“The confidence that you have shown in REVOX products by choosing a B77 Tape recorder is very much appreciated Important notes Protect your valuable equipment from excessive heat and humiity. Do not block the free cir culation of ait. Oo not cover any of the air Disconnect maine plug before opening the equioment. |e this connection we drew your attention to the general conditions of warranty. Be sure to conneet the unit 10 80 oF 60 Hz AC mains supplies only “The rotating tape els must not be ‘touched during any of the fast wind modes isk of injury), Warranty For equipment purchased in Belgium, the Fede ral Republic of Germany, Austria ond Fronce special warranty application card is either con: tained ina plastic envelope attached to the ‘outside of the packing carton or is enclosed Wwitn the equipment, If this card is missing, please request it from your desler. Complete ‘he warranty application card and return it 10 your national distributor who will then gend you your warranty card For equipment purchasid in Switzerland, the warrenty responsibility rests with your dealer, Ploase note that the warranty is rot valid out side the country of purchase. “The warranty will be voided ifthe unit is tam pered with or serviced by unauthorized per senne! Packing Do not destroy the original packing. If you ever have to transport your equipment, this special packing will provide best possible protectionHow to use this manual To safe you trom having to read the complete instructions before operating the eauipmont for the First time, we have written three separate chapters. Basic information Pease read this page and the indox list up 10 page 10. After having done this, you wil al: ready be familiar with the operating controls and the inout snd output connections. For HiFi Experts” this may already be sufficient for being able 1 oporats the equipment. Always consult this ist first if you are not yet (or no eager) fully familiar with the function of @ particular operating contro ‘Step by step instructions Ths chapter desribes each operation in detail and somo time will be required in familiarizing ‘oneseif with sach function, The encircled index numbers refer 10 the ilusvations on the fold: ‘out pages Technical information and complete system setups Ac the end of this manual, the technically interested user will find a tabulation of the equipment’s performance characteristics, sup ‘gested music system set-ups and black diagrams «and nowa few pointers before starting = Chock the sting of the voltage slactor before connecting the squipment 10 the AC power tine = Locking buttons are to be released by pressing them again. = When connecting DIN plugs, ensure proper mating by observing their keyway. = Phone plugs must be pushed home fully, cthenwise you might gat “hur = When using phono plugs, observe corect ‘channel assignment: loft right = R= CHI Tura the fold-out pages outward and you are all s2¢ to give ita frst ry!Contents Page Index of operating slements and electrical connectors 5 1. Operating the equipment u 1.1. Before switching on for the fist time 11 1.2. Connecting to the AC supply n 13. Loading the ecoeder with tape 17 1.4, Switching ON, selecting tape speed 12 15. Tape transport functions 2 2 Recording 13 2.1. Monophonic recordings 13 22. Recording streophonically 15 3. Level contro! 16 31. Manitor functions 16 22. Level indication 7 4. Reproducing 8 4.1, Reproduce lvel adjustment 18 5. Special effects 19 5.1. Duo Pay 19 52. Simultaneous Zehennel recording 20 5.3. Multiplay ecordings 2 58, Echo etfocte 2 6. End-ottape switch 2 7. Tape eiting ey 8 Hancling and storage of magnetic recording tape 25 9. Maintenance 26 10, Remote control a 101, Electric timer operation cy 10.2, Slide synchronization ey 11. External speed control 0 Tt Internal 2% 11.2 External 20 12, Troubleshooting chart a 18, Technical annex. 2‘The following tabulation lists all operating el ‘ments and electrical connectors and bristly ex plains thei functions AX. epettansportopsrating controls @ POWER switch ON/OFF With te recorder switched on, the modulation raters are hina Freee observe tet the slectic current suply to the recorder must be switched of when con tectng the romote contol dove (oto con rake sure the vliag selector @@) fsa tothe tomina ine voc) Push button SPEED 3.3/4 Selects the tape speed of 3.3/4 ips @ _ Pushbutton REEL SIZE This button must be pressed when tape reels with a diameter of 7 inches or lest are being used. The decision to operate this button has to be basod on a reels hub diameter. (7 inch reels with @ lege hub diameter have 10 be treated in ‘tho same way a8 10.5 inch reels.) With the but ton REEL SIZE depressed, the minimum re ‘commended hub diameter is 2 38 inches, ® Shing button E1TOR “hissing button ito be epeatd in potion STOP for binging the tape sno contact with the magnetic heads whit a0 activating the e producing arin In this manna, the loot tng ofan cit pint or the