Press A to open the cassette holder.
Cleaning the heads and tape path

Head assembly

Pinch rollers

Capstans

Erasing head

Recording/playback head

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Clean the heads and tape path of the tape deck after every 10 hours of operation to guard against:

•low-quality sound

•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.

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2 With the tape deck turned off, wipe 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.

Demagnetizing the heads

After 20 to 30 hours of use, or when you notice

ahissing 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.

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