Appendix

Tape deck

MD recorder

Remote control

Problem

Cause

 

What to Do

Tape will not move during playback or

Slack tape wrapped around pinch roller.

Take up slack with a pencil before using.

recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording is not possible.

Erasure prevention tab is broken off.

Replace tape or cover erasure prevention hole

 

 

 

with cellophane tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head is dirty.

Clean heads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sound is distorted or fades out, or stereo

Head is dirty.

Clean heads.

 

 

 

 

balance is poor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape is worn.

Replace tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Poor sound quality.

Tape encoded with Dolby NR is played

Press the DOLBY NR button to select the

 

 

back with this system’s Dolby NR off, and

appropriate mode.

 

 

 

 

 

vice versa.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Head is dirty.

Clean heads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excessive noise.

Head has become magnetized.

Demagnetize heads with head eraser.

 

 

 

 

Tape travel stops in middle of playback or

Slack tape coming out of cassette shell.

Take up slack by turning reels with a pencil.

recording.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tape is creased or torn.

Replace with new tape.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endless tape is being used.

Do not use endless tapes.

 

 

 

 

The beginning of desired selections on

Silent gaps between selections are too

The function of searching for the beginning of

tape cannot be found.

short.

desired selections will not operate unless the

 

 

 

silent gaps between selections are at least four

 

 

Excessively soft passages in middle of

 

 

seconds long.

 

 

 

 

 

 

selections.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Conversation, etc. is recorded.

 

 

 

 

 

The MD recorder does not respond to

Disc is dirty or damaged.

Replace the current disc with a new one.

operations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disc is damaged (“UTOC ERR appears

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the display).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Play is not possible.

Disc has been loaded incorrectly.

Reload the disc with the label side facing up, and

 

 

 

the arrow pointing toward the disc insertion slot.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An unrecorded (blank) disc was loaded

Insert a recorded disc.

 

 

 

 

 

(“Blank Disc” appears on the display).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Recording is not possible.

Disc is protected against recording.

Slide the protection tab to the closed position.

 

 

(“Protected” appears on the display).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A pre-mastered MD is loaded

Load a recordable disc.

 

 

 

 

 

(“PlaybackMD” appears on the display).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The input source selection is incorrect.

Press INPUT

or

repeatedly to select the

 

 

 

correct input source.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There is not enough blank space left on

Load a recordable disc with fewer recorded

 

 

the disc.

tracks, or erase unnecessary tracks from the

 

 

 

current disc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The MD cannot be removed when

The carriage lock function has worked.

Insert the disc completely, then press

 

to eject

 

partially inserted.

 

it.

 

 

 

 

Remote control does not work.

Batteries are dead.

Replace batteries.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remote control is too far away or tilted too

Use within 6 m and 60° radius.

 

 

much.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct sunlight or lighting (of an inverter

Change position of the main unit.

 

 

type of fluorescent lamp, etc.) is striking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the remote control sensor of the main unit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TV functions strangely when the remote

Remote control is being used near TV set

Relocate the main unit away from the TV or cover

control is used.

with a remote control sensor.

TV’s remote control sensor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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