by T andy Cor p ora ti on. Your R adio Shack Ka raoke C assette Recorder System l ets you be the “star” as you sing alon g with y our fa- vorite recordings and hea r y our voice through the speaker along with the music. You can sin g along[...]
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3 Wa rn in g : To pre vent fire or shock ha za rd , do not e xp os e th is sy s te m to ra i n o r m o is tu re . T his sy m bo l is int end ed to ale rt you to the pr esence of unin sula t- ed d an gerous v olt age withi n t he sy st em ’s encl osur e th at m ig ht be of su ffi cien t mag nitud e to cons ti- t ute a ris k of elec tri c sh oc k. [...]
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4 CONTENTS Conne ctions ... ..... .... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... .... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... .... ..... .. ..... ..... ..... .... ..... ... ... 5 Connecting Power ..... .. ................. . .................. . ....................... . .................. . 5 In stalli ng Bat terie s .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .... ....[...]
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5 CONNECTIONS CONNECT ING POWER Installin g Batteries You can powe r your system with six D bat teries (not supp lied). F or the best performa nce, we recomm end alkaline batte ries, s u ch as Radio Shack Cat. No. 23-550. Follow these step s to inst a l l the bat- teri es. 1. Press the batt ery compartment cover ’ s tab and lift of f the cover . [...]
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6 2. Insert the adapt er ’s pl ug i nto the syste m’s DC 9V INPU T ja c k . 3. Plug the ada pter into a stand ard AC out let. Usin g V ehicle Ba ttery P ower You can p o wer th e syste m fro m you r vehicle’s battery if the vehicle has a 12-volt DC, n egative-ground electri- cal system. T his connect ion req uires a DC adapter, such as Cat. N[...]
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7 USING THE CASSETTE DECK LOADING A CASSETTE TA P E 1. Press STOP/ EJECT to open the casset te compartment . 2. Use your finger or a pencil to turn the casset te’ s hub a nd take up any tape slack. Avoid touch- ing t he ta pe w ith your fingers. 3. Load t he cassette tape with its open edge fa cing down, the side you w ant to play or record on fa[...]
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8 6. Press STOP/ EJECT to sto p th e tap e . Pre s s STOP/EJECT again to open the cassette compart- ment, and remove the cassette tap e . To play th e other side, tu rn the tape over, load it, and press PLA Y . Notes : • T o tempo rarily stop play , pres s P AUSE . Pres s P AUSE again to resume pl ay . • T o rapidly wind the ta pe forward or ba[...]
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9 LISTENING TO ANOTHER AUDIO S OURCE If you connected another audio source to t h e syst em as described i n “Connec ting A nother Audio Sourc e,” follow these steps to l i sten to that source. Caution : To protect your hearin g and preven t damage to the system, al- ways set the source’s and the s ys- tem’s vol ume controls to thei r l owe[...]
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10 SINGI NG ALONG Now get ready for some fun! In this section, we tell you ho w to use y our system’s karao ke feat ures. First, set the system ’s and the source’s vol- ume controls to their minimum set- tings. Then plug t he supplie d microphone’ s 1 / 4 -inch p lug into MIC 1 or MIC 2 . Note: Y our friend can also sin g along with the mus[...]
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11 3. Load a prerec orded casset te tape. 4. Set T APE/AUX o n th e b ac k of t he syste m to TA P E . 5. Press PLA Y to play the tape. 6. Adju st MASTER VOLUME to t he desired s ou nd. 7. Set TONE to LO W or HI GH . 8. Set t he microph one’s ON/OFF switch to ON . S ing directly in to the microphone alo ng with the music. 9. Use MIC 1 or 2 ’s V[...]
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12 3. T urn on the audio source. Note: If you are using a ka raoke video casset te, turn on the TV connected t o the VCR t o see the lyrics for the song. 4. Adjust MASTER VOLUME and s et TON E to LOW or HIGH for t h e desired sound. 5. Set the supplied m icrophone’s ON/OFF switch to ON . S in g directly i nto the m icrophone along with the music.[...]
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13 RECORDING You can record as you sing a long with the music from another audio source. You can also record only the soun d from the external a udio source. RECORDING TIPS • T ape quality grea tly af f ects the quality of the recording. We r e c - omm end Radio Shac k E x tended Range o r Low-No ise T ype 1 tape. • B efore recording, be su r e[...]
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14 RECORDING F ROM ANOTHER AUD IO SOURCE Follow these st eps to just rec ord (without add ing yo ur voice) from an audio source con nected to the sys- tem ’s AUX I NPUT jack. 1. Load a blank c assette tape, or one that y ou want t o record over , into the cassette compa rtment . 2. Set POWER to ON to tu rn on th e system. The POWER indicator ligh[...]
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15 MAIN TENANCE Your R adio Sha ck Karaoke Cassette Re corder System is an exam ple of sup erior design and c raftsma nship. The following sugges t ions will help you care for your syste m so yo u can enj oy it for year s. Keep th e system dry. If it g e ts we t, wipe i t dry i m mediat ely. Li qu ids migh t contain minerals that can corrode the e [...]
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16 T APE TIPS Era sing a Ca ssette T ape To erase a previously recorded sec- tion of a tape, simply record ov er it. To erase the entire cas set te tape, let t he t a pe r ec or d si l enc e t o the end with all controls s et to their minimum settings an d the microphone(s ) turned o ff. You can quickly erase both sides of a cassette t ape us ing a[...]
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17 Cl ea ni ng t he T a pe -H an d lin g Pa rts Dirt, dust or particl e s of the tape’s coating can acc umulate on the t ape heads and other pa rts that the tape touches. Th is c an g reatly reduce t he perform ance of t he cassette pl ayer. Use the following cleaning procedure after every 20 hours of tape player operati on. 1. Remove t he batter[...]
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18 SPECI FICA T IONS Power Out p ut .... ..... ..... .... ..... ... .... ..... ..... .... ..... ..... .. ..... ..... .. 1 W att (at 10% THD) T rack System . ............... . .................. . .................... .. .. 4-T rack 2-Channel Stereo T ape Speed . .......................................................... . ......................... [...]
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19 NOTES 32- 11 56 .f m Pag e 19 Mon day , Au gu s t 9, 19 99 2:2 4 PM[...]
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RADIO S HACK A Divisi o n of T andy Corpor ation Fort Worth, T exa s 76102 2A5 Printed i n H ong Kong RADIO SHACK LIMITED W ARRANTY This pro duct is warra nted a g ainst defe cts for 9 0 days from date of pur- chase fr om Radio Sha ck company- owned sto res and au thorized R adi o Shack f ranchi sees and dealers. Withi n this period, we will r epai[...]