Handling Compact Discs; Handling Cassette Tape - Clarion ADX5655 Owner's Manual

Handling Compact Discs

Use only compact discs bearing the
Do not play heart-shaped, octagonal, or other specially shaped compact discs.
Handling
• New discs may have some roughness around
the edges. If such discs are used, the player
may not work or the sound may skip. Use a
ball-point pen or the like to remove any rough-
ness from the edge of the disc.
Ball-point pen
Roughness
• Never stick labels on the surface of the com-
pact disc or mark the surface with a pencil or
pen.
• Never play a compact disc with any cellophane
tape or other glue on it or with peeling off marks.
If you try to play such a compact disc, you may
not be able to get it back out of the CD player
or it may damage the CD player.
• Do not use compact discs that have large
scratches, are misshapen, cracked, etc. Use
of such discs may cause misoperation or dam-
age.
Handling Cassette Tapes
Using any of the following types of cassette tapes
can cause malfunctions.
• Cassette tapes with low recording levels
• Cassette tapes in which the unrecorded sec-
tion between songs is shorter than 4 seconds
• Cassette tapes with noise or the like recorded
between songs
• Cassette tapes on which there are long unre-
corded sections in the middle of a song
Handling precautions
• Slack in the tape can cause malfunctions. In
particular for prerecorded cassette tapes and
90-minute tapes, take up any slack in the tape
before inserting it into the cassette player.
mark.
• To remove a compact disc from its storage
case, press down on the center of the case and
lift the disc out, holding it carefully by the edges.
• Do not use commercially available CD protec-
tion sheets or discs equipped with stabilizers,
etc. These may damage the disc or cause
breakdown of the internal mechanism.
Storage
• Do not expose compact discs to direct sunlight
or any heat source.
• Do not expose compact discs to excess hu-
midity or dust.
• Do not expose compact discs to direct heat
from heaters.
Cleaning
• To remove fingermarks and dust, use a soft
cloth and wipe in a straight line from the center
of the compact disc to the circumference.
• Do not use any solvents, such as commercially
available cleaners, anti-static spray or thinner
to clean compact discs.
• After using special compact disc cleaner, let
the compact disc dry off well before playing it.
• Avoid using cassettes of 120 minutes or longer.
(Such cassettes have extremely thin tape, so
the tape can become stretched or cut.)
• Periodically play a cleaning cassette in the
player to clean the head.
• Keep magnets, screwdrivers, and other iron
and steel and magnetic items away from both
cassette tapes and the tape head in the player.
• Do not oil the cassette mechanism.
• Do not use any cassette tapes with peeling la-
bels or deformed cases. Such cassette tapes
can cause breakdowns.
• When not using the player, always take the cas-
sette out of the mechanism. Exposing a cas-
sette to direct sunlight, extreme temperatures,
or high humidity can damage the cassette.
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