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Radio Shack TCR-200 manual

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  • Page 1

    Cat. No. 43-473 OWNER’S MANUA L Please read before us ing this equipment. TCR-200 Teleph one Cassette Recorder 43-4 73 .f m Pag e 1 Fr ida y , Aug us t 13, 19 99 9:21 AM[...]

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    2 FEATURES Your Ra dioShack TCR-200 Teleph one Casset te Recorder is perfect for your home o r office. I t records t elephone calls you mak e or rec eiv e and y ou c an also use it as a tape recorder t o record di cta- tion or conversations during a meeting. It includes thes e features : Voice-Actuated (VO X) Recordin g — records only when it rec[...]

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    3 READ THIS BEF ORE IN ST ALLA T ION Each device that you conne ct to the phone line draws power from the phone line. We r efer to this power draw a s the de vi ce ’s ringer eq uivalence number , or REN. T he REN is on the bottom o f your telephone c assette recorder. If yo u are using m ore than o ne devi ce on th e line, add up all the RENs. If[...]

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    4 CONTENTS Prep arati on .... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. 5 Connecting Power ................ ................... ................... ..................... ................... 5 Usin g AC Power .... .. ... .... ... .. .. ..... [...]

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    5 CONNECT ING POWER Using AC Power You can po wer y our telephone cassette recorder from AC po wer using an o p- tiona l AC ad apter, such as Radi oShack Cat. No. 273-1662 . Caution: You m ust use a 120V AC/ 6V DC adapte r that d elivers at least 300 milli amps. Its ce nt er tip must be set t o negati ve, and its pl ug must properly fit the TC R-20[...]

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    6 IN STALLATI ON You can conne ct the t elepho ne c ass ette recorder directly t o the phone line or a single phone. Select a location for your telephon e casset te recorder that is out of the way of normal activities. CONNECTING DIRECTLY TO THE PHONE LI NE When c onne cted to t he phone li ne, the recorder records phone conversat ions on any phone[...]

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    7 Note: Plug the du al-prong cord’s plug into the large r m odular j ack and the handset cord’s plug i nto the sm a lle r jack . 3. Insert the handset adapter i nto the telep hone’s modular hands et jack. USIN G AN EAR PHONE To connec t an earphone (not supplied), insert the earphon e’s 1 / 8 -inch pl ug into the EAR jack on the back of th [...]

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    8 OPE RATION SETTI NG T HE BE EP You can set the telepho ne casset te re- corder to beep every 1 5 secon ds whi le recording. Note: Y ou mi ght be legally req uired to set BEEP TONE to ON when recording, so all part ies know the conversation is being recorded. C heck the l aws in your area. 1. Remove t he battery com partment cover an d remove th e[...]

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    9 2. Press RECORD . Both RECORD and PLA Y lock down. W hen RECORD is pressed down , every call made or received is rec orded. Notes: •I f y o u s e t REC MODE to VOX , when bot h parties are silent for about 5 seconds, t he re corder stops rec ording unt il someone starts speaking agai n. • The VOLUME sett ing does not affect the recording leve[...]

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    10 Sett ing the Reco rding Spee d Set SPEED to EXT (extended) to record at a slower speed and a l ower quality than regul ar speed, b ut ex tend the re- cording time. Tapes recorded with SPEED se t to EXT m ust be pl ayed back with the recorder set to EXT . Set SPEED to STD ( st anda r d ) to record at regular speed. When you record wi th SPEED se [...]

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    11 PLAYING A T APE 1. Set SPEED to the desire d tape spee d (see “Setting t he Rec ording Speed” on Page 10). 2. Press PLA Y . Pl ayback begins. Note: Pr e ss P AUSE to temporarily stop the ta pe while you play it . Press PA U S E again to resume play . 3. Adju st VOLUME to a comfortable lis- tenin g level. 4. Press ST O P/EJECT to s top play .[...]

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    12 CARE AND MA INTENANCE Your TCR-200 Telephon e Cassette Recorder is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help you c are for your telephone cas- sette reco rder so you can en joy it for years. Keep the telephone cass ette recorder dry. If it g ets wet, wipe it dry im - mediately. Liquids m ight contain mi[...]

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    13 T APE T IPS A ND T ECHNIQUE S The following tips can he lp you get the best perf ormance and the long est life from your telephone c assette rec order. Note: Do n ot us e end less or C-120 cas - sette tapes. C -120 tape i s very thin and can tangle easil y. Preve nti ng A ccid ent al Erasur e Most cassette tapes ha ve two erase- protect ion tabs[...]

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    14 Clea ning the T ape -Handlin g Part s Dirt, dust, or pa rticles of t he tape’s coa t- ing can ac cumulat e on the tape heads and other pa rts that the tape touche s. This can greatly redu ce the telephone cassette recorder’s performance. Use the following cle aning proc edure after about every 20 hours of operation. 1. Remove the bat teries [...]

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    15 NOTES 43-4 73.f m Pag e 15 Frida y, Augu st 13 , 199 9 9:21 AM[...]

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    Ra di oS hac k A Di vision of T andy Corp oration Fort Worth, T exas 76102 7A8 Print ed in Hong Kong Lim it ed One-Y ear W arrant y This pr oduct is warrant ed by Ra dioShack ag ai nst man ufacturing d efects in materia l and workman- ship und er normal us e for one (1) year from the date of pu rchas e from Radi oShack com pany-o wned stores an d a[...]