Additional Information
Cleaning
Inside the cassette holder
Pinch rollers
Capstans
Erasing head
Recording/playback head
|
| ¤ | ¤ |
|
|
0 | ) | P R r | 0 | ) | P R r |
p | 9 | ( | p | 9 | ( |
POWER ¤OPEN/CLOSE
Cleaning the heads and tape path
Clean the heads and tape path of the tape deck after every 10 hours of operation to guard against:
•
•a decrease in sound level
•excessive wow or flutter
•sound dropout
•incomplete erasure
•impairment of recording function
To ensure better recording, we recommend that you clean the heads and tape path before every recording.
1Turn on the tape deck.
2Set the volume control on the amplifier to minimum.
3Press ¤OPEN/CLOSE to open the cassette holder.
4Wipe the heads, the pinch rollers and the capstans with a cotton swab slightly moistened with alcohol or a commercially available cleaning fluid for tape decks.
Do not insert a cassette until the cleaned areas are completely dry.
Demagnetizing the heads
After 20 to 30 hours of use, or when you notice a hissing sound or loss of high frequencies, demagnetize the heads with a commercially available demagnetizer for tape decks. Please refer to the instructions of the demagnetizer.
19