Pioneer rt 707 owners manual

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3-MOTOR 4-HEAD
TAPE DECK

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OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS KCU

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IMPORTANT NOTICE

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CONTENTS
Points to Bear in Mind ................. 2 Auto Repeat ......................... 12
Features ............................ 3 Recording ........................... 13
Choosing a Location ................... 3 Microphone Recording ................. 16
Front Panel Facilities .................. 4 Other Methods of Recording ............ 17
Connection Diagram ................... 6 Rack-mounting ....................... 19
Connections ......................... 6 Handling Tapes ....................... 20
Threading the Tape ................... 7 Care and Maintenance ................. 21
Basic Operations ...................... 8 Live Recording Techniques ............. 22
Playback ............................ 10 Specifications ........................ 23
Auto Reverse ........................ 11 'lroubleshooting ...................... 24

POINTS TO BEAR IN MIND

KEEP THE TAPE HEAD SECTION CLEAN

The sound quality will deteriorate and other
unforeseen difficulties may arise if you allow the
areas of the heads, capstan, pinch roller, etc..
which come into direct contact with the tape, to
become dusty or dirty. Before actually using the
tape deck. be sure to clean the surfaces of the
heads with the cleaning swabs supplied with the
deck. For further details, refer to page 21, Care
and Maintenance".

TAPE REELS

0 Use 7-inch or 5-inch reels. Both reels should be
of the same size. If they are not. they will slow
down at different rates which leads to unstable
tape run.

a Do not use reels which have been deformed or
warped in any way, or reels with a broad tape
width. If the tape comes in contact with the side
of the reel. it will be damaged.

BE SURE TO CLAMP THE REELS

After you mount the reels. make absolutely sure
that you clamp both reels so that they will not
separate themselves from the bases during tape
play (Refer to Fig. 2).

For further details, refer to the section on Mount-
ing the Reels on page 7.

Recording head

Erase head -- Forward
Rm playback head
playback bead r-- Taps guide

Sensing pol.

Shul off lever

Fig. 2