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TAPE CARE TIPS

Preventing Accidental

Erasure

Cassette tapes have two erase-
protection tabs — one for each side.
To protect a recording from being ac-
cidentally recorded over or erased,
use a screwdriver to remove one or
both of the cassette tape’s erase-pro-
tection tabs.
If you want to record on a tape side af-
ter you have removed the erase-
protection tab, place a piece of strong
plastic tape over that side’s erase-
protection hole.
Notes:
• Be sure you cover only the hole
originally covered by the erase-
protection tab.
• Removing the erase-protection
tabs does not prevent a bulk
eraser from erasing a cassette
tape.

Erasing a Cassette Tape

If you no longer want a recording, you
can record over it or erase it.
To erase a previously recorded sec-
tion of a tape, simply record over it.
To erase the entire cassette tape,
record silence by setting FUNCTION
SELECTOR to TAPE and recording with
no tape in TAPE 2.
You can quickly erase both sides of a
cassette tape using a bulk tape eraser
(such as Cat. No. 44-232), available at
your local RadioShack store.

Cleaning the Tape-Handling

Parts

Dirt, dust or particles of the tape’s
coating can accumulate on the tape
heads and other parts that the tape
touches. This can greatly reduce the
performance of the cassette player.
Use the following cleaning procedure
after every 20 hours of tape player op-
eration.
1. Disconnect the AC power cord.
2. Open the cassette compartment
doors on TAPE 1 and TAPE 2.
3. Press PLAY on TAPE 1 and TAPE
2 to expose the tape-handling
parts.
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