TROUBLESHOOTING

 

Problem

 

Remedy

 

 

 

1.

The display stays blank after you have

• Check that the AC adapter is connected

 

turned on the machine.

 

correctly.

 

 

• If you are using batteries, check that

 

 

 

they are correctly inserted.

 

 

• If the batteries are low, replace them

 

 

 

with new ones.

 

 

 

2.

The machine does not print or the

• Check that the tape cassette has been

 

printed characters are blurred.

 

inserted properly.

 

 

• If the tape cassette is empty, replace it

 

 

 

with a new one.

 

 

• Make sure that the tape compartment

 

 

 

cover has been closed.

 

 

 

3.

The text files that you stored in the

If the batteries are low, replace them with

 

memory are no longer there.

new ones.

 

 

 

4.

The printed characters are not formed

If you are using batteries, they may be low.

 

properly.

Try using the AC adapter or replace the

 

 

batteries with new ones.

 

 

 

5.

A blank horizontal line appears

Clean the print head as explained on page

 

through the printed label.

8.

 

 

 

 

6.

Striped tape appears.

You have reached the end of the tape.

 

 

Replace the tape cassette with a new one.

 

 

 

7.

The machine has “locked up” (i.e.,

Turn off the machine, and then while hold-

 

nothing happens when a key is

ing down f and R, press b to turn

 

pressed, even though the machine is

the machine back on.

 

on.)

 

Finally, release f and R.

 

 

 

 

☞

The text and formats in the display

 

 

 

and all text files stored in the mem-

 

 

 

ory are erased.

 

 

 

 

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