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Cat. No. 43-473
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
TCR-200
Telephone Cassette Recorder
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43-473.fm Page 2 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM FEATURES Your RadioShack TCR-200 Telephone Handset Adapter — lets you record Cassette Recorder is perfect for your conversations directly from the phone home or office. It records telephone calls you are talking on. you make or receive and you can also use it as a tape recorder to record dicta- Earphone Jack — lets you connect an 1 tion or conversations during a meeting. earphone with a /8-inch plug for private listening. It includes these feat
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43-473.fm Page 3 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM READ THIS BEFORE Warning: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not ex- INSTALLATION pose this product to rain or mois- ture. Each device that you connect to the phone line draws power from the phone line. We refer to this power draw as the CAUTION device’s ringer equivalence number, or RISK OF ELECTRIC SHOCK. ! REN. The REN is on the bottom of your DO NOT OPEN. telephone cassette recorder. CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF ELECTRIC S
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43-473.fm Page 4 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM CONTENTS Preparation .............................................................................................................. 5 Connecting Power .............................................................................................. 5 Using AC Power ........................................................................................... 5 Using Battery Power .......................................................................
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43-473.fm Page 5 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM PREPARATION Using Battery Power CONNECTING POWER Your telephone cassette recorder can Using AC Power use four AA batteries (not supplied) for power. For the best performance and You can power your telephone cassette longest life, we recommend alkaline bat- recorder from AC power using an op- teries, such as Cat. No. 23-552. tional AC adapter, such as RadioShack Cat. No. 273-1662. Follow these steps to install batteries. CAUTION Caution: You mus
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43-473.fm Page 6 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM INSTALLATION You can connect the telephone cassette CONNECTING TO recorder directly to the phone line or a A PHONE single phone. Select a location for your telephone cassette recorder that is out You can use the supplied handset of the way of normal activities. adapter to connect the telephone cas- sette recorder to the same phone you plan to talk on. When connected this CONNECTING DIRECTLY way, the recorder only records the phone conversatio
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43-473.fm Page 7 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM Ha Handset Cord ndset Cord MIC EAR DC 6V 300mA TEL OFF ON VOX NORM STD EXT MONITOR REC MODE SPEED Handset Adapter Handset Adapter MIC EAR DC 6V 300ma OFF ON VOX NORM STD EXT MONITOR REC MODE SPEED Dual-Prong Cord Dual-Prong Cord Note: The speaker automatically dis- Note: Plug the dual-prong cord’s connects when you plug in an earphone. plug into the larger modular jack and the handset cord’s plug into the smaller jack. Listening S
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43-473.fm Page 8 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM OPERATION 2. Press STOP/EJECT to open the cas- SETTING THE BEEP sette compartment door. Put the cassette in the compartment with You can set the telephone cassette re- the cassette’s open edge facing you corder to beep every 15 seconds while and the full reel on the left. recording. Note: You might be legally required to set BEEP TONE to ON when recording, so all parties know the conversation is being recorded. Check the laws in your area. 3. C
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43-473.fm Page 9 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM 2. Press RECORD. Both RECORD and Setting the Record Mode PLAY lock down. When RECORD is pressed down, every call made or When REC MODE is set to VOX, the re- received is recorded. corder begins recording when it receives sound through the microphone or phone Notes: line, and stops recording when it does •If you set REC MODE to VOX, not receive sound for about 5 seconds. when both parties are silent for about 5 seconds, the recorder stops record
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43-473.fm Page 10 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM Setting the Recording Speed REGULAR RECORDING Set SPEED to EXT (extended) to record You can use your telephone cassette re- at a slower speed and a lower quality corder as a regular cassette recorder for than regular speed, but extend the re- recording dictation or conversations. For cording time. Tapes recorded with regular recording, be sure the dual- SPEED set to EXT must be played back prong cord is not plugged in. with the recorder set to
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43-473.fm Page 11 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM Note: The recorder automatically stops PLAYING A TAPE when it reaches the end of the tape. 1. Set SPEED to the desired tape speed (see “Setting the Recording Using the Tape Counter Speed” on Page 10). 2. Press PLAY. Playback begins. You can use the tape counter to mark positions on a cassette tape during re- Note: Press PAUSE to temporarily cording or playback. Before you play a stop the tape while you play it. Press cassette tape, rewind the
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43-473.fm Page 12 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your TCR-200 Telephone Cassette Recorder is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help you care for your telephone cas- sette recorder so you can enjoy it for years. Keep the telephone cassette recorder dry. If it gets wet, wipe it dry im- mediately. Liquids might contain minerals that can corrode the electron- ic circuits. Use and store the telephone cassette recorder only in norm
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A 43-473.fm Page 13 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM If you later decide to erase or record TAPE TIPS AND over the tape, you can place a piece of TECHNIQUES tape over the holes. The following tips can help you get the Tape Over Side A Tab best performance and the longest life Side A Tab from your telephone cassette recorder. Note: Do not use endless or C-120 cas- sette tapes. C-120 tape is very thin and can tangle easily. Note: When covering the holes, cover Preventing Accidental Erasure only
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43-473.fm Page 14 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM Cleaning the Tape-Handling THE FCC WANTS YOU TO Parts KNOW Dirt, dust, or particles of the tape’s coat- In the unlikely event that your telephone ing can accumulate on the tape heads cassette recorder causes problems on and other parts that the tape touches. the phone line, the phone company can This can greatly reduce the telephone disconnect your service. The phone cassette recorder’s performance. Use company attempts to notify you in ad-
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43-473.fm Page 15 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM NOTES 15
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43-473.fm Page 16 Friday, August 13, 1999 9:21 AM Limited One-Year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workman- ship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED HEREIN, Ra- dioShack MAKES NO EXPRESS WARRANTIES AND ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING THOSE OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE
