a PHILIPS = naso4/44WARNING To prevent fire or shock hazard, do not expose this appliance to rain or moisture. The model and serial number of your Philips High Fidelity Laboratories Tape Recorder will be found on the rear of the instrument. Please record this model and serial number in the space provided below. Model number: Serial number: Operating Instructions Controls and connection sockets Figures 1, 2 and 3 (page 5) 1) reel spindles with rotatable tops tape tension controls counter zero reset button for counter tape slot power switch power on/off indicator recording level meter - left channel recording level meter - right channel recording level control recording level balance control headphone volume control headphone balance control fast rewind key fast forward wind key start key pause key - to disengage, press ag: record key record, playback and tast wind stop key monitor selector track selector speed selector ONL on/off indicator DNL switch socket for stereo headphones socket for the left channel microphone socket for the right channel microphone Power cable combined input/output DIN socket for radio, amplifier or recorder 3031) right/left channel output receptacles for amplifier or recorder 9283 right/left channel input receptacles for receiver, preamplifier or recorder LE KOL@\~NoV(o(mfoy(roy BBRORWGROBSOGSOGORK 34 monitor output DIN socket for amplifier or recorder 38 socket for remote control unit Note: Do not expose the recorder for any great length of time to excessive heat from heating equipment or direct sunshine. Horizontal use The recorder can be used either vertically or horizontally. For horizontal use the two support pins supplied can be inserted in the holes at the rear of the recorder as shown in fig. 8 on page 6. Connection to AC Insert the plug of the power cord 26 into a stan- dard AC wall outlet supplying 117 Volts, 60 Herz power. Switching on and off © To switch on: press power switch @; indi- cator 7) now lights. © To switch off: press power switch @ again; indicator (7) now goes out. Note: If the tape is moving, never switch off the recorder without first pressing stop key 19. Adjustment for type of tape in use Press in the narrow sides of the lower head cover and remove (fig. 4, page 6). If tapes with a glossy rear side are used. bracket X must be to the left (page 6, fig. 5. Position A). © If rear side coated tapes are used, bracket X must be to the right (page 6, fig. 5, position 8). This prevents undue wear of the pressure felt. Threading the tape © Place a full reel of tape on the left-hand reel disc. This reel must turn anti-clockwise when unwinding. Now draw out the top of reel spindle >, turn it slightly and allow it to spring back ‘onthe reel. The reel is now clamped to the disc. Attach an empty reel to the right-hand reel disc by proceeding in the same way. ¢ Unwind about 12” (30 cm) of tape and, hold- g it taut between both hands, lead it around the tape tension controls 2) and through tape slot 5. © Still holding the tape taut, press the start of the tape against the core of the empty reel and turn this reel anti-clockwise until it begins to take up the tape. « Press start key 18, keep it depressed until the leader tape and the metal switching foil havepassed through tape slot 5. then press stop key 19 Four-track system This four-track recorder allows four recordings to be made over the full length of the tape. The four recording tracks lie above each other. Each tape can thus take four mono recordings or two stereo recordings (a stereo recording consists of two mono recordings). © To make mono recordings on each of the four tracks, set track selector 21 to ‘1-4’. Only recording level meter & lights. You can now record on track 1. When the right-hand reel is full, transpose the two reels. Leaving the track selector at ‘1-4’, your next recording will be on track 4. Again transpose the reels when the right-hand reel is full and set track selector 21 to 3-2". Only recording level meter @ lights. The recording which you now make will be on track 3. When the right-hand reel is full, again transpose the reels, leaving the track selector at ‘3-2’. Your fourth recording will be made on track 2. When the right-hand reel is again full, all four tracks contain recordings over their full length. * To make two stereo recordings on the four tracks, set track selector 21 to stereo. Both recording level meters, 6 and @, now light. The recording which you now make will be on tracks 1 and 3. When the right-hand reel is full, transpose the two reels as before. Leaving the track selector at stereo, you can now make the second stereo recording, which will be on tracks 4 and 2. When the end of the tape is reached, all four tracks contain recordings over their full length. Automatic stop When the metal switching foil at the start and end of the tape passes the switching contact in tape slot 5 , pressed keys are automatically disengaged and the tape comes to a stop. The automatic stop operates during recording, Playback and fast winding. To avoid unwanted stoppages at the start of the tape, therefore, keep start key 16 or wind key 15 pressed until the metal foil has passed through the tape slot. If tapes without metal switching foil are used, any depressed keys are disengaged by the integral tape-breakage protection mechanism. Counter Make a habit of setting counter 3 to ‘0000’ by Pressing zero reset button « immediately after threading a tape. You can make a note of the 3 counter reading at which each recording starts ‘on the index of the tape storage box. Later, you can swiftly locate