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.

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SSM (Strong-station

Signals are too weak.

Store stations manually.

 

 

 

Sequential Memory)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

automatic preset does not

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Static noise while listening

The antenna is not connected

Connect the antenna firmly.

 

 

 

to the radio.

firmly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“NO CD” or “NO DISC”

No CD is in the magazine.

Insert CDs into the magazine.

 

 

 

appears on the display.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDs are inserted incorrectly.

Insert them correctly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“RESET 8” appears on the

This unit is not connected to a

Connect this unit and the CD

 

 

 

display.

CD changer correctly.

changer correctly and press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the reset button of the CD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

changer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“RESET 1-RESET 7”

 

 

 

Press the reset button of the

 

 

 

appears on the display.

 

 

 

CD changer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The unit does not work at

The built-in microcomputer

Press

 

 

 

 

and SEL at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

all.

may function incorrectly due

the same time for more than 2

 

The CD changer does not

to noise, etc.

seconds to reset the unit. (The

 

 

 

 

clock setting and preset

 

 

 

work at all.

 

 

 

stations stored in memory are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

erased.) (See page 28).

 

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