Troubleshooting - RCA SCT-530 Owner's Manual

TROUBLE SHOOTING
This cassette deck has been manufactured to the specifications of RadioShack and is covered by a limited warranty from
RadioShack. If your cassette deck is not operating as it should, take it to your local RadioShack store or call 1-800-THE-
SHACK for assistance.
Your cassette deck should give you years of trouble-free service if you follow the instructions in this manual. If you do have
problems, the chart below can help you solve them. If you still have problems after following the suggestions below, take the
cassette deck to your local Radio Shack store for assistance.
Symptom
Power does not come on.
The door does not open.
The door does not close.
The tape immediately stops.
The level meter does not work
during playback.
There is no sound.
The record indicator does not
light when you try to record.
The level meter does not work
during recording.
Nothing records onto the tape.
The sound is unstable or
interrupted.
High-frequency sounds are
missing.
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Cause
• The power cord is unplugged.
• The component to which the power
cord is attached is turned off.
• The deck is not stopped.
• Power was turned off while the tape
was moving.
• The cassette is not properly loaded.
• The tape is at the end of that side.
• The tape has too much slack.
• There is nothing recorded on the
tape.
• The tape heads are dirty.
• The amplifier' s input selector is not
properly set.
• The amplifier' s volume is too low.
• There are connection problems.
• The erase prevention tabs are broken
off.
• There are connection problems.
• The amplifier is not delivering a
signal to the deck.
• The tape heads are dirty.
• The heads, pinch rollers, or capstans
are dirty.
• The tape is not uniformly wound.
• A tape recorded without Dolby NR is
being played back with
DOLBY NR
set to .
IN
• The tape heads are dirty.
Remedy
• Plug in the power cord.
• Turn on the component.
• Press .
STOP/EJECT
• Turn on the power.
• Remove and reinsert the cassette.
• Play the other side of the tape or rewind
the tape.
• Take up the slack.
• Replace the tape with one that has a
recording.
• Clean the tape heads.
• Set the amplifier' s input selector to the
same input you connected the deck to.
• Turn up the amplifier' s volume.
• Check all connections.
• Replace the tape with one with unbroken
tabs, or cover the holes with tape.
• Check all connections.
• Correctly set the amplifier' s controls.
• Clean the tape heads.
• Clean all tape handling parts.
• Completely rewind then fast forward the
tape.
• Set to .
DOLBY NR OUT
• Clean the tape heads.
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