■Care And Maintenance
Handle your CDs, cassette tapes, and Cassette Deck carefully, and they will last a long time.
Compact Discs
• Only CDs bearing this mark can be used with this unit. However, continued use of irregular shape CDs
•Remove the CD from its case by holding it at
the edges while pressing the case’s center hole lightly.
• Do not touch the shiny surface of the CD, or bend the CD.
•Put the CD back in its case after use to prevent
warping.
•Be careful not to scratch the surface of the CD when placing it back in the case.
•Avoid exposure to direct sunlight, temperature extremes, and moisture.
• A dirty CD may not play correctly. If a CD does become dirty, wipe it with a soft cloth in a straight line from center to edge.
CAUTION: Do not use any solvent (for example, conventional record cleaner, spray thinner, ben- zine, etc.) to clean a CD.
Cassette Tapes
•If the tape is loose, it may get stretched, cut, or caught in the cassette. Take up the slack by
inserting a pencil in one of the reels and rotat- ing.
•Do not touch the tape surface.
•Do not store the tape:
- In dusty places
- In direct sunlight or heat
-In moist areas
-On a TV or speaker
-Near a magnet
Cassette Deck
•If the heads, capstans, or
-Loss of sound quality
-Discontinuous sound
-Fading
-Incomplete erasure
-Difficulty recording
•Clean the heads, capstans, and
Capstans
Erase head
Record/play head
Moisture Condensation
Moisture may condense on the lens inside the
Unit in the following cases:
•After turning on heating in the room.
• In a damp room.
•If the Unit is brought directly from a cold to a warm place.
Should this occur, the Unit may malfunction. In this case, leave the Unit turned on for a few hours until the moisture evaporates, unplug the AC power cord, and then plug it in again.
General Notes
In general, you will have the best performance by keeping your tapes, CDs, and the mechanism clean.
•Store tapes and CDs in their cases, and keep them in cabinets or on shelves.
•Keep the Cassette Deck's tape holder and the CD holder closed when not in use.
•If the heads become magnetized, the Unit will produce noise or lose high frequency notes.
•To demagnetize the heads, turn off the Unit, and use a head demagnetizer (available at electronics and record shops).
Cleaning the lens
If the lens in the CD pickup is dirty, dropout, etc., could degrade sound.
Open the CD holder and clean the lens as shown.
•Use a blower (available from a camera store) to blow dust off the lens.
Blower
Lens
•If there are fingerprints, etc. on the lens, gently wipe clean with a cotton swab.
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