Optimus SCP-105 manual

Cat. No. 14-1246 OWNER’S MANUAL Pleas e read befo re usi ng th is eq uipme n t. SCP-105 Digital AM/FM Stereo Cass et t e Play er 14-1246.fm P age 1 Thursday, Ja nuary 13, 2000 1:04 PM[...]

2 FEA TURES Your Op timus SCP-10 5 Digital AM/FM Stere o Cassette Play er delive rs exce llent stere o sound throu gh your headphones or ampl ifie d spe ake r sys tem. T he S CP-1 05 is port abl e so y ou can l isten to c assette tapes or the AM/FM radio j ust about any- where. Important: T o listen to your SC P-105, y ou need a pair of headpho nes[...]

3 Three Power Options — let you power your SCP-105 from internal batteries (n ot supplie d), standar d AC power (with an optiona l AC adapter), or y our vehicl e’s battery (w ith an optio n- al DC adapter). Belt Clip — le ts you a ttach the SC P-105 to your be lt for hands-fr ee carryin g when y ou are on the go. Game Function — le ts you e[...]

4 CONTEN TS Preparation . ................. ........... ................. ................. ......... 6 Bef ore Y ou Begi n .......................... ........... ................. .... 6 Connecti ng P owe r .. ..... ...... ........... ...... ..... ...... ...... ..... .... 6 Using Bat teries ................ ........... ................. ......... [...]

5 Care and M aintenance ............... ................. ................. ... 31 Cleaning the T ape-Handling P ar ts ............... .............. 32 Resettin g the SCP-105 .................... ................. ......... 33 The FC C W ants Y ou to Know ........... ............ .............. 34 Specificati ons ....... ................. ........[...]

6 PREPARATION BEFORE Y OU BEGIN To protec t the play back he ad during shipmen t, a protec tive foam pi ece is atta ched to it . Remov e the foam p iece befo re you us e the SCP-105’ s cassette player. CONNECTING P OWER You can power yo ur SCP-105 from : • internal batteries (n ot suppli ed) • A C po wer (u sing an optional A C adapter) • y[...]

7 Cautions: • Use onl y fresh b atteries of th e required siz e and re com- mended type . • Do no t mix old and new batteries, diff erent types o f bat- teries (stan dard, alkali ne, or rechar geab le), or recharg e- ab le batt eries of diff erent capaci ties. Note: While you repl ace the ba tteries, t he SCP-105 ret ains the tim e a nd preset [...]

8 The SCP-10 5’s battery indic ator shows the amount of batte ry power re maining. The indica tor consis ts of three se ction s — the more section s that app ear, the hi gher the ba ttery power. When appears or t he SCP-105 stops o perating proper- ly, repl ace or rec harge the b atteries. Warn in g: Dis pose of old batteries p romptly a nd pro[...]

9 Important: Your SCP-105 c an use nickel- cadmium rechargea ble batteri es. At the en d of a nick el-cadm ium batter y's use ful life, it must be rec ycled or di sposed o f properly. Contact your local, co unty, or st ate hazard- ous wast e managem ent authorit ies for infor- mati on on recyc ling or dis pos al pro grams in your area or call [...]

10 Follow these steps to conn ect the SC P-105 to AC po wer. 1. Set the ad apter’ s v oltage s witch to 3V . 2. Insert the Adaptaplu g into the ad apter’ s cord so it r eads + TIP . 3. Insert the plug into the SCP-105’ s DC 3V jack. 4. Plug the adapter into a st andard A C outlet. Using V ehicle Battery P ower You can power the SCP-105 from a[...]

11 • Always connect t he DC ada pter to the SCP-105 b efore you co nnect it to the powe r sourc e. When y ou finish , dis- connec t the adapter fro m the power sou rce before yo u disconnec t it from the SCP-105. Follow these steps t o power the SCP-10 5 from y our veh icle’s battery. 1. Set the ad apter’ s v oltage s witch to 3V . 2. Insert [...]

12 Note: You canno t set the time whil e listening to a tap e or play- ing the radio. Follow th ese steps to set th e clock. 1. Repea tedly press RADIO ON/OFF B AND (if ne cessary) to displ ay the clock. 2. Hold do wn th e de sir ed cloc k’ s bu tton (suc h a s 1 for C l o ck 1) f or about 2 secon ds. 3. H old down TIME SET ( +5 ) f or about 2 se[...]

13 4. When you se t Cloc k 1 or 5, repeat edly press HOUR until the des ired ho ur and AM or PM appe ar . Then, repeat edly press MINUTE until the des ired min ute and AM or PM appear . (Hold do wn HO UR or MINUTE to r apidly ad v ance the time digits). When you s et C l ock 2, 3, or 4, rep e at e dly p r es s MINUTE . The min ute di gits inc rease[...]

