CLEANING TAPE HEAD
If the sound drops out or excessive noise occurs, clean the magnetic head, capstan and pinch roller with a cotton swab moistened with alcohol.
SPEAKER USE
PINCH ROLLER MAGNETIC HEAD
CAPSTAN | COTTON SWAB |
To use the speakers as a
ST EREO 
STEREO 
NOTE: These are not “amplified speakers”. This meansthesoundwillnotbevery loud. Also the typical battery life with speakers is about 3 hours of cassette playing time.
TROUBLE SHOOTING
PROBLEM | CHECK THE FOLLOWING | ||
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| Is the headphone plugged into the jack? | |
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| - Plug it in now. | |
No sound | Is the VOLUME control at minimum? | ||
- Raise the volume. | |||
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| Are the batteries old or dead? | |
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| - Replace both batteries. | |
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PLAY button will | The tape has reached the end. Remove | ||
not stay down | the tape, flip it over to the other side and | ||
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| insert into door and press PLAY. | |
AM / FM |
| Rotate the set for better AM or bring it | |
| closer to a window. For FM, extend the | ||
reception weak | |||
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| headphone wire straight. | |
Poor quality play | 1. Check if batteries are fresh and inserted | ||
back after using | correctly. | ||
tape play for a | 2. Use a tape cleaning cassette tape to | ||
long time |
| clean the head (available at most radio | |
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Tape | stops | Try a different tape. Tape may be damaged. | |
during | normal | Also try fast forwarding tape till the end. | |
play |
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| 1. Use only better quality tapes. | |
Tape jamming or | 2. Do not use a cassette with more | ||
than 90 minutes. | |||
tangling |
| 3. Make sure there are no loose layers of | |
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| tape visible before inserting the | |
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| cassette. | |
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NORMAL BATTERY LIFE USING ALKALINE BATTERIES IS ABOUT 6 HOURS OF CASSETTE PLAYING.
