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connections have been checked you will have to con-signal passing through the recorderOs electronics
sult your NAD dealer.(including its recording level controls). In this case
the TAPE MONITOR allows you to check the left/right
balance of the signal as it is recorded.
7. PORTABLE RECORD / PLAY JACKS
These jacks accept 3.5mm stereo Mini-Jacks, asNote: If TAPE MONITOR is engaged with no
used by most portable equipment such as Walkmans,recorder connected to TAPE PLAY, or with a recorder
Mini Disc and DCC recorders, portable CD playersconnected but not running, you will only hear the
etc. Besides portables, regular Ofull sized� Hi Fi com-source connected to PORTABLE PLAY. If nothing is
ponents such as a CD player, cassette deck or VCRconnected to this input you will only hear silence
can be connected to these jacks as well.regardless of the settings of any other controls.
For playback, connect a patch cord from theTape dubbing: Two way dubbing is possible. To
portableOs headphone output to the PORTABLErecord from a PORTABLE source, the PORTABLE
PLAY jack on the amplifierOs front panel.button should be IN and the TAPE MONITOR button
To record, connect a patch cord from the amplifierOsOUT. To record from TAPE to a PORTABLE, the
PORTABLE RECORD jack to the portableOs LINE INPORTABLE button should be OUT and the TAPE
jack(s) - not its microphone inputs.MONITOR button IN. Monitoring of the recorded sig-
nal is only possible when dubbing to the PORTABLE
If your tape recorder has separate record and play-
back heads and is designed to allow the recordedby using its headphones.
signal on the tape to be monitored, use the TAPENote: Tape copying is a convenience intended for
connections on the amplifierOs rear panel for thatpersonal use. If you copy commercially produced
recorder.recordings and sell or give away the copies, you may
be violating the copyright or the property rights of the
producer of the recording.
PORTABLE / TAPE MONITOR
PORTABLE: Press the PORTABLE button IN to
8. INPUT SELECTORS (VIDEO, AUX,
listen to the source connected to PORTABLE PLAY
jack.TUNER, CD).
Note: When PORTABLE is selected, the signalThese buttons select the rear panel input signal for
the amplifier. The selected signal is also fed to TAPE
from the portable source will mix with whichever rear
panel input is selected. This will not normally causeREC for recording purposes.
a problem if the selected source is in stop mode.
However it may be preferable to either select an
9. VOLUME LEFT/RIGHT.
unused input or, if all inputs are used, switch off allThe volume control adjusts the overall loudness
the inputs by lightly pressing any of the input selectorlevel of the sound for both the left and right channel.
buttons so that they are all positioned OUT. Ensure
that the TAPE MONITOR button out also.It has no effect on the level of the signals fed to the
TAPE REC or PORTABLE RECORD jacks.
When the PORTABLE button is OUT, the selectedThe volume control consists of two independent
rear panel source signal will be fed to the PORTABLE
controls for the left and right channels which are fric-
RECORD jack. To record from a line input, the TAPEtion coupled. To alter the left/right balance, hold one
MONITOR button must be OUT. To record fromsection and set the other to the desired level. The
TAPE, the TAPE MONITOR button must be IN.rear section controls the left channel, the front section
TAPE MONITOR: The TAPE MONITOR button letsthe right channel.
you listen to the output signal from a tape deck or sig-By turning the volume of both channels down all
nal processor connected to the TAPE jacks on the
rear panel. Press IN to engage, press again (OUT) tothe way, equal setting for both left and right channels
can be restored. The indicator groove will line up
disengage.again.
When TAPE MONITOR is engaged, the source
chosen by the INPUT SELECTOR continues to be
fed to the TAPE REC jacks for recording or process-APPENDIX:
ing, but the signal returning from the tape recorder or
signal processor is selected for listening.ELICITING THE BEST PERFORMANCE
FROM YOUR NAD 310 AMPLIFIER
TAPE MONITOR has no effect on signals that are
being recorded from the rear panel inputs to TAPEMaking sure that your speakers are in phase.
REC. However it does switch signals going toStereo speakers should operate in phase with each
PORTABLE RECORD (see above).other in order to provide a good stereo image and to
If you have a three head tape recorder that permitsreinforce rather than cancel each otherOs output at
Ooff the tape� monitoring, then by engaging the TAPElow frequencies. If your speakers are easily moved,
MONITOR buttons on both the amplifier and thetheir phasing can easily be checked. Make the con-
recorder, you can hear the playback signal from thenections to both speakers, place the speakers face-
tape recorder immediately after it is recorded,to-face only a few inches apart, play some music, and
enabling you to check its quality.listen. Then swap the connection of the two wires at
the back of ONE speaker, and listen again. The con-
With two head recorders, Hi Fi VCRs and
most digital recorders, the monitored signal heardnection which produces the fullest, boomiest bass
whilst recording is not from the tape but is merely theoutput is the correct one. Connect the wires securely
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