any recording desired by rewinding or winding to the counter reading concerned. Note that the counter gives no in- dication as to the length or playing time of the tape. Dynamic Noise Limiter - DNL The DNL suppresses tape noise without greatly affecting the naturalness of the music signal. It operates only during quiet passages and in the absence of signal onthe tape, which is when noise is most apparent. The DNL operates dur- ing monitoring with monitor selector 20 at ‘A’ and during playback. Thus recordings being made on this recorder are entirely unaffected by the DNL. The DNL is operated by switch 28; indicator 23 lights when the ONL is switched on. Connections © Socket 25: output for stereo headphones with an impedance between 4 and 600 Ohms. ¢ Socket 26: input for the left channel micro- phone when making stereo recordings. ‘© Socket 27: input for the right channel micro- phone when making stereo recordings. ‘® Socket 29: for use with DIN connectors: input for record player or combined input/output (recording and playback) for equipment having a DIN recorder connection socket. Note: Record players with a HiFi pick-up cartridge (magnetic or HiFi-ceramic) must have a preamplifier. Receptacles 30 and 31: output receptacles for the right and left channel, respectively, for playing back pre-recorded tapes via equipment having input receptacles for recorder repro- duction. These output receptacles also enable listening-in during recording (monitoring). ® Receptacles 32 and 33: input receptacles for the right and left channel, respectively, for making recordings from equipment having output receptacles for connection of a tape recorder (receivers, preamplifiers etc.) © Socket 34, for use with DIN connectors: moni- tor output for amplifier (allowing listening-in during recording) or for a second recorder (allowing simultaneous recording by two re- corders). ‘© Socket 38: for remote control unit N 6718 (separately available), by which the tape can be started and stopped during recording and playback. When the remote contro! unit is employed, pause key 17 must always be Pressed, either together with start key 16 forplaying back or with start key 16 and record key 18 for recording. Use of microphones For microphone recordings you can connect two microphones, one to socket 26 and the other to socket 27. Depending on the position of track selector 27, the recordings made in each case will be either stereo (position 'ST') or mono (position '1-4° or '3-2'). For mono recordings you can, if desir- ed, connect only one microphone to socket 28 or 27. In this case, the recording level balance control 11 must be turned fully left if socket 26 is used, or fully right if socket 27 is used. For stereo recordings the microphone for the left channel must face the left and that for the right channel the right of the sound source. For speech recordings the distance between mouth and microphone should be about 12’ (30 cm). For music recordings, trial recordings should be made to determine the best distance. To prevent unwanted recorder noise being picked up by the microphones, these should be placed away from the recorder. Introduction to recording ‘© Copying of phonograph records and record- ing of radio programs is permissible only in- sofar as copyright or other rights of third parties are not thereby infringed. ¢ The strength at which the sound is recorded on the tape determines the quality of the sound obtainable on playback. The ‘recording level’, as this is called, is adjusted both for stereo and mono recording with recording level control 10, and checked by reference to the recording level meters @ and © in the case of stereo re- cording or either of those meters in the case of mono recording. Differences in the recording level between the left and right channel can be corrected with balance control 47. In mono recording with one microphone, balance con- trol 17 must be turned fully left if socket 26 is used, or fully right if socket 27 is used. The recording level is correctly set if, during the loudest passages, the pointer of the record- ing level meter 8 and/or = deflects just to the 100% mark (page 6, fig. 6). If the level is too high or too low, either distortion or disturbing tape noise. respectively, will be heard on play- back. * During recording, any previous recording on the same part of the tape is automatically eras- ed. You can, however, erase a recording with- 4 out adding a new one by keeping recording level control 10 at 0’ as you record. Erasure is fastest with speed selector 22 at "19° cm/s (7% ips). ¢ Recordings being made from an apparatus having a recorder connection are not affected by the settings of the volume or tone controls of that apparatus. © During the making of microphone record- ings, no apparatus must be connected to socket 29 or to the input receptacles 3233. Similarly, during the making of other than microphone recordings, no microphones must be connec- ted. To prevent unwanted noise being record- ed, sockets not in use should not be touched during recording. Recording * Set speed selector 22 to the speed desired. The lowest speed gives the longest playing time, the highest speed the best sound quality: "19" (cm/s) = 7% ips, '9.5' = 3% ips, '4.75' = 1% ips. © Set track selector 21)to 'ST' (stereo) or - for mono recordings - to "1-4" or '3-2". © Press pause key 17. © Press start key 16 and record key 18 at the same time. * Allow the apparatus which is connected to play, or speak or sing into the microphone and adjust the correct recording level with control 10. If necessary, correct