Playing a Cassette Tape
The tape player is built to work best with tapes that are
up to 30to 45 minutes long on each side. Tapes
longer than that are so thin they may not work well in
this player. The longer side with the tape visible should
face to the right. If you hear nothing or hear a garbled
sound, the tape may not be in squarely. Press the EJT
button to remove the tape and start over.
If the ignition and radio are off, press the EJT button or
the DISPL knob to insert and to begin play of a tape.
If the ignition is on and the radio is off, the tape can be
inserted and will begin playing.
While the tape is playing, use VOL, TUNE, SEEK, and
PSCAN controls just as you do for the radio. TAPE
and an arrow will appear on the display to show which
side of the tape is playing.
Cassette tape adapter kits for portable CD players will
work in the cassette tape player. See “CD Adapter Kits”
later for more information.
The tape bias is set automatically when a metal or
chrome tape is inserted.
If an error appears on the display, see “Cassette Tape
Messages” later in this section.
1PREV (Previous): Thetape must have at least three
secondsof silence between each selection for previous to
work.Press this pushbutton to go to the previous
selectionon the tape if the current selection has been
playingfor less than three seconds. If pressed when the
currentselection has been playing from 3 to 13 seconds,
itwill go to the beginning of the previous selection or the
beginningof the current selection, depending upon the
positionon the tape. If pressed when the current
selectionhas been playing for more than 13 seconds, it
willgo to the beginning of the current selection.
SEEKand a negative number will appear on the display
whilethe cassette player is in the previous mode.
Pressingthis pushbutton multiple times will increase the
numberof selections to be searched back, up to -9.
2 NEXT: The tape must have at least three seconds of
silence between each selection for next to work.
Press this pushbutton to go to the next selection on the
tape. If this pushbutton is pressed more than once,
the player will continue moving forward through the tape.
SEEK and a positive number will appear on the
display. To forward through each selection press the
right SEEK arrow.
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