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TROUBLESHOOTING

With proper care and handling, your CD player should give you years of trouble-free service. However, if your CD player is not working properly, follow these suggestions to see if you can eliminate the problem. If you still have a problem, take the CD play- er to your local RadioShack store for assistance.

 

 

 

Problem

Possible Cause

Solution

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD will not play

CD is upside down

Reinstall the CD label side

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CD is not seated snugly on

Gently press down on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

compartment’s center hub

CD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dirty or defective CD

Clean or replace the CD.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dirty pickup lens

Use a CD lens cleaning kit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(available at your local

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RadioShack store) to clean

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the lens.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player lid is not closed

Press down on the lid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Moisture/Condensation

Allow the player to warm up

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to room temperature for 60

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

minutes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AC power to adapter

Switch on the AC power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

switched off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weak batteries

Replace the batteries or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

charge rechargeable batter-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The CD player has auto-

Press PLAY to restore

 

 

 

 

 

 

matically turned off

power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No sound from headphones

The headphones’ plug is

Insert the headphones’ plug

 

 

 

 

 

 

not firmly inserted in the

firmly into the PHONES

 

 

 

 

 

 

PHONES jack, or head-

jack.

 

 

 

 

 

 

phones are connected to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the LINE OUT jack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No sound or intermittent

CD player is subject to

Place the CD player on a

 

 

 

 

 

sound when played through

excessive vibration or shock

stable surface.

 

 

 

 

 

an external audio system

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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