Radio Shack 43-476 manual

1 Cat. No. 43-476 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this equipmen t. TRC-300 Voice Activated Microcassette Tele-Recorder[...]

2 WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this pro duct to rain or moisture. CAUTION RISK OF ELECTRI C SHOCK. DO NOT O PEN. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT REMOVE COVER OR BACK. NO USER-SERVICE- ABLE P ARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVIC- ING TO QUALIFIED PERSONNEL. ! © 1999 T andy Corporation. All Rights Res[...]

3 This symbol is intended to aler t you to the presence of uninsu- lated dangerous voltage within the product’ s enclosure th at might be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of e lectric shock. Do not open the prod- uct’ s case. This symbol is intended to inf orm you that impor tant oper- ating and maintenance instr uc- tions are inclu[...]

4 FEATURES Your RadioShack TR C-300 Voice Activat- ed Microcassette Tele-Recorder is pe rfect for your home or office. It records tele- phone calls you make or receive from a telephone. You can also u se it a s a conve- nient tape recorder to record other events such as lectures, interviews, and meet- ings. The recorder includes these features: Con[...]

5 Voice Activated Recording (VOX) — records only when it receives sound, to eliminate blank se ctions on the tape and save battery power. Play/Record Auto-Stop — stops the tape movement when the recorder reaches the end of the tape during re cording or play- back. Manual Recording — lets you re cord dic- tation or conversation s at the touch [...]

6 Built-In Microphone — lets you record without connecting an external micro- phone. Cue/Review Function — lets you ad- vance or rewind the tape during play to find a specific section on the tape. Three Power Options — you can power the recorder from sta ndard AC power, two AA batteries (not supplied), or a vehicle’s battery using an op tio[...]

7 Automatic Level Control — automatically adjusts the recording level. Note: You need at least one 30-minute mi- crocassette tape. If you use a leaderless incoming message tape, recording starts immediately. You al so need either two AA batteries or an AC or DC adapter.[...]

8 Important: Every state has different regu- lations governing the rec ording of conver- sations over the teleph one. Be sure to check your local, state and federal laws be- fore using this product to record any tele- phone conver sation in orde r to determine that your use is in compliance with such laws or guidel ines.[...]

9 CONTENTS Contr o l Lo cations ............ ... ............ 10 Preparation ...................... ... ............ 12 Installation .................. ... .. ... ............ 19 Connecting to A Phone 19 Using an Ear phone 21 Operation .................... ... .. ............ ... 24 Loading a Cassette T ape 24 Recording 25 Pla ying a T ape 34 Care [...]

10 CONTR OL LOCATIONS VO L U M E V O X OFF/ON MIC (Micro- phone Jack) EAR (Ear- phone Jack) TEL-PLA Y/ NOR./TEL- REC DC 3V IN HANDSET IN Ta p e Compar tment Ta p e - Counter & RESET Speaker Micr ophone Battery Strength Indicator[...]

11 Battery Compartmen t Cover Battery Compar tment HANDSET OUT PA U S E O N REW/RE VIEW FA S T - F / C U E Recording Speed PLA Y REC ST OP/EJ Battery Lifting Ribbon[...]

12 PREPARATION Connecting P ower Using A C P ower You can operate your recorder from AC power using an optional AC adapter, such as Cat. No. 273-1654B. Caution : You must use a Class 2 power source that supplies 3 volts DC and delivers at least 300 mA. Its center tip must be set to posi- tive and its plug must fit the TRC-300’s DC 3V jack. The re[...]

13 Follow these steps to connect your re cord- er to AC power. 1. Set the A C adapter’ s v oltage s witch to 3V . 2. Inser t the 3.4 mm outer d iameter/1.3 mm inner diameter adapter plug into the adapter’s socket to re ad TIP+. 3. Inser t the plug into the recorder’ s DC 3V jack. 4. Plug the adapter into a standard AC outlet.[...]

14 Using Battery P ower You can power your reco rder with two AA batteries (not supplied). For the best per- formance and longest life, we recommend RadioShack alkaline batteri es. Caution: Do not mix old and new ba tter- ies, or different types of batteries (standard or alkaline). Follow these steps to install the batteries.[...]

15 1. Press the batter y compar tment cov er’ s tab and slide the cover in the direction of the arrow . 2. Inser t the batteries into the compar t- ment, as indicated by the polarity sym- bols (+ and –) ma rked inside. 3. Replace the cov er . Replace the batterie s when the BA T T E RY indicator dims or does not light.[...]

16 Warning: Dispose of old batteri es promptly and proper ly . Do not bur n or bur y t h e m . Caution: If you do not plan to use the recorder with batteries for a f ew weeks, remov e the batter ies. Batteries can leak ch emicals th at can des tro y electronic par ts. Using V ehic le Battery P ower You can power your recorder from a vehi- cle’s b[...]

17 Cautions : • Y ou must use a po wer source that supplies 3 volts DC and delivers at least 300 mA. Its center tip must be set to posi- tive and its plug must fit the TRC- 300's DC 3V jack. T he recommend ed adapter meets these specifications. Using an adapter that does not meet these specifications coul d damage the TRC-300 or the adapter [...]

