Special Features - Nakamichi LX-5 Owner's Manual

Special Features
1. Master Fader Control
This feature permits smooth and easy fades
during recording simply by pressing a button.
Fade-in is performed by depressing the
"Up D " side of the master fader control (251,
and fade-out is performed by depressing the
"Down 4 " side.
You can choose between two fading speeds:
Depressing the button strongly (two clicking
sounds of the switch) and keeping it
depressed causes the fading process to be
performed in about 2 seconds. Depressing the
button lightly (one clicking sound of the
switch) or releasing the button after one push
causes the fading process to be performed in
about 6 seconds.
The respective fading mode is indicated by
the relative brightness of the indicators (24).
In ordinary music recording, slow-speed
fading may be more desirable, while high-
speed fading can be used effectively for
example to eliminate noise when the cartridge
is lowered onto a record, etc.
one click
Pushing lightly or releasing the button after
one push: fading speed appr. 6 seconds.
two clicks
Pushing strongly and keeping the button
depressed: fading speed appr.
2
seconds.
Note:
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The operation of the master fader control
can be changed from "Up" to "Down" or
from "Down" to "Up", but it can not be
stopped midway.
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The master fader control is operative only
in the record and record-standby modes.
In other modes, the setting is automatically
"Up".
2. Auto Play Feature
This feature is operated by means of the
rewind button ( 5 ) or fast-forward button (9)
and the record button (1 0). "Auto Play" means
that the tape is stopped from rewind or fast-
forward at the counter indication " 0 0 0 0 and
the deck automatically starts playback from
this point.
-0peration-
(1) Press the counter reset button (28) at the
beginning of a recording or playback to
return the counter indication to "0000".
(2) After recording or playback is completed,
press the rewind button (51, lighting up the
indicator above the button. and then-while
keeping the rewind button depressed-
press the record button (1 0). The tape will
now be rewound to the "0000" indication
and playback will automatically start from
there. The auto play feature can also be
activated while the deck is already in the
rewind mode: just press the rewind button
once again and then press the record
button.
The above description is an example for
the rewind mode, but the auto play feature
can be operated in the same way in the
fast-forward mode also.
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Note:
- Depressing the record button to activate
the auto play feature does not light the
record button indicator.
- When auto play is used, the deck starts
playback at "OOOO", also when the tape
start memory switch (1 4) is set to "On".
3. Rec Mute
By pressing the rec mute button (27) during
recording, the input signal is cut off for as
long as the button is being kept depressed.
This can be used to insert silent spaces on a
tape or suppress unwanted portions of a
recording source. The rec mute indicator (23)
lights up while the signal is cut off. When the
monitor switch (21) is set to "Source". the line
output and the headphone jack are not muted,
so that it is possible to continuously monitor
the input signal.
The rec mute indicator (23) is set to display
the condition when the recording signal
current is cut off. Therefore the indicator
lights up not only during rec mute operation.
but also in the record-standby mode.
When entering the record mode from the stop
mode, the rec mute indicator lights up for an
instant, because the muting is activated until
the heads touch the tape.