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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 re-
duce the cassette player’s perfor-
mance. To prevent noise and poor
high-frequency respons e, clean the
cassette player’s tape-handling parts
after every 20 hours of use. Your local
RadioShack store sells a complete
line of cleaning kits.
Follow these steps to clean the tape-
handling parts on your system’s cas-
sette decks.
1. Turn off the system, then unplug
the power cord.
Note: Unplugging the system
clears any programs in the CD
changer’s memory.
2. Press STOP/EJECT on both cas-
sette decks. Both cassette com-
partment doors open.
3. Press PLAY on both cassette
decks to expose the tape-handling
parts.
4. Use a cotton swab dipped in
denatured alcohol or tape head
cleaning solution to gently clean
the record/play heads, pinch roll-
ers, capstans, tape guides, and
erase head.

Tape 1

Tape 2

5. When you finish clean ing, press
STOP/EJECT on both cassette
decks, close both cassette com-
partment doors, plug in the sys-
tem, then press POWER.
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