Optimus SCT-56 owner manual Troubleshooting, Symptom Cause Remedy

Troubleshooting

Your cassette deck should give you years of trouble-free service if you follow the instructions in this manual. If you do have problems, the chart below can help you solve them. If you still have problems after following the sugges- tions below, take the cassette deck to your local Radio Shack store for assistance.

Symptom		Cause			Remedy
Power does not come on.	•	The power cord is unplugged.	•	Plug in the power cord.
	•	The component to which the power cord is	•	Turn on the component.
		attached is turned off.
The door does not open.	•	The deck is not stopped.	•	Press	.
The door does not close.	•	The cassette is not properly loaded.	• Remove and reinsert the cassette.
The tape immediately stops.	•	The tape is at the end of that side.	• Play the other side of the tape or rewind the
				tape.
	•	The tape has too much slack.	• Take up the slack.
The level meter does not work	•	There is nothing recorded on the tape.	• Replace the tape with one that has a record-
during playback.				ing.
	•	The tape heads are dirty.	• Clean the tape heads.
There is no sound.	•	The receiver/amplifier’s input selector is not	• Set the receiver/amplifier’s input selector to the
		properly set.		same input you connected the deck to.
	•	The receiver/amplifier’s volume is too low.	• Turn up the receiver/amplifier’s volume.
	•	There are connection problems.	•	Check all connections.
The record indicator does not	•	The erase protection tabs are broken off.	• Replace the tape with one with unbroken tabs
light when you try to record.				or cover the holes with tape.
The level meter does not work	•	The receiver/amplifier or other audio signal	• Correctly set the receiver/amplifier’s controls.
during recording or nothing		source is not delivering an audio signal to the
records onto the tape.		deck.
	•	The REC LEVEL control is set too low.	•	Turn up REC LEVEL.
	•	There are connection problems.	•	Check all connections.
	•	The tape heads are dirty.	• Clean the tape heads.
The sound is unstable or inter-	•	The heads, pinch rollers, capstans, or other	• Clean all tape handling parts.
rupted.		tape-handling parts are dirty.
	•	The tape is not uniformly wound.	• Completely rewind then fast forward the tape.
High-frequency sounds are miss-	•	A tape recorded without Dolby NR is being	•	Correctly set DOLBY NR.
ing.		played back with DOLBY NR set to B or C.
	•	The tape heads are dirty.	• Clean the tape heads.
High-frequency sounds are	•	A tape recorded with Dolby NR is being played	•	Set DOLBY NR to the same position as was
emphasized.		back with DOLBY NR set to OFF.		used for recording.
The sounds from previous	•	The tape heads are dirty.	• Clean the tape heads.
recordings are still on the tape
with new recordings.
The sound is distorted.	•	The recording level is too high.	•	Turn down REC LEVEL and re-record.
	•	The original signal was distorted.	• Replace the original recording source.
	•	The heads are dirty.	• Clean the tape heads.

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