SECTION 2
Operation
Three-pronged reel (DIN)
NAB reel
AEG
platter
(for self-supporting pancakes)
Threading the tape
Inserting the tape
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Mount
the
full reel
on
the
left-hand
spindle (2)
and
th
e
empty
reel on th
e
right-hand
spindle
3).
To
lock
the reel. pull out the
three-pronged
guide
and
rotale
It by
60",
Mount
the NAB
adapters on
the spindles
[2/
3].
To
lock
th
e
adapter, pull oullhe
three
pronged
guide
and
rotate
it
by
60°.
Mount thu
full
NAB
tape
reel
on
the
left-hand NAB
adap
-
ter
and
the
empty NAB
reel on
the
ri
ght-hand
NA
B
ad<lpter. To secure the
reels.
turn
the
up-
per part of the
adapter
clockwise umil it
en-
gages,
Mount the
adapter platters on
the
spindles
[2/31. To lock the
adap
ter. pullout
the
three-
pronged
gUide
and rotale
it
by
60".
M
ount
th
e
tape pancake on
the
left-hand
pla
tt
er
and
an
empty hub on the right-hand planer. To
secure
the
hubs.
I
ift the adapter clip
a
nd rotate it by
90" so
thai they rest on the two guide pinS
Th read
the
tape as
shown
in the
opposite
dia-
gram.
II
m
ust
be
smoothly guided
around
the
tape tension
sensor
[61.
th
e
tacho
roller (4).
and
the right-hand
gUide
pin_
Thread the
be-
ginning
o
f
the
tape around the
right-han
d
reel
and
secure
the
tape by gi'Jlog the reel a lew
co
unterclockwise turns,
If
the
tape
starts
wi th
a
transparent leader.
spOOl the lape forward
by pressing
the»
key
(19) so
that the oXide coa
ting
covers
the
fi
ght
ba rrier
(51.
Then
press
the
RESET
[8]
key
to
set
the tape
counter
!
7)
to
zero.
If
the
tape
counter
is
always set
La
zero
at
the
same
tape
position,
the tape
can
be positioned alany address with
spill-second
accurac
y
by means
of
th
e re al-
time
counter
[7].
A
detailed description
of the
correCI
way
10
thre
ad
the
tape
is
given
on
page
43 of Ihese
operating
instructions.