Troubleshooting guide

The following checklist will assist in the correction of most problems you may encounter with your unit.

Before going through the check list below, refer to the operating procedures.

General

ProblemCause/Solution
No sound

•Adjust the volume with (+).

 

•Set the fader control to the centre position for 2-speaker

 

systems.

Indications do not appear on

Remove the front panel and clean the connectors. See “Cleaning

the display window.

the Connectors” in “Maintenance” for details.

No beep tone.

•An optional power amplifier is connected to the LINE OUT

 

and you are not using the built-in amplifier.

 

•The beep tone is attenuated (page 12).

 

 

Tape playback

Problem

Cause/Solution

Playback sound is distorted.

Contamination of the tape head. nClean the head.

The AMS does not operate

•There is noise in the space between tracks.

correctly.

•A blank space is too short (less than four seconds).

 

•+on (SEEK/AMS) is pressed immediately before the

 

following track.

 

•=on (SEEK/AMS) is pressed immediately after the track

 

starts.

 

•A long pause, or a passage of low frequencies or very low

 

sound level is treated as a blank space.

Radio reception

Problem

Cause/Solution

Preset tuning is not possible.

•Store the correct frequency.

 

•The broadcast is too weak.

Automatic tuning is not possible.

The broadcast is too weak. nUse manual tuning.

 

 

The “ST” indication flashes.

•Tune in precisely.

 

•The broadcast is too weak.

 

nPress (SENS/BTM) to enter the MONO mode.

RDS functions

Problem

Cause/Solution

A SEEK starts after a few

The station is non-TP or weaken signal.

seconds of listening.

nPress (AF/TA) until “AF TA” disappears.

No traffic announcements

•Activate “TA”.

 

•The station does not broadcast any traffic announcements

 

despite being TP. nTune in another station.

PTY displays “NONE”.

The station does not specify the programme type.

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