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Handling cassette tapes
•If the tape is loose in its cassette, take up the slack by inserting a pencil in one of the reels and rotate it.
–If the tape is loose, it may get stretched, cut, or caught in the cassette.
•Be careful not to touch the tape surface.
•Avoid the following places to store the
To keep the best recording and playback sound quality
•Use a cotton swab moistened with alcohol to clean the heads, capstans, and pinch rollers.
•Use a head demagnetizer (available at electronics and audio shops) to demagnetize the heads (when the System turned off).
To protect your recording
Cassettes have two small tabs on the back to protect from unexpected erasure or re- recording.
To protect your recording, remove these
tabs.
To
the holes with adhesive tape.
Cleaning the System
•Stains should be wiped off with a soft cloth. If the System is heavily stained, wipe it with a cloth soaked in water- diluted neutral detergent and wrung well, then wipe clean with a dry cloth.
•Since the System may deteriorate in quality, become damaged or get its paint peeled off, be careful about the following:
–DO NOT wipe it with a hard cloth.
–DO NOT wipe it strong.
–DO NOT wipe it with thinner or benzine.
–DO NOT apply any volatile substance such as insecticides to it.
–DO NOT allow any rubber or plastic to remain in contact for a long time.
Troubleshooting 
If you are having a problem with your System, check this list for a possible solution before calling for service.
General:
Adjustments or settings are suddenly canceled before you finish.
]There is a time limit. Repeat procedure again.
Operations are disabled.
]The
Unable to operate the System from the remote control.
]The path between the remote control and the remote sensor on the System is blocked.
]The batteries are exhausted.
No sound is heard.
]Speaker connections are incorrect or loose.
]Headphones are connected.
No picture appears on the screen.
]The video cord connections are incorrect or loose.
No picture is displayed on the TV screen, the picture is blurred, or the picture is divided into two parts.
]The System is connected to a TV which does not support progressive video input.
]Incorrect color system is selected (see page 14).
The left and right edges of the picture are missing on the screen.
]Select “4:3 LB (MULTI)” for “MONITOR TYPE” (see page 36).
Radio Operations:
Hard to listen to broadcasts because of noise.
]Antennas connections are incorrect or loose.
]The AM loop antenna is too close to the System.
]The FM antenna is not properly extended and positioned.
Disc Operations:
The disc does not play.
]You have inserted a disc whose Region Code is not “3.” (“REGION ERR” appears on the display.)
]The disc is placed upside down. Place the disc with the label side up.
ID3 Tag on an MP3 disc cannot be shown.
]There are two types of ID3
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