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Nakamichi RX-202 Fellow User Tips?

rs732

rs732

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I recently, picked up the Nakamichi RX-202. It's in great shape and seems to be working fine. However, I don't fully understand all the extra features. For example, the "fade up" or "fade down" or the "timer play/record".

Can any fellow users give me some pointers on recording? Also, i can't seem to figure out how to record from my Turntable.


I am currently using a Marantz 6100, Marantz 2230,and the Nakamichi RX-202.
 
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rs732 said:
I recently, picked up the Nakamichi RX-202. It's in great shape and seems to be working fine. However, I don't fully understand all the extra features. For example, the "fade up" or "fade down" or the "timer play/record".

Can any fellow users give me some pointers on recording? Also, i can't seem to figure out how to record from my Turntable.


I am currently using a Marantz 6100, Marantz 2230,and the Nakamichi RX-202.
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Where and how do you have the turntable and the Nak connected?

As far as basic recording, once you have the cassette ready, you operate the REC button and it puts the deck in pause. When you're ready to record, hit the play button.

Note that, if you have the auto reverse slide switch in any other position than the middle, it will reverse and continue recording on the second side.

As mentioned, download the user manual if you don't have one.
 
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rs732 said:
I recently, picked up the Nakamichi RX-202. It's in great shape and seems to be working fine. However, I don't fully understand all the extra features. For example, the "fade up" or "fade down" or the "timer play/record".

Can any fellow users give me some pointers on recording? Also, i can't seem to figure out how to record from my Turntable.


I am currently using a Marantz 6100, Marantz 2230,and the Nakamichi RX-202.
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Fade Up (fade in) & Fade Down (fade out) are only useful during recording, and serve to gradually ramp the recording levels up or down for you. For example, let's say you want to record songs from the radio and you want to avoid the DJ talking or commercials.... You wait with the deck in rec-pause mode and fade-down already pressed. Then as the talking starts to end you hit play to make the recording start and then hit FADE UP and the deck will gradually increase the recording levels to what you have set on the actual recording levels. As the song ends (or you reach the end of the tape) and you want to avoid abrupt stops.... you can hit FADE DOWN and the recording will go to gradual (rather than abrupt) silence. With most Naks that have this feature, there are two fade speeds, depending on how long you press the button. (Download & read the owners manual).

The timer start/stop/rec button will dictate the deck's behavior when it is powered on. You can test this by switching the deck off and moving the selector to "PLAY." When you turn the deck on again, it will start to play the tape. And if you select "RECORD" the deck will start to record when it is turned on. This is useful if your system is powered on/off by a programmable audio timer. It basically turns your system into an alarm clock, or you can set it up to record radio shows when you're not at home or asleep.

BEWARE: Inadvertently having that switch set to "RECORD" can cause accidental tape erasing!
 
jaetee said:
Fade Up (fade in) & Fade Down (fade out) are only useful during recording, and serve to gradually ramp the recording levels up or down for you. For example, let's say you want to record songs from the radio and you want to avoid the DJ talking or commercials.... You wait with the deck in rec-pause mode and fade-down already pressed. Then as the talking starts to end you hit play to make the recording start and then hit FADE UP and the deck will gradually increase the recording levels to what you have set on the actual recording levels. As the song ends (or you reach the end of the tape) and you want to avoid abrupt stops.... you can hit FADE DOWN and the recording will go to gradual (rather than abrupt) silence. With most Naks that have this feature, there are two fade speeds, depending on how long you press the button. (Download & read the owners manual).

The timer start/stop/rec button will dictate the deck's behavior when it is powered on. You can test this by switching the deck off and moving the selector to "PLAY." When you turn the deck on again, it will start to play the tape. And if you select "RECORD" the deck will start to record when it is turned on. This is useful if your system is powered on/off by a programmable audio timer. It basically turns your system into an alarm clock, or you can set it up to record radio shows when you're not at home or asleep.

BEWARE: Inadvertently having that switch set to "RECORD" can cause accidental tape erasing!
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Thank you! I have the users manual, but the description for some of the features are not as informative. Thank you, for your explaination.

I did notice everytime, i powered the unit ON the deck was on auto record mode, but the switch showed the feature was off. Anyhow, i moved ithe switch onto auto then back to off. That seemed to correct the problem.
 
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Duane said:
Where and how do you have the turntable and the Nak connected?
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The Nakamich is connected from its output into the Marantz Receivers "tape input" & I connected the Turn Table into the Nakamichi's Input. However,when i hit record button theres is no sound. I tried the same setup with a mp3 player (aux cable to mp3 into the input of Nak deck) & it worked fine.
 
rs732 said:
The Nakamich is connected from its output into the Marantz Receivers "tape input" & I connected the Turn Table into the Nakamichi's Input. However,when i hit record button theres is no sound. I tried the same setup with a mp3 player (aux cable to mp3 into the input of Nak deck) & it worked fine.
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You can't connect the turntable directly into the cassette deck. The output from the turntable is too low. You need to use a phono preamp for this. Which Marantz do you have?
 
You would connect the turntable to the PHONO input on the 2230. Then connect the RX-202 to the TAPE inputs (one cable from the out of the NAK to the in of the 2230 and then another cable from the in of the NAK to the out of the 2230. When you play a record and you have the Nak set to REC, you should see the meters bounce.

You can download a user manual from the Hifiengine website. You just need to sign up...it's free.

http://www.hifiengine.com/manual_library/marantz/2230.shtml
 
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