14 CONNECTING HEADPHONE S OR SPEAKERS To conn ect your h eadphone s or am plified speaker s ystem (not suppl ied) to the SCP-1 05, insert the head phones’ or am - plif ied speak er system’s 1 / 8 -i nch (3.5-mm ) mini-plug in to the SCP-105’s jack. Listening Saf el y To prot ect your hearin g, follo w these guid elines whe n you use headpho n[...]

15 • Once y ou set the v olume, do not in crease it . Ov er time , y our ears a dapt to th e v olume le v el, so a v olume l e ve l that does not cause dis comf ort might still dama ge y our hearing. T raffic Safety Do no t wear hea dphon es while operating a moto r vehicl e or ridi ng a bicy cl e. T h is can cr e ate a t ra f fi c ha zar d an d [...]

16 To remove the belt clip , press PUSH RELE ASE , slide the be lt clip do wnward, then lift it off. SETTING THE FREQUENCY RANG ES AND STEPS The S C P-105 is preset to tu ne frequen cies in increm ents of 10 kHz (AM) and 0.2 MHz (FM ), which ar e standard increment s in the Un ited Sta tes. In Europe an d some othe r parts of the world , AM and FM [...]

17 To liste n to freq uencies in Japan , hol d down TIME S ET and TUNING for about 7 sec onds . JP ap pear s br ief ly and a be ep sounds , t hen the dis pla y sho ws th e low est freq uenc y for the sel ect ed ban d. To lis ten to f requenc ies in Europe and c ountries other than Japa n and the Uni ted States , hold dow n TIME SET and TUNING f or [...]

18 To lis ten to frequen ci es in th e U S , hold do wn TUNING and for ab out 7 seconds . US a ppears a nd a bee p sounds , then the d ispla y s hows th e low est frequency f or the sel ected band. 14-1246.fm P age 18 Thursday, Ja nuary 13, 2000 1:0 4 PM[...]

19 USING THE RADIO 1. Repea tedly press RADIO ON/OFF B AND until th e desire d band ap pears ( AM , FM1 , or FM2 ). Note: FM1 and FM2 store st ations in the same fre- quency range , but in di ff erent (sep arat e) memory loca- tions . 2. T o select stere o rece ption, repe atedly p ress FM ST/ MONO. FM ST appears (if the s ign al is stereo and stro[...]

20 3. Use TUNING or to tune to t he desired statio n using m anual o r memo r y tuning (see “Man ual T uning” on P age 21 or “Memory T uning” on P age 22). 4. Adjust VO L U M E to the de sir ed lis ten ing lev el. 5. T o emphasiz e the bas s soun ds , repeate dly press E-B AS S (GAME) until a bar a ppears abo v e E-BASS – ON . Repea tedly[...]

21 MANUAL T UNING To manu ally tun e the SCP-1 05, repea tedly pres s TUNING or to tune up or down the band. For quick er tuning, hold down either TUNING or unti l the freque ncy on the disp lay changes rapidly, then rel ease the button. The SC P-10 5 c on tin ues to s earch for a f requ enc y at a slowe r speed. W hen it rece ives a s ignal, TUNED[...]

22 MEMORY T UNING You can manually store up to 10 AM a nd 20 FM s tations i n memory (10 each in FM1 an d FM2). Storing Stations Ma n uall y 1. Repea tedly press RADIO ON/OFF B AND until th e desire d band ap pears ( AM , FM1 , or FM2 ). 2. Press TUNING or to tune to the station you want to store . 3. Hold do wn one o f the pres et n u mb er b utto[...]

23 Selecting Stor ed Stati ons 1. Repea tedly press RADIO ON/OFF B AND to select th e desired band. 2. P ress a p res et numbe r button ( 1 – 5 ) to s ele ct a stored station , or pres s +5 then a pr eset number butto n (to select preset n umber s 6–10). Note: Do not hol d down the preset number b utton. Othe rwise, anot her st atio n will be s[...]

24 USIN G THE T APE PL A Y ER PLAYING A T APE 1. If the r adio is on, turn it off by repeatedly pressing RADIO ON/OFF B AND until the cloc k appears. 2. Insert a prerecorded casse tte into the guid es with the e xposed tape edge facin g out an d th e full reel to the left. Then clo se the doo r . 3. Press PLA Y . The batt er y indic ator and TAPE a[...]