18 Follow these steps to power the recorder from your vehicle’s battery. 1. Set the adapter’ s voltage s witch to 3V . 2. Inser t the 3.4 mm outer d iameter/1.3 mm inner diameter adapter into th e adapter’ s sock et to read TIP+. 3. Inser t the adapter’ s barrel plug into the recorder’ s DC 3V jac k. Inser t the adapter’ s large plug in[...]

19 INSTALLATION You can connect the recorder di rectly to a single line, a multi-line, or a digital tel e- phone system using a telephone that is connected to that line. To avo id da mage to the recorder, select a location that is out of the way of norma l activity. CONNECTING TO A PHONE Use the supplied handset co rd to connect the recorder to the[...]

20 1. Disconnect the handset and its coiled cord from the handset jack on y our phone. 2. Plug the end of the handset cord i nto the recorder’ s H ANDSET IN jac k.[...]

21 3. Plug one end of the suppl ied shor t coiled cord into the recorder’ s HAND- SET OUT jack. Plug the other end of the shor t coiled cord into the tel e- phone’ s handse t jack USING AN EARPHONE To connect an earpho ne (n ot supplied ) , in- sert the earphone’s 1 / 8 -i nch (3.5–mm) plug into the EAR jack on the back of the re- corder. Y[...]

22 Listening Safel y To protect your hearin g, follow these guidelines when you use an earphone . • Do not listen at extremely high v ol ume le v els. Extended high-volume listening can lead to p er manent hear ing loss. • Set the volume to its low est le v e l bef ore you begin listening. After y ou put on the ear phone, adjust the v ol- ume t[...]

23 T raffic Safety • Do not wear an earp hone or head- phones while operating a motor vehi- cle or r iding a bicycl e. This can create a traffic hazard and could be illega l in some areas. • Ev en though some ea r phones/head- phones let you hear some ou tside sounds when listening at nor mal vol- ume lev els, they still can present a traffic h[...]

24 OPERATION LOADING A CASSETTE TA P E 1. T ur n the micro cassette’ s suppl y hub with a pencil to take up an y tape slac k. A void touching the tape.[...]

25 2. Press ST OP/EJ to open the cassette compar tment door . Inser t the micro- cassette into the compar tment with the side you want to use f acing up against the cov er and the full reel o n the left. 3. Close th e d oo r . RECOR DING Notes: • MC-60 (1-hour) and MC-90 (1 1 / 2- hours) microcassettes are av ailable at your local RadioShac k sto[...]

26 • Replace any tape at least once a year , or more often if it is used heavily . • Do not change the tape spee d while recording. V oice Activ ated T elephone Recor ding (V O X) 1. Load a microcassette tape and set VOX to ON . 2. Set TEL-PLA Y/NOR./T EL-REC to TEL- REC 3. Set T APE SPEED to the desired recording speed. Set it to 1.2cm to doub[...]

27 4. Press REC. Both REC and PLA Y lock down, and recording begins. Caution: Do not f orce down t he REC bu tt on when an erase protect i on ta b is remov ed or you will damage the recorder . (See “Pre venting Accidental Erasure” on P age 41.) 5. Adjust VO L U M E until the telephone conv ersa tion’ s sound l e v el activates the recorder . [...]

28 • The built-in automatic lev el control automatically sets the recording le ve l once recording star ts. • When you use the V O X feature , recording begins when the recorder picks up sound and stops a fe w seconds after the sound stops. 6. Recording stops when the tape reaches the end of the cassette. T o stop it sooner , press ST OP/EJ . V[...]

29 3. Set T APE SPEED to the desired recording speed. 4. Press RE C to begin recording. 5. Adjust VO L U M E until the sound source star ts the record er . Notes : • The built-in automatic lev el control automatically sets the recording le ve l once recording star ts. • When the recorder dete cts no sound f or up to 6 second s, the recorder sto[...]

30 Manual T elephone Recor ding 1. Load a tape and set VOX to OFF . 2. Set TEL-PLA Y/NOR./T EL-REC to TEL- REC . 3. Set T APE SPEED to the desired recording speed. Set it to 1.2cm to double the tape’ s reco rding time, or to 2.4cm for higher quality sound. 4. Press REC . Both REC and PLA Y lock down. When you press REC do wn, recording star ts an[...]

31 5. Rotate VO L U M E to adjust the record- ing volume. Note: T o temporarily stop recording, slide PA U S E to ON . T o resume record- ing, slide PA U S E in the opposite direc- tion. 6. Recording stops when the tape reaches the end of the cassette. T o stop it sooner , press ST OP/EJ . Manua l Recor ding Using the Internal Micr ophone 1. Load a[...]

32 3. Set T APE SPEED to the desired recording speed. 4. Press RE C to begin recording. 5. Adjust VO L U M E between the minimum and mid-range positions f or dictation and between the mid-range and maxi- mum positions f or recording confer- ences. Notes: • T o temporarily stop recording, slid e PA U S E to ON. T o resume recording, slide in the o[...]

