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

Remedies

Insert the cassette with the
exposed tape facing right.
Press and hold TAPE CD-CH
and for more than two
seconds.
Clean it with a head cleaning
tape.
Check the cords and
connections.
Adjust it to the optimum level.
Check the cords and
connections.
Store stations manually.
Connect the antenna firmly.
Press the reset button on the
panel holder. (The clock setting
and preset stations stored in
memory are erased.) (See
page 2.)

Symptoms

• A cassette tape cannot be
inserted.
• A cassette tape cannot be
ejected.
• Cassette tapes become hot.
• Tape sound is at very low
level and sound quality is
degraded.
• Sound is sometimes
interrupted.
• Sound cannot be heard from
the speakers.
• SSM (Strong-station
Sequential Memory)
automatic preset does not
work.
• Static noise while listening to
the radio.
• This unit does not work at all.

Causes

You have tried to insert a
cassette in the wrong way.
Cassette ejection is prohibited.
This is not a malfunction.
The tape head is dirty.
Connections are not good.
The volume is turned to the
minimum level.
Connections are incorrect.
Signals are too weak.
The antenna is not connected
firmly.
The built-in microcomputer may
function incorrectly due to
noise, etc.
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