TEAC GF-550 User Manual

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  Press the PLAY/PAUSE button (
y/J) to start recording.
When recording starts, recording time starts decreasing. 
Recording will stop when the time reaches to “00:00”.
<  When recording is finished, the recording timer will be cancelled.
< You can use the PLAY/PAUSE button (y/J) and the TRACK 
INCREMENT button during the timer recording.
<  Press the STOP button (H) to stop recording.
Using the audio timer
This unit can start and stop recording together with the 
commercially available audio timer.
< Connect the unit’s power cord to the outlet of the audio timer 
before setting.
1
  Set the unit’s ON/OFF times with the audio timer.
Refer to the instruction manual of audio timer for operations.
2
  Turn on the audio timer outlet.
Refer to the instruction manual of audio timer for operations.
3
  Set the recording time.
Follow the steps 
1
 to 
5
 on page 28.
4
  Turn off the audio timer outlet.
Refer to the instruction manual of audio timer for operations.
The unit will turn on and the recording will start when the audio 
timer reaches the ON time.
When recording starts, the REC OFF timer and the remaining time 
display will start to change. 
Recording will stop when reaches to “00:00”.
The unit will turn off when the audio timer’s reaches the OFF 
time.
Caution when using the audio timer
<  When a CD-R or CD-RW disc is loaded, it will take approximately 
30 seconds after the unit turns on to read and start recording.
Set the on time of the audio timer approximately 1-2 
minutes before you want to start recording.
<  The unit will automatically start finalize when the disc reaches the 
end during recording. If the power turns off during recording, the 
error will occur and the disc will be no usable. When the audio 
timer is used, set the off time of the audio timer 3 to 5 minutes 
longer than the recording time of the unit.
Refer to the following example to set the recording time of 
the unit and off time of the audio timer.
AM8:00
AM9:04
AM9:00
AM7:59:00
< Audio timer reaches on time
< Unit turns on
After disc reading
< Recording timer starts
< Recording starts
00 Sec.
60 Sec.
Display shows the recording time “65:00”.
Unit’s finishes working: Including time for finalizing, etc.
While the recording time decreases 
from “65:00” to “00:00”.
W h e n   t h e   d i s p l a y   s h o w s 
“00:00”
< Recording time finishes
< Recording finishes
AM9:08:00
< Audio timer reaches the off 
time
< Unit turns off
If you want to record an FM radio program from “AM8:00” to 
“AM9:00”, set the recording time of the unit to “65:00” first, then 
set the ON time of audio timer to “AM7:59” and OFF time to 
“AM9:08”.
Once the audio timer reaches the on time, the unit will turn 
on and the disc will be read.  Approximately 30 seconds later, 
recording will start. At the same time, the display for the 
recording time will start to decrease, and recording will stop 
when the display shows “00:00”. The unit will turn off when the 
audio timer reaches the off time.