25 5. Adjust VO L U M E t o a comf or table l istening le v el. 6. T o stop the tape , press ST OP . USING F AST-FORWARD AND REWIND When the tape is stopp ed, press FF or REW to rewind or fast-forward it. To stop the tape before it reaches the end, press ST OP . When the tape has rewound fully, press STOP . REW releases . 14-1246.fm P age 25 Thursd[...]

26 T APE TIPS Tape qual ity greatly affects the quality of the rec ording. We recomm end exten ded-range or l ow noise Type 1 regul ar length (60- or 90- minute ) normal-bias cassette tapes. W e do not recom mend lo ng-play c assette ta pes such as C-120 s be- cause they are th in and ca n eas ily tangle. Restoring T ape T ension and Sound Quali ty[...]

27 PLAY ING THE GAM ES Your SCP-1 05 has a slo t machin e gam e and a numb er gam e. You can play eithe r game in t he standb y, tun er, or tape m ode. Notes: • Y ou can s witch from one ga me to anoth er an ytime during the ga me by pres sing E- BASS/GAME once. • While pla ying the game , all the butt ons on the casset te holder a re dis abl e[...]

28 Press +5 once to start the ga me. The numbe rs on the displa y change . Repea tedly pr ess +5 to sto p the numbe rs. The numb ers stop one by one (from l eft to right ). If yo u do not press +5 to s top the numbe rs, each digit aut omat- ically stops a fter a few se conds. When al l the di gits hav e stopped , your score appea rs. Scoring If 777[...]

29 PLAYING THE NUMBER GAME The obje ctive of the numbe r game is to clear th e number show n on t he dis play b y pr essi ng t he sa me n umber , us ing the number butt ons ( 1 – 5 ). To sel ect the numbe r game, hold do wn E-BASS/GA ME for about 3 se conds until 000 and 1 a ppear. Then p ress E-B ASS/ GAME again. 0000 and 2 appear . Press +5 onc[...]

30 After o ne minut e, the gam e ends a utomatic ally, al l the bar i n- dicators flash, and your sco re appears . Scoring You get 1 p oint w hen you match a numb er. The maximu m score is 50 poi nts. EXITING GAME MODE The SCP-1 05 automat ically ex its the ga me mode if you sto p playin g for about 5 minutes . To exit t he game m ode soon er, hold[...]

31 CARE AND MA IN TENANCE Your Optimus SCP-105 Digital AM /FM Stereo Casset te Player is an exam ple of supe rior desig n and crafts manshi p. The follo wing sugges tions will he lp you care for y our SCP- 105 so you can enj oy it for years . Keep the SCP-105 dr y. If i t ge ts wet, w ipe it dry im - mediate ly. Liq uids mig ht contain miner als th[...]

32 CLEANING THE T APE -HANDLING PA R T S Dirt, du st o r part icles of th e ta pe's coa tin g can ac cu mu la te on the tape heads an d other parts that the ta pe touches . This can great ly reduce the perfo rmance of the cassette pl ayer. After every 20 hours of ta pe pl ay er op erat ion, foll ow the se steps to clean th e tape-handl ing par[...]

33 5. When yo u finish cleanin g, press ST OP and close th e casse tte compartment door . Then reconnect pow er . RESETTING THE SCP-10 5 If the SCP-10 5’s disp lay locks up or stops o perating prop erly after you connect power, firs t replace the batteries with new ones. If the SCP-105 still d oes not opera te proper ly, you must reset i t. T o r[...]

34 THE FCC W ANTS Y OU TO KNOW This equ ipment co mplie s with the lim its for a Clas s B digital device as s pec if ied in Part 15 of FCC Rules . These limit s pro- vide rea sonable protection again st radio an d TV interfer ence in a res idential area. Ho wever, you r equi pment mi ght cause TV or rad io interferenc e even when it is opera ting p[...]

35 SPECIFICATIONS RADIO FM AM Frequency Range 87.5–1 08.1 MHz 530–171 0 kHz IF Rejec tion 100 dB 47 dB Imag e Re j ect ion 22 dB 27 dB Select ivity 24 dB 23 dB Signal-to-N oise (S/N) Ra tio 50 dB 30 dB Stereo Separa tion 20 dB — — Usable Sensitiv ity 20 dB µ V5 2 d B µ V CASSETTE PLAYER Cassette Mechanis m ................ ...............[...]

12A99 Printed in I ndonesia 8Z-HRC-926-11 991029BKK-O9 Limited Ninety-Day W arranty This pro duct i s warran ted by Ra dioSha ck again st ma nufactu ring de fects in m a- teria l and wor kmanship und er normal use for nine ty (90) days from the da te of purchas e from Ra dioSh ack compan y-owned stores and a uthoriz ed RadioS hack franchi sees and [...]