Checking the tape for slack
Pressing in the reels lightly, turn them gently with your fingers in the directions shown below. If the reels will not move, there is no slack.
Checking the tape for slack
Unloading a cassette
With the power supply on, press the EJECT button to open the cassette compartment lid. Then take out the cassette. If you are not going to insert another cassette, close the cassette lid.
It is possible to take out the cassette and close the cassette compartment lid unless the battery voltage drops below about 10.5 V. Do not repeat this unloading operation.
Unloading a cassette manually
If the battery voltage drops below about 10.5 V, take out the cassette manually as illustrated below.
Cassette compartment lid
1Turn the power off.
2Open this rubber cover.
3Pushing on the screw inside with a screwdriver, turn the screw clockwise until the cassette lid opens.
Unloading a cassette manually
You need not return the screw to its original position after taking out the cassette. Although the cassette compartment lid is not locked, turning on the power makes the cassette lid operable again.
The following procedure prevents cassettes from being recorded inadvertently.
Push the plug in.
To reuse the cassette,
return the plug to its original position.
Preventing accidental erasure
Playback and Recording 3 Chapter
About Cassette 33