Ampex 600 Owners Manual

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CORPORATION

Your Ampex 600 is a lightweight portable mag-
netic tape recorder designed to meet the needs of
both professional and non-professional users who
demand nothing less than professional quality in
their tape recording While great emphasis has
been placed on its lig weight, compactness and
simplicity of operation, your " 00" maintains the
high performance standards and the professional
features that have always been the Ampex hali-
mark.

Like any professional instrument, your Ampex 600
requires certain operating knowledge before
achieving the fine performance of which it is
capable. Accordingly, a careful reading of the in»
Structions and suggestions herein is recommended.

Do not rvrt , in GI ndguslments or modi-
licot' ' mac x'ne 'lhout consulting the
Model UlltlL (e Manual

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AMPIEX

Tape and Tape Motion
Before Starting to Record
Recording

Monitoring

Playing Back

Editing and Splicing
Wiring Diagram
Specifications

Routine Maintenance

4-5
6-7
8-?
IO

II

I2
13-14
I5

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O TWO OPERATING SWITCHES

All tape motion is controlled by two switches:
PLAY-RECORD SWITCH I21)

REWIND-FAST FORWARD SWITCH (23)

NOTE:
When either switch (27) or (23} IS used, lhe other must be set at its neutral point, Satety
interlocks prevent using one switch while the other is in an operating mode,

0 FOUR OPERATING MODES

I The "PLAY" mode is started by turning switch (QI) to the PLAY position.

2 To turn to the RECORD" mode, depress the RECORD SAFETY button
(20) while turning (21) to RECORD.

NOTE:
Either PLAY" or RECORD" modes can be stopped at any time by returning swtrch
(2 to its neutral pnsitian, marked by dot (22}.

3 The "REWIND" mode is started by turning switch (23] to the left.

4 The "FAST FORWARDu mode is started by turning switch [23) to the
right.
CAUTION:

Always allow tape to come to a full stop balore operating the PLAY-RECORD
Switch IZIII