the balance with con- trol 7. * Now start recording by pressing pause key 17 again. Check the recording level from time to time and readjust it, gradually. if necessary. For brief interruptions press pause key 17. © To stop, press stop key 19. Note: To record with two recorders simulta- neously, connect the second recorder to the output receptacles 30 31 or to the monitor socket 34 and keep monitor selector 20 at 'B’. Listening-in during recording (monitoring) You can check what is going onto the tape by monitoring through either an amplifier or head- phones. The headphone method is of particular advan- tage when making microphone recordings since it averts the danger of the microphone picking up sound from the loudspeakers and causing a whistling noise (‘howling’). By means of monitor selector 20, which oper- ates only during recording, you can choose be- tween ‘after tape’ and ‘before tape’ monitoring. —'A is the after tape switch position. The sig-nal which the record head has put on the tape is reproduced immediately afterwards by the playback head. Thus what you then hear is the signal as recorded. Note that with monitor se- lector 20 at ‘A’ and the tape stationary (the pause key being engaged). the playback head gives no signal and so nothing is heard. — 'B' is the before tape switch position. What is heard in this case is the signal as it sounds before the record head has put it on the tape. With the monitor selector at 'B’ and the tape stationary (the pause key being engaged), the signal as it sounds prior to recording is continu- ously heard. To monitor, proceed as follows Connect headphones to socket 25 and/or adjust the amplifier - connected to the output receptacles 30 31 or to the monitor socket 31 = for monitor playback. * Set monitor selector 20 to the desired posi- tion. ‘© Adjust the volume and balance for the head- Phones with controls 12 and 13. When monitor- ing through an amplifier the volume is adjusted on the amplifier. If desired, the DNL can also be switched on with switch 28. Playback The recordings made can be through: ¢ Headphones connected to socket 25. Set track selector 21 and speed selector 22 to the positions in which the recording was made. Press start key 16, adjust the volume and bal- ance with controls 12 and 13 and, if desired, switch on the ONL with switch 24. * An integrated amplifier, a receiver or a pre~ amplifier, the tape play receptacles of which are connected to the receptacles 30 31 of the recorder (or to the DIN sockets 29 or 32). Adjust the amplifier for recorder playback and set track selector 21 and speed selector 22 to the Positions in which the recording was made. Now press start key 16, adjust the volume, balance etc. on the amplifier and, if desired, ‘switch on the DNL with switch 22. reproduced Maintenance It is advisable to remove at regular intervals the dust and dirt which has collected on the heads. This should be done after, say, every 50 hours of operation or, on average, once a month. The heads may be cleaned using a soft cloth or acotton bud. To clean, proceed as follows: © Ensure that the recorder is disconnected 7 from the wall outlet © Press in the narrow sides of the lower head cover and remove (page 6, fig. 4). © Moisten the cloth or cotton bud with a little alcohol or spirit. © Now clean the tape tension controls 2, the tape guides A, the fronts of erase head B, record head C and playback head D, the cap- stan E and the rubber pressure roller F (page 6, fig. 7). Never use any other cleaning agents and do not touch the heads with sharp or metal objects. * Allow all parts to dry before replacing the head cover and reconnecting the recorder to the wall outlet. © The drive mechanism must not be lubricated! Storage of tapes After use, return each tape to its box, where it is protected against dust. Store the tapes at room temperature, not in the sun and away from magnetic fields caused by the recorder, radio- and TV-sets and loudspeaker enclosures. Technical data (subject to change without notice) © Line voltage: 117 V. @ Line frequency: 60 Hz. @ Primary current: approx. 0.4 A. * Frequency range, acc. to NAB, at 19 cm/s (7 ips): 35-26,000 Hz; 9.5 cm/s (33 ips): 35-20,000 Hz; 4.75 cm/s (17 ips): 35-11,500 Hz. @ Signal-to-noise ratio, acc. to NAB, without ONL, at: 19 cm/s (714 ips): = 60 dB: 9.5 cm/s (3% ips): = 60 dB: 4.75 cm/s (17% ips): = 58 GB. ‘¢ Improvement of the signal-to-noise ratio in the 4,000-14,000 Hz range using the ONL: > 10 dB (via a 5.6 kHz HP-filter - 18 dB/oct). * Wow and flutter acc. to NAB (WRMS) at: 19 cm/s (7% ips): < 0.05%; 9.5 cm/s (334 ips): < 0.07% 4.75 cm/s (1% ips): = 0.2 * Maximum speed deviation: < + 1%. @ Suitable for reels up to 7” (18 cm) diameter. © Dimensions, width x height x depth: approx. 1636” x 1634" x74" (415x425x 185mm). © Weight: approx. 18 pounds (8.2 kg) Socket 25, headphones: impedance 600 2. Sockets 26 and 27, microphones: nominal input sensitivity 0.2 mV/2 k2. # Socket 29, DIN line in/out: nominal input sensitivity 2 mV/20 k@ (pins 1 and 4) or 100 mV/1 MQ (pins 3 and 5);nominal output voltage 250 mV/5 k@, load im- pedance > 50k2 (pins 3 and 5, no output signal during recording). * Receptacles 30 31: nominal output voltage 250 mV/5 k®, load impedance > 50 k® (output signal during recording and playback). Receptacles 32 33: nominal input sensitivity 100 mv/1 MQ. ¢ Socket 33, DIN monitor: nominal output vol- tage 250mV/5 kQ, load impedance > 50k2(pins 3 and 5, output signal during recording and playback). Socket 35, remote control unit (motor circuit breaker), pins 1 and 5. 5-7/1 3103 216 00551