Wireway Model No. WP
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TEMPORARY INSTRUCTION MANUAL R"g, U,S. Pat. Off. MODEL NO. WP Please Note Owing to printing delays, we are not able to include with your WIREWAY the complete, fully illustrated consumer manual which you certainly want to have and to which you are entitled. Wh en you have returned the Guarantee Regis tration Card , we hope to have these booklets avail able and will be happy to mail you one for your recor ding and listening pleasure. In the meantime, please foll ow these instructions caref ully and have fun with your WIREWAY. WIRE 0~iuf~ fACTORY , 1331 HA lSEY S IRfE T • BR OOK IYN ' 27 , NEW YO RK EXECUTIVE AND SALES OffiCES , 76 VARICK STREET • NEW YORK 13. N . Y. Copyright 1948 J. Woo ...... k..r - -0 " ADJUSTING SCREW (15) Clockwise ~ "--../ Counter Clockwise WIRE ADJUSTMENI' I f wire eit her breaks or leaves the head , insert thi n dime or screw driver in slot t ed screw shown above, with unit operating wit h wire , in "play" position. Rotate screw counter- clockwise until t urntable slows down or stops . Then rotate clockwise until turntable just turns correct speed . If wire still breaks, turn screw slightly counter clockwise . If wire leaves the head, turn screw slightly more clockwi se . .Ll"age '± Page 5 1. MIKE OR TELEHiONE: Insert microphone or telephone pickup plug here . 2. RADIO OR EXTERNAL: For recording direct from voice coil of a radio. Any qualified radio mechanic can 9. SPOOL HUB: Wire spool fits snugly over r un a wire from your radio hub with top of spool flush which can then be plugged with top of hub. For best into the WIREWAY . results, always use WIREWAY spools . 3. SELECTOR SWITCH: Be sure this switch is in its proper position for recording 10. RESET BUTTON: Must be pressed down to ac with the microphone, from tivate the wire moving mech phonograph records or from anism. This also controls the radio . Use WIRE position the automatic cut- off when ONLY when playing the wire . the wire ' S leaders trip this switch in forward or reverse 4. VOLUME CONTROL: Adjust to most satisfactory motion. level for recording and playback . Watch the flash n. RECORDING HEAD: This is the "heart" of the lamp when recording. WIREWAY . Its magnetic coils do three jobs; record, play, 5. SPEAKER SWITCH: This must be on SPEAKER to and erase the wire . hear your record ings. \{hen turned to BRDCAST , tune in 12. TURNTABLE: Dual purpose - plays phono on yo ur radio . (See notes on graph records and doubles as Broadcasting. ) the take- up spool . 6. FREQ.UENCY ADJUST Once properly adjusted , this 13. TONE ARM: With a Fidelitone permanent MENT SCREW: need never be touched again needle. unless the WIREWAY is used in another area. 14. HOLD-DOWN SCRE\oIS: Be sure they are always t ightly screwed dowri. 7. FLASH LAMP: See your instructions . This Springs under these screws should flash on peaks of " float" the chassis . sound only, when recording . When playing, this l amp burns 15. ADJUSTMENT SCREW: Directly under the tone arm steadily. - see special instructions , for adjusting. 8. CONI'ROL SWITCH: This controls the action of the 2 motor wire moving mechanism. Page 6 Page 7 CAUTION Bring end of plastic leader on the spool of wire out and around the front of the Recording Head (11). Place the end of the leader in the groove of the Use AC current ONLY. DC or any other source of takeup spool (turntable-12 ). Holding the leader electr ical power will damage your set. FLAT against the groove, rotate turntable clockwise two or three revolutions. Your WIREHAY is designed to operate on AC current, 105 t o120 volts, 60 cycle, and has a power rating CAUTION: Be sure wire passes thru the slot of the of 110 watts. Recording Head otherwise you cannot re cord. Be certain there are no bulges in **** the plastic leader as it winds around the turntable or you will get 'wows' and Be sure your WIREWAY is placed on a steady level 'flutters' in your recording. surface and if possible place a pad between the bot tom of the machine and the table top. Unwind the power cord and the hank of antenna wire both NOW YOU CAN RECORD found in the spool well. Recording with the Microphone SETTING UP THE WlREWAY FOR RECORDING Plug microphone into the MIKE or TELEPHONE jack (1). Turn Selector Switch' (3) .to HIKE. Turn First plug !C ower cord int o wall socket. Turn Volume Control (4) to approximately 6 position. Selector Switch (3) to PHONO and Volume Control Experience will soon teach you at what position ('1:) clockwise to m.nneral 10. Turn Speaker Switch the most desirable recordings will be made. (5) to SPEAKER and listen-ror 'hum'. Now, reverse plug in wall socket. 