wort of recording on tape posible by manually rotating he tape reels The edit poston ean be eased by erating tho puth button PLAY or by pushing the pinch roler arm siahly in the dsecion towards the capstan sat. Under index C7) and (© it is deserived how to search for a certain Paint on the tape wih the cuter poston ac tated © spend contol Varsle tape speed operation activated by presing the baton "variable peed”. By wring {ho rotary contol to either + or ~ ap speed tan be inteed or read from nominal by 10%, Thisvaristioncorresondsto pitch change of 2s tonts proximately neither avetion thus making it posible 10 match te reproduc tion of coring to the ting ofan existing rusia instrument (ean)“ape anspor buttons ‘he tape tarsport buttons (7) to GD) nied cniy to be taped to ecthate the dened func tion, They may De operied any sence tthout hestation, because all functors oe tlecicaly interlocked and each commands Stored electronical. @ PAUSE button interrupts sny tape motion as long 25 I i kept depressed, When releasing this but- ton, the originally selected operating mode re stores itself. (For extended interuptions use locking button on the remote contral device.) @ > Fast rorwat Wah the sing button (8) in the evter pos tion, the buttons for fast forward and rowind vill respond only as long as they are being held depressed. This facilitates motor assed Search ‘operations by simply alternating between these ‘wo buttons. Note: In order to keeo headwear to 8 minimum, {0 not wind long sections of tape in the cuter position. pLay ‘erivates the reproducing mode. Whon pushing this button during either fast wind mode, the acorder will frst come to 2 full stop, which i ‘then followed immediately by the activation of the reproducing mode. stor Cancols any selacted tape transport mode. @® _ recor “To acta the recording mode the butone FEC ord PLAY (6) have to be presed sim: teneousy. The button EG remains without bry effec when pring lor. (recon coor unintentional recording oF ear of cae! MONITOR panel Reproduce operating controls All operating controls that are required during the reproduction of a tape are combined on the ‘menitor panel, @® vowne ‘Tho tandem potentiometer VOLUME varies the level for headphone listening. The innermost potentiometer acts on the lft channel wile the Fight channel s controled by the potentiometer ‘on the front. Both contols are connected via © slipccutch thus permitting ther individual ad |ustment to achieve the desired balance, @ recording tel init LEFT CHANNEL @—Resoring te inentor Richt CHANNEL The modulation mets inom eter the re roduc oe! trom tape oF the Iu during recording (epanira on the postion ofThe nach TAPEINPUT (6), Both motos ore atays indicating te signal which is being or toed aiby, ‘Output PHONES. Provided for the connectirg of stereophonic headphones with a proferred impodance of 200 ohms or higher. Bath jacks cary identical signals @ __wowiton switch TAPENINPUT "he poston ofthis otc dcteswhethr te Shot bing monitored of the tape riety irom the inp Win th top a asi th dutch shuld te trne to poston INPUT ard then reproducing, to postion TAPE. During 9 teow, eter positon may bested, de pending on the preferred” string. made Ietorfter ope monitoring) @ Mode sector MONITOR Te potion of the mete scetor MONITOR drorrine the roar veh the dal be preted tt aut ant the Mod ones Shp STEREO preter poston. Both channels ave kept mone REVERSE trrcenic mode is rad, howe, lt wed to cies ao srs, Peal Tet! alent iter Cet canal oly RIGHT Right channal only. ‘These pesitions will be selected when repro ducing monophonic recordings whereby the Selected channel appears on both outputs MONO The signals of the left and right channels appear combined on both outputs (checking for mono ‘compatiility) CC RecoRD-pane Record operating controls All operating controls which are required for recording are grouped per channel on the record ane RECORD LEFT means recording on toft chan fal (track 1 oF track 1 and 4 respectively on ‘quarter track recorders}. RECORD RIGHT means cecarsing on right channel (track 2 0° track 2 and 3 respoctivaly fon quarter track recorders Record presalector REC L, ON/OFF ‘The switch REC L proslects the function re cording for the left channel (onl. The selected function becomes activated when simultaneous: Iy pressing the buttons PLAY and REC. Record: ing on either the left or right channel is not possible with the respective preseector in the OFF position (protection against unintentional recording or erasure ofa track)Recording iaht, leit channel “This light becomes illuminated as soon as all conditions for recording on the lft channel are ‘met (REC L in position ON, buttons PLAY and REC activated). An existing recording on thet track willbe erased @ INPUT LEVEL, left channel potentiometer INPUT LEVEL/RECORD LEFT adjusts the recording level Ideqcee of ‘modulation) forthe lft channel An unused level control should always. be