Cleaning The Tape-Handling Parts; Care And Maintenance - Radio Shack 14-518 Owner's Manual

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Preventing Accidental Erasure
Cassette tapes have two erase-protection
tabs — one for each side. To protect a re-
cording from being accidentally recorded
over or erased, use a screwdriver to remove
one or both erase-protection tabs.
If you want to record on a tape's side after
you have removed the erase-protection tab,
place a piece of strong plastic tape over that
side's erase-protection hole. Be sure you
cover only the hole originally covered by the
erase-protection tab.
Note: Removing erase-protection tabs does
not prevent a bulk eraser from erasing a cas-
sette tape.
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Care and Maintenance

To enjoy your AM/FM/CD/Cassette Portable
for a long time:
• Keep the system dry. If it gets wet, wipe
it dry immediately.
• Use and store the system only in normal
temperature environments.
• Handle the system gently and carefully.
Do not drop it.
• Keep the system away from dust and
dirt.
• Wipe the system with a damp cloth
occasionally to keep it looking new.
Modifying or tampering with the system's in-
ternal components can cause a malfunction
and might invalidate its warranty. If your sys-
tem is not performing as it should, take it to
your local RadioShack store for assistance.
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Restoring Tape Tension and
Sound Quality
After you play a cassette tape several times,
the tape might become tightly wound on the
reels. This can cause playback sound quality
to deteriorate.
To restore the sound quality, fast-forward the
tape from the beginning to the end of one
side, then completely rewind it. Then loosen
the tape reels by gently tapping each edge of
the cassette on a flat surface.
Caution: Be careful not to damage the cas-
sette when tapping it. Do not touch the ex-
posed tape or allow any sharp objects near
the cassette.
CLEANING THE
TAPE-HANDLING PARTS
Dirt, dust or particles of the tape's coating
can accumulate on the tape heads and other
parts that the tape touches. This can greatly
reduce the performance of the cassette play-
er. After every 20 hours of tape player opera-
tion, use a RadioShack cassette deck
cleaning kit to clean the tape heads.
Your local RadioShack store sells a com-
plete line of cassette deck cleaning supplies.
Care and Maintenance