'Hum' will either increase Turn Centrol Switch (8) to RECORD WIRE. Be sure or decrease noticeably . Leave plug in position to press Release Button or switch won't turn. This that produces less 'hum' for best recording and button was installed for the purpose of preventing reproduction. accidental erasure of a recorded wire. Now press RESET BUTTON (10). This button must always be With Reset Switch (10) pressed down, turn Control pressed down when recording, playing, or rewinding. Switch (8) to PLAY. When Recording Head (11) is It operates the automatic shut-off when the wire in its TOPtlOST position, turn Control Switch to has reached its end in either forward or reverse OFF. Always thread the wire when the recording motion. head is in this position for best results. The rise and fall of the head insures level winding of the wire in both forward and reverse action. NOW EVERY SOUND IS BEING PICKED UP! GEITING READY TO RECORD Hold the microphone about four or five inches from your mouth and speak in a clear, conversational Place spool of wire, label side up, on Spool Hub tone. You will note as you speak the tiny lamp (9). Press down until spool is firmly seated with (7) flashes on peaks of sound. If it flashes ver y top of spool flush with top of hub. often or burns steadily, you are too close to the microphone or have too much volume. If it does Page 8 page ';j not light at all, you are too far from the micro RECORDING FROM PHONOGRAm DISCS phone or do not have enough volume. Adjust Volume ontrol (4) accordingly. WIREWAY does not require the use of the microphone when recording discs on wire. After recording once or twice you will be able to accommodate the pitch of your voice for a smooth First place a phonograph record on the turntable recording and develop good microphone technique. (12) and place tone arm (13) at start of the record Different voices requiTe different technique s. just as you would on a regular record player. Turn Constant experimentation will show you at just Selector Switch (3) to PHONO and adjust the Volume w~mt volume level you will obtain your best re I Control (4) to a point slightly higher than you cordings. would care to have if you were just listening to the record. Turn Control Switch (8) to RECORD WIRE NOTE: Slight under-modulation is better than over and again, be sure Reset Button (10) is pressed modulation when recording. Then in playback down. the volume may be increased to proper listen ing level. Now the phonograph record is being recorded on t he wire. It is not necessary to have Speaker NOW PLAY IT BACK Switch on SPEAKER unless you want to hear the record as it is being recorded. First rewind onto the Spool (9) the section of the wire that has been recorded. To do this place When record is finished turn Control Switch (8) Control Switch (8) to REWIND. Be sure to press OFF. Remove phonograph record before rewinding down Reset Button (10) before turning swit ch. the wire. After rewinding, turn to PLAY and, When thi s is done be sure Speaker Switch is turned following previous instructions for playing the to SPEAKER and Selector Switch to WIRE and you WIRE, listen to the perfect reproduction of your will hear yourself backwards. This is not only disc. Note too that most of the surface noise of ruaus i ng to hear but provides a key to the begin the needle has been eliminated in the wire repro ning of a recording at which time you can stop the duction thereby improving the tonal qualities of rewinding. the original. When you have rewound to the beginning of your re CAUTION: Be sure to remove the phonograph disc be cording, turn Control Switch (8) to PLAY, the fore rewinding as it is liable to crack Selector Switch (3) is already in WIRE position, when the spool is being rewound at such a and Volume Control (4) may remain at the same fast speed. level at which your recording was made. If you want greater playback volume, merely advance the Volume Control to desired level. BROADCASTING Should the wire accidentally snap in rewinding, The WIREWAY contains a broadcast transmitter whose the turntable requires a slight adjustment. Thi s Signal can be picked up by any radio within a dis is eaSily accomplished by adjusting the turntable tance up to about 150 feet. This is true whenever adjustment screw (15) located directly under the the Selector Switch (3) is in WIRE or PHONO or MIKE tone arm. Turn SLIGHI'LY clockwise. If turned position, the Control Switch (8) is in RECORD WIRE counter -clockwi se, the turntable locks.