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Symptom
Cause
Remedy
2.
Not
enough
clutch
torque.
2.
See
"Clutch
Adjustment"
"
Mechanism
shuts
off
before
end
of tape
is
reached.
I.
Tripping force
too
small.
l.
See
"Pin
Adjustment.
"
Does
not record
or
erase.
Ileads
out
of
alignment.
Pressure
pads
outof adjust-
ment
or
worn.
Tape threaded
incorrecily.
Guide
bar
switch not posi-
tioned
correctly.
Head
or
guide
bar
switch
defective.
See
"Head
Alignment.
"
Adjust
or
replace pressure
pads.
The dull-coated side of
tape
must
face
outward.
Loosen
screws,
and
move
right
side of
guide
bar.
Replace head
or
guide
bar
switch.
L
2.
3.
4.
5.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Will
not take
up.
5.
6.
I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Tape on
wrong side
of
shutoff
pin.
Spring
(?2)
on
take-up
clutch
weak
or
unhooked.
Take-up
idler
spring
(I2f)
on
take-up
idler
mountinglever
(71)
weak
or
unhooked.
Take-up
clutch improperly
adjusted.
Lubricant
has
become
dryin
the
take-up clutch lining.
Take-up
idler shift
rod
(38)
disconnected
from
take-up
idler
mounting
Iever
(?l).
l.
Rethread t}te
tape.
2.
Replaceorconnectspring(?2).
3.
Replace
or
connect
take-up
idler spring
(l2l).
4.
See
"Clutch
Adjustment.
"
Replace
clutch
assembly.
Reconnect
take-up
idler
shift
rod
(38).
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Pu,rh buttons do not
latch
when
depressed.
l.
Push-button
locking
slide
spring
(45) weak
orunhooked.
2.
Pressure
roller
foree
too
great, preventing the Play-
Record push button from
latching.
Replace
or
reconnect
push-
button Iocking
slide
spring
(45).
See
"Pressure Roller Adjust-
ment.
"
t.
2.
Tape binding
in cartridge.
Cartridge
warped.
Cartridge
not
seated
properly
on
transport
bosses.
Turntables too high
or
too
Iow.
Replace
cartridge.