turned to position zero, @® input vever rant ctanne The potentoreter INPUT. UEVEL/RECORD FIGHT eds the recording level (dre of texan) forthe ight chanel Fn unused tot cma! shoud alays be ‘uned t postion 0 Preslctor REC R, ONOFF fr sith REC F prenets te trio re cording forthe right channel (ON, For od Sitional detailer 0 INDEX Recording light, right channel ‘his light becomes illumineted as soon as all conditions for recording on the right channel are met (REC R in position ON, buttors PLAY and REC activated). An existing recording on that tack will be erases! @ _—owmmoduiaion indleator iit channa Overmodulation indiator, right channel ‘The LED equipped light dats are capable of in dicating extvemoly short overload peaks which are not shown by the VUsmeters. An erratic ‘lashing ofthese light dots suggests that ther cording level should be lowered in order to ‘void signal distortion duo to overmodulation of the pe. Microphone input, itt channel Permits the connecting of low and high im ppedance microphones. The microphone's jack ‘lig must be fully inserted into the secket @® put sector, tt anne Input selector, right channel The following inputs or signal sources may be selected with these switches mic Lo {or tow level microphones mic Hi {or high level microphones (e9. condensor mic raphores with builtin preamplifierInsta whan th ral rom te eophane oot ah rapier et ful edlaon {O.VU)'s sll ebtoned, evn when the vspec the input contol @) oF @) tured down spatend RADIO selects socket @) (sere reser or radio ‘fam equipped with DIN out. Rot 1 transfer a recording from tho right channel to the lt channe LR 10 transfer a recording from the left channel to the right channel aux Seects socket @ (or signal sures suche tuna amplis mixing conse Microphone input, right channel Permits the connecting of low and high im- ppedance microphones. The microphone’s jack ‘lug must be fully insorted into the socket @ reserve 1 1 1 \ @ D Seer" acronen @ _ umevorrace sevecton The gu oppoaie the ero must ere with the cominal ie wolage atthe pin of se, Wen dating, un the selatr dc ith the tit oto coin fo the next maven vl before connecting he ecrder othe AC power ute AC POWER inlet, iad INDEX Gi) below comerting the © onder tothe elec current supp! @ ruse Wien changing fs cone he recorder trom the sleeve carrot supply. Ueto 0 tron foe holder. Inert new rite fie 2Dram inacoardanes wih the allowing vrape fangs 200. 24Dvols SID mA sow ton 00" 4Ovoke TA sow Slow GOD mA evi 05 A nd Aces 1000 AlE Sse Remore CONTROL sue syne @ Sect forse projector or crostade (installed only on recorders with slide synch: ronizing electronics @ socket for external CAPSTAN SPEED variation accessory @ socket for remote control TAPE Drive ih the remote control device connected, a functors of the opertng contol onthe re conderronein hily mote F With the excoption of the microphone input, all other in- and output connectors are placed fn this pane. @ _ cimsoeket naoro neCIPB or ten ecters and radoyrans ecuboed wha DIN comet, @ Provo socket AUX INPUT Fer pal sours such os eel, ig consis toe recor ee. Observe channel ‘sioner. = Bf (1, Re sgh (CH @® wverrivom @ ceverc cots “Them poturtiometars srw to aust the loves sopesring on the sockets CUTPUT )) and RADIO’). Nowrally both OUTPUT convas wil be soto the maximum {ll clockwise rotation! @ Phono sockets OUTPUT So fader eit components such at 29 ample, tape ravrda, rc et, Oban anne ssignmert Le (i), R= ee cen.Operating the equipment 1.1. Beloro switching on for the first time Do not forget to check the seta of th voltae tector on the records back pana, Tho fre pottionedcppotte Be rting mus. cr respond wih the nominal ve voap ct Your fon els curent spl. Dapeng on he tang into which the supply voltage fle, r= Plant of the mans fae ry be meesary fs eal For eddie! formation, plon thee I) and (2) on in non, Wr cave you ee taking Your B77 re corde 10 stern counes you should ay partir attention to. the. sboermetoned poi There no need to tory bout the ower lings Heaven, bea te equipment wal wore uty well on ether 50 He or 60 He ‘tout conversion 4.2. Connecting o the AC supply Connect. the supplied power cord tothe mains inet 2) and plug ts other end into a nary AC wat = Using mitable nadia cble, connect the OUTPUT ) 10 the tape input ofan air or receiv The LEVEL control @) and tray be turned fully clockwise for the tie being. ae iar to te above, connect the amp fics (or receiver's) tape output tothe input of the tape recorder. This is posible in two ways Connect ether (0 AUX INPUT @8) orto the DIN socket “(@%)» When intercoriecting with other REVOX saipment,alvays ue the pono socket @) a The compete system nook uns a ius trated in chapter 13 wil show the various pos Sle forms of interconnection. = in cate you are not using an amplifier, tonioring of the Input and output signal Is onsbl with headphones a wal, Connect the headset othe jack PHONES (5) ae hen using a mcrophoe, connec it