33 6. Press ST OP/EJ to stop recording. Recor ding with an External Micr ophone You can use an externa l microphone to make high-quality recordings. Plug an op- tional external microphone , available at your local RadioShack store, into th e MIC jack. The built-in microphone automatical ly disconnects. Then see “Recording ” start- ing on Page 2[...]

34 PLA YING A T APE Pla ying a Phone Con versation T ape 1. Load the tape and set TEL-PLA Y/NOR/ TEL-REC to TEL-PLA Y . 2. Set T APE SPEED to the speed used to record the microcassette tape . 3. Press PLA Y . Playbac k only through the handset begins. Notes: • T o playbac k through the sp eaker , set TEL-PLA Y/NOR/TEL-REC to NOR or TEL-REC . • [...]

35 • T o go directly from pla yback to recording, press REC then mo v e TEL-PLA Y/NO R ./ TEL-REC to TEL- REC. T ape pla y stops and recordin g star ts immediate ly . 4. Adjust VO L U M E to a comfor table lis- tening lev e l. 5. T o play th e other side of th e tape , press ST OP/EJ , re mov e and tur n over the tape, and re-inser t it. Then pre[...]

36 Pla ying a Prerecor ded T ape 1. Load a prerecorded tape then set TEL- PLA Y/NOR/TEL-REC to NOR or TEL- PLA Y . 2. F ollow steps 2–6 under “Pla ying a Phone Conv ersation T ape” on P age 34. Using F ast-Forwar d and Re wind With the tape stopped, slid e REW/REVIEW FA S T F / C U E toward FA S T F / C U E to wind the tape rapidly forward or[...]

37 To quickly locate desired sections of a tape during play, slide the switch towards F AST F/CUE or REW/REVIEW to hear p lay- back as the tape fast-forward s or rewinds. When you release the switch, normal play resumes. Note the counter posi tion(s) at any point(s) you might want to return to lat- er. Using the T ape Counter You can use the tape c[...]

38 CARE To enjoy your Rad ioSha ck TRC-300 Voi ce Activated Microcassette Tel e-Recorder for a long time: • K eep the TRC-300 dr y . If it gets wet, wipe it dr y immediately . • Use and store the TRC-30 0 only in nor mal temperature environments. • Handle the TRC-300 gently and care- fully . Don't drop it. • K eep the TRC- 300 aw ay fr[...]

39 Modifying or tampering with the TRC -300's internal components can cau se a malfunc- tion and invalidate its wa rranty. If your TRC-300 is not performing as it should, take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance. T APE TIPS Restoring T ape T ension and Sound Quality After you play a cassette tape several times, the tap e might bec[...]

40 To restore the sound qual ity, fast-forward the tape from the beginn ing to the end of one side, then completely rewi nd it. Then loosen the tape reels b y gently tappin g each side o f the casset te’s outer she ll on a flat surface. Caution: Be careful not to damage the cassette when tapping it. Do not touch the exposed tape or allow any shar[...]

41 You can quickly erase both sides of a cas- sette tape using a bulk tape era ser (Cat. No. 44-232). Note : If you use metal or high-bias type tape, the recorded sound might not be erased properly. Preventing Acci dental Erasure Cassette tapes have two erase-protection tabs — one for each side. When a tab is in place, you ca n re cord on that si[...]

42 If you later de cide to record on a ta pe side after you have removed the erase-protec- tion tab, place a piece of strong plastic tape over that side’s erase-protecti on hole. Be sure you cover only the hole originally covered by the erase-p rotection tab. Caution: Removing the erase-protection tabs does not prevent a bulk eraser from erasing [...]

43 Use the following cleaning procedure after about every 20 hours of operation. 1. Remov e the batteries a nd disconnect any ot he r po wer source. 2. Open the cassette compar tment door . 3. Use a pointed object to gentl y push the erase protection tab sensor to the left, then press REC to e xpose the tape-handling par ts. 4. Use a sw a b dipped [...]

44 SPECIFICATIONS T ape System .................. .............. . 2 T rac k Monaural Microcassette T ape Speed ...... 2.4 cm/sec or 1.2 cm/sec Recording Time (T otal Both Sides) MC-60 .................. 60 min @ 2.4 cm/sec 120 min @ 1.2 cm/sec MC-90 ................. 90 min @ 2.4 cm/sec 180 min @ 1.2 cm/sec W ow & Flutter .......... ..........[...]

45 W eight ................ .............. .............. 5.8 oz. (164 g) Specifications are typical; individual units might vary . Specifications are subject to change and improvement without notice.[...]

46 NO TES[...]

47 Limited One-Y ear W a rranty This produc t is warranted by Rad io Shack aga in st manufactur ing def ects in material and w orkmanship under normal use f or one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack compa ny- owned sto res and authorized RadioShac k franchis ees and deal- ers. EXCE PT AS PR O VIDED HEREIN, RadioShac k MAKES NO EXPRE[...]

08A99 Printed in Hong Kong (b) replace the prod uct w ith one of t he sam e or sim ilar d esign ; or (c) refund the purchase price. All replaced parts and products, and product s on which a refund is made, become the pr oper ty of RadioShac k. New or reconditio ned parts and products ma y be used in the perf ormance of warr anty service. Repaired o[...]