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TROUBLESHOOTING
dealer to carry out repair work.
Symptom
Probable Cause
POWER
Cannot turn power on.
The power
plug is removed.
The component
(stereo amplifier, audio timer,
etc.) to which the power cord is connected
is
off.
insert the power plug correctly.
Turn the stereo amplifier or audio timer on.
CASSETTE
DOOR
is
The door does not open.
The deck is not in stop mode (tape is moving}.
Power
was turned off with the tape moving.
Press the stop { M} button
Turn power on.
—-
The door doés not close.
The cassette is not properly loaded.
*
Reinsert the cassette.
—
PLAYBACK
|
—
Immediately stops.
The tape is completely wound.
*
Play back in the opposite direction.
The tape is slack.
*
Rewind the tape.
*
Take up slack (see page 5).
The Jevel meter does not
The tape is not recorded.
*
Replace the tape with a recorded one,
work,
The tape head is dirty.
*
Clean the head {see page 15).
r
No sound
The amplifier input selector is not correctly set.
*
Set the amplifier input selector correctly.
The amplifier volume level setting is too low.
*
Turn the amplifier volume control up.
Connection
problems
(wrong connection,
cord
*
Connect securely.
removed,
poor contact,
broken wire).
POOR SOUND QUALITY
Unstable or interrupted
The head, pinch rollers and capstans are dirty.
*
Clean (see page 15).
sound
The tape is not uniformly wound.
*°
Completely fast-forward or rewind the tape.
[ No high frequencies
A tape recorded without Dolby NR is being
*
Set DOLBY NR switch @ to OFF.
played back with DOLBY NR switch in the B or
C position.
The head is dirty.
*
Clean the head {see page 15).
High frequencies are em-
A Dolby NR-encoded
tape is being played back
| *
Set DOLBY
NR switch 49 to the same position
| phasized.
with DOLBY
NR switch in the OFF position.
used for recording.
Sound from previous
The head is dirty.
*
Clean the head {see page 15).
recordings remains
when
H
re-recording a tape.
The sound is distorted.
Recording level is too high.
*
Turn REC LEVEL control @) down when record-
|
ing (see page
11).
The recorded signal itself is distorted,
*¢
Repiace the cassette.
The head is dirty.
*
Clean the head (see page 15}.
be
—
:
Too much noise
Hi noise tape is being used.
*
Replace the cassette.
Incomplete insertion of a connection cord, poor
¢
Check cennections.
i
contact.
Recording level is too low.
*
Turn REC LEVEL control (3) up when recording
{see page 11).
The head is dirty.
Ciean the head {see page 15).
The head is magnetized.
Demagnetize with a head demagnetizer.
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