to the jck MIC" @B) on tho RECORD LEFT re 1.3. Loading the recorder with tape Cine rool Place @ fll tape reel onto the left reel support land an empty reel anto the right reel support Lift the three-pronged shaft spetions which po: trade from the canter of each roel and turn them by 60° to lock the reels on ther support NAB reote IT NAB reels are to be used two NAB adaptors ‘must frst be placed onto the ree! support. Lift the three pronged shat sections which protrude ‘rom the canter of each adaptor and turn them by 60° to lock the adaptors onto the ree sup ports. Place NAB ‘eels over the adaptors and lock the rools by rotating the upper portion of each adaptor in clockwise direction until asrap)‘action is felt. In this position the tape rels are lockod horizontally and vertically 2s wel = Lower the flap infront of the headblack ‘and ace the tape sross the heads as shown on the right-hand fold-out page, Make sure to lace the tape sround the spring loaded feeler arm in the correct manner. Attach the tape’ front end {0 the hub of the empty rool and secure it by rotating the ompty roo a few turns by han ‘As a rule, the tape's head end is identi- fied by a green leader while @ red leader marks its tail ene I you are not certain as to which side of the tape has to contact the heads, please note that most modern tapes have a textured back coating. Such a tape hes to be laced onto the recorder in @ manner which brings the tape shiny sie into contact withthe magnetic heads. Note: Please use only high quality brand name tapes. We recommend the special mastering tape FEVOX 631. Your B77 tape recorder is aligned to fully utilize the excellent characteristics of this ouisanding tape. = Prass the counters reset button to ob- tain a counter readout of 2000. 1.4. Switching ON, selecting tape speed ‘umm the snitch POWER (1) to potion ON. “The sched on condon vil be insted by ination ofthe VU = Select tn died tape seed with but tom (SPEED in dependence on the version of reorcer B77-HS 10 ems 28 emis NABICCIR BIST 95 cme 19 cms NAB S778 475cms 95 ons BP-SIS 238eme 4 360m/s = When using tape reels witha diameter of ‘inchs oF les, press button REEL SIZE For more datailed informstion, plese consult the index lis, 1.5. Tape transport funetions Operation ofthe uanouttons 10 © wi “The diferent buttons may be prased in random rar a tha correc sewree of tw vrs transition from one function tthe next con trolled elestontaly PLay’ With lebder tape across tho heads, it may be possible thet the recorder staps agin when re leasing the button PLAY automatic end of tape Switch responds due to translucency of the leader tape). To overcome this, simply koap the button depressed. until magnetic tape passes ‘over the heads << test rowing >>Q tox toward windRECording Prosing the button REC by itself remaine with fut any effect. In order to activate the record ing cxcuits, the buttons REC and PLAY must be pressed together. StF (cane any eee Ynction 8y presing the buttore PAUSE (@), ay sect uncton (ckudeg RECO maybe inenapted vthou eanesting Theory {sete functon bones actatt apn ten ‘eles that burton While presi the btton PAUSE uhich sof the locking type onthe rene conta unt) posse Yo sl 8 tw tinction. Tov sated aretion become {tvated whe eleing the PAUSE burton. Recording Two separate recording channels aro avaiable. ‘They may be used either simultaneously ~ for stereophonic — oF independently for-mono- Dhoni esordino. = On tape the recording takes place on ‘wo separate tracks. Whon using a haf wack recorder: {oft chon L (CH 11 ontrack TLoparator side) Fight chennel R (CH I} on track 2 (machine side) ‘When using s quarter tack ecorder: Lett channel L (CH I on rack 1 (operator side) ora Fight chennel A (CH I) on track 3 (machine sido} oF 2° "whan reversing the te Detailed information with eegacd 9 track location can be sean from the tale an age 35 2.1. Monophonic recordings For 9 monophonic recoding, ony one wack Wil be unizee, whereny the swthes REC L fr REC R 2) permit selection of the dire rack — With both preselector switches in pos: tion OFF, recording isnot posible (protection guinst accidental tack erasureAcorn on the channel oT Sigel source (ou wih aout sector (0) forthe et chanel np and with nga sece B) forte rt choo inputs Vor adel dt refer t the ox wa. For monophonic recordings, both input channes may be mbxed together. Therefore, the Input selectors do not have to be switched 10 “dantical positions becouse different sources such a for example a MICrophone and dk (via ‘AUX and a suitable resmplifie) can be mixed ‘onto ane rac. = Move coring preniecor ECL) to position ON. The other cording peslcior romain in positon OFF. Di ire the tp record i te cording trde by tmultanaouly resin tha butont PLAY (9) and REC (1). The recording in weuwtn je > OD - cute © reouvinab08 © Bsaco, ne0/r9 @ wc BB 2B ae lbo_oo| lnaoa9|oo ereTTe 9 tid O70) FS fem 104 O10} O10; ® ceo) | 4 fap cleat * | y . loiws'si] ° \