Page 2 - FEATURES; Your Optimus SCP-85 Sports AM
2 FEATURES Your Optimus SCP-85 Sports AM • FM Stereo Cassette Player with Auto Reverse and Digital Tuning delivers ex-cellent sound from its built-in radio or your favorite cas-sette tapes through your speakers or stereo headphones.The tuner’s PLL (Phase-Locked Loop) circuitry gives youprecise tunin...
Page 4 - PREPARATION; INSTALLING BATTERIES; • Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of
4 PREPARATION INSTALLING BATTERIES Your SCP-85 is powered by two AA batteries (not sup-plied). We recommend alkaline batteries (such as Ra-dioShack Cat. No. 23-557). You can also userechargeable nickel-cadmium batteries (Cat. No. 23-125). If you use rechargeable batteries, you also need abattery cha...
Page 6 - USING HEADPHONES OR SPEAKERS
6 • To keep the preset stations stored in memory, turn the radio off before removing batteries and replacethe batteries within 45 seconds. Cautions: • Never leave dead or weak batteries in the SCP-85. • If you do not plan to use the SCP-85 for a month or more, remove the batteries. • Dispose of batt...
Page 7 - Listening Safely
7 Remove the rubber plug from the SCP-85’s PHONES jack and insert the headphones’ or speakers’ 1 / 8 -inch plug into the PHONES jack. Replace the plug when you remove the headphones or speakers from the SCP-85. Listening Safely To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines whenyou use headphones....
Page 8 - Traffic Safety; USING THE BELT CLIP
8 Traffic Safety Do not wear headphones while operating a motor vehicleor riding a bicycle. This can create a traffic hazard andcan be illegal in some areas. Even though some headphones let you hear some out-side sounds when listening at normal volume levels, theystill can present a traffic hazard. ...
Page 9 - USING THE RADIO; LISTENING TO THE RADIO; play shows the current radio station’s frequency.; to a comfortable listening level.; until the display shows the desired band
9 USING THE RADIO LISTENING TO THE RADIO Important: Make sure that you have connected head-phones or speakers to the SCP-85. See “Using Head-phones or Speakers” on Page 6. 1. Press RADIO ON/OFF to turn on the radio. The dis- play shows the current radio station’s frequency. 2. Adjust VOLUME to a com...
Page 10 - ST; Manual Tuning: Repeatedly press; Seek Tuning: Hold down
10 Note: For FM stereo reception, open the cassettecompartment cover and door, and set STEREO/MONO to STEREO . ST appears on the display when an FM station is received in stereo. 4. Tune to the desired station. Manual Tuning: Repeatedly press DIGITAL SCAN Ÿ or ⁄ to tune up or down the selected band....
Page 12 - until the display shows AM or FM.; MEMO; flashes on the display for
12 STORING RADIO STATIONS IN MEMORY You can store up to 20 radio stations (10 FM and 10 AM)in memory. Then you can quickly tune to a stored stationby pressing a memory button (or +5 and a memory but- ton). Follow these steps to store stations in memory. 1. Press RADIO ON/OFF to turn on the radio. Th...
Page 14 - within about 5 seconds,; disappears from
14 Note: If you do not press a memory location buttonor +5 within about 5 seconds, MEMO disappears from the display. Start again from Step 4. 6. Tune to the next station you want to store, then repeat Steps 4 and 5. To replace a station you stored, simply store a new sta-tion in that memory location...
Page 15 - USING THE CASSETTE PLAYER; PLAYING A CASSETTE TAPE; Push open the cassette compartment’s cover, then
15 USING THE CASSETTE PLAYER PLAYING A CASSETTE TAPE Important: Make sure that you have connected head-phones or speakers to the SCP-85. See “Using Head-phones or Speakers” on Page 6. 1. Push open the cassette compartment’s cover, then push open the cassette compartment’s door. 2. Take up any slack ...
Page 16 - • After playing to the end of each side, the tape; to the other position.
16 3. Insert the cassette tape into the cassette compart- ment with the desired side facing you, the full reel tothe right, and the open end facing up. 4. Close the cassette compartment’s door and cover. 5. Press PLAY to play the tape. Notes: • After playing to the end of each side, the tape automat...
Page 17 - for extra bass effect, or to; to leave the bass sound unchanged.
17 6. Adjust VOLUME to a comfortable listening level. 7. Set E-BASS ON/OFF to ON for extra bass effect, or to OFF to leave the bass sound unchanged. 8. Press STOP to stop the tape. 14-1226.fm Page 17 Friday, July 2, 1999 9:10 AM
Page 18 - Using Fast Forward/Rewind; To fast-forward or rewind the cassette tape, press
18 Using Fast Forward/Rewind To fast-forward or rewind the cassette tape, press << or >> . When you reach the desired section of tape, press STOP then PLAY . Tape Direction Press to Fast-Forward Press to Rewind >> << << >> 14-1226.fm Page 18 Friday, July 2, 1999 9...
Page 19 - TAPE TIPS AND TECHNIQUES; Open the cassette compartment cover and door.; Use a cotton swab dipped in denatured alcohol or; and replace
19 TAPE TIPS AND TECHNIQUES CLEANING THE TAPE-HANDLING PARTS Dirt, dust, or particles of the tape’s coating can accumu-late on the tape heads and other parts that the tapetouches. This can greatly reduce the performance of theSCP-85. Use the following cleaning procedure after ev-ery 20 hours of oper...
Page 21 - CARE AND MAINTENANCE
21 CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Optimus SCP-85 Sports AM • FM Stereo Cassette Player with Auto Reverse and Digital Tuning is an exam-ple of superior design and craftsmanship. The followingsuggestions will help you care for the SCP-85 so you canenjoy it for years. Keep the SCP-85 dry. If it gets wet, wi...
Page 22 - THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW; • Moving your cassette player away from the receiver
22 Modifying or tampering with the SCP-85’s internal com-ponents can cause a malfunction and might invalidate itswarranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it. Ifyour SCP-85 is not performing as it should, take it to yourlocal RadioShack store for assistance. THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW Your ...
Page 23 - SPECIFICATIONS; RADIO; FM; CASSETTE PLAYER
23 SPECIFICATIONS RADIO FM AM Frequency Range 88-108 MHz 530-1710 kHz IF Rejection 50 dB 46 dB Image Rejection 20 dB 35 dB Selectivity 10 dB 15 dB Signal-to-Noise (S/N) Ratio 50 dB 24 dB Stereo Separation 20 dB Usable Sensitivity 32 m V 2500 m V/m CASSETTE PLAYER Cassette Mechanism ....................