What might appear to be a malfunction in your unit may just be the result of slight misoperation or miswiring. Before calling service, first check the following table for possible problems.
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The power does not turn on. | The fuse has blown. | After checking for short circuits in the cables, replace the |
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| No ACC position on vehicle ignition. | Connect the same cable to the ignition as the battery cable. |
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No sound can be heard, or the | The Attenuator function is turned on. | Turn off the Attenuator function. |
volume is low. |
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The fader and/or balance settings are set all the way to one side.
Reset the fader and/or balance settings.
| The input/output cables or wiring harness are connected | Reconnect the input/output cables and/or the wiring harness | |
| incorrectly. | correctly. See the section on "Connecting Cables to | |
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| Terminals". | |
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| The cassette tape is bad. | Try playing another cassette tape. If no problem is | |
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| experienced, the first tape was bad. | |
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The tape does not go in. / | The car ignition was turned off during tape eject; or the | Press the Eject button. | |
No sound can be heard even | tape was pulled out during loading, switching the mode to |
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though the tape display is | tape mode even though no tape is in. |
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made. |
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Nothing happens when the | The computer chip in the unit is not functioning normally. | Press the reset button on the unit (see page 4). | |
buttons are pressed. |
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The sound quality is poor or | The tape head is dirty. | Clean the tape head, referring to the section on "Cleaning | |
distorted. |
| the tape head" (see page 4). | |
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| A speaker cable may be pinched by a screw in the car. | Check the speaker wiring. | |
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| The speakers are not wired correctly. | Reconnect the speaker cables so that each output terminal | |
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| is connected to a different speaker. | |
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Radio reception is poor. | The car antenna is not extended. | Pull out the antenna all the way. | |
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| The antenna control cable is not connected. | Connect the cable correctly, referring to the section on | |
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| "Connecting Cables to Terminals". | |
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