Troubleshooting, Symptoms Causes Remedies

TROUBLESHOOTING

What appears to be trouble is not always serious. Check the following points before calling a service center.

Symptoms	Causes		Remedies

• A cassette tape cannot be	You have tried to insert a	Insert the cassette with the
inserted.	cassette in the wrong way.	exposed tape facing right.

• Cassette tapes become hot.	This is not a malfunction.
• Cassette tapes become hot.	This is not a malfunction.

• Tape sound is at very low	The tape head is dirty.	Clean it with a head cleaning
level and sound quality is		tape.
degraded.

• Sound is sometimes	Connections are not good.	Check the cords and
interrupted.		connections.

• Sound cannot be heard from	The volume control is turned	Adjust it to the optimum level.
the speakers.	to the minimum level.

	Connections are incorrect.	Check the cords and
		connections.

• Static noise while listening	The antenna is not connected	Connect the antenna firmly.
to the radio.	firmly.

• The unit does not work at	The built-in microcomputer	While holding SEL, press


all.	may function incorrectly due to	ATT for more than 2 seconds
	noise, etc.	to reset the unit. (The clock
		setting and preset stations
		stored in memory are erased.)