Occasional care and maintenance of the unit and the software are needed to optimize the performance of your unit.
To clean the cabinet
Use a soft and dry cloth.
If the surfaces are extremely dirty, use a soft cloth lightly moistened with mild detergent solution. Do not use strong solvents, such as alcohol, benzine or thinner as these could damage the finish of the unit.
To clean the heads and tape paths
After every 10 hours of use, clean the heads and tape paths with a head cleaning cassette or cotton swab moistened with cleaning fluid or denatured alcohol. (These cleaning kits are commercially available.)
When cleaning with a cotton swab, wipe the recording/playback head (deck 2 only), erasure head (deck 2 only), capstans, and pinchrollers.
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After cleaning the heads and tape paths with a liquid head cleaning cassette or a moistened swab, wait until the cleaned park are completely dry before inserting the tapes.
To demagnetize the heads
The heads may become magnetized after
Calre of discs
●When a disc becomes dirty, wipe the disc from the center out with a cleaning cloth,
●After playing a disc, store the disc in its case. Do not leave the disc in places that are hot or humid.
Care of tapes
●Store tapes in their cases after use.
●Do not leave tapes near magnets, motors, television sets, or any source of magnetism. This will downgrade the sound quality
and cause noise.
. DCInot expose tapes to direct sunlight, or leave them in a car parked in direct sunlight.
There is no sound.
●Is the AC cord connected properly?
●Is there a bad connection? (+ page 3)
●There may be a short circuit in the speaker terminals
+Disconnect the AC cord, then correct the speaker connections.
●Was an incorrect function button pressed?
Sound is emitted from one spealker only.
●Is the other speaker disconnected? The output sound is not stereo.
●Is the Karaoke function turned on? (+ page 21) An erroneous display or a malfunction occurs.
+Reset the unit as stated below.
TUNER SECTION
There is constant,
●Is the antenna connected properly’? (+ page 4)
●Is the signal weak?
+ Connect an outdoor antenna.
The reception contains noise interferences or the sound is distorted.
●Is the system picking up external noise or multipath dllstortion?
+Change the orientation of the antenna.
+Move the unit away from other electrical appliances.
CASSETTE DECK SECTION
The tape does not run.
QIs deck 2 in pause mode? (+ page 13)
The sound is
●Is the playback head dirty? (+ page 26)
Recording is not possible.
●Is the erasure prevention tab on the tape broken off? (+ page 14)
●Is the recording head dirty? (+ page 26)
Erasure is not possible.
●Is the erasure head dirty? (+ page 26)
●Is a metal tape being used?
High frequency sound is not emitted.
●Is the recording/playback head dirty? (+ page 26)
CD PLAYER SECTION
The CD player does not play.
. ISthe disc correctly placed? (+ page 15)
●Is the disc dirty?
●Is the lens affected by condensation?
+Wait approximately one hour and try again.
To reset
If an unusual condition occurs in the display window or the cassette decks, reset the unit as follows.
1Press POWER toturn off the power.
2Press POWER to turn the power back on while pressing II CLEAR. Everything stored in memory after purchase is canceled.
If the power cannot be turned off in step 1 because of a malfunction, reset by disconnecting the AC cord, and connect it again. Then carry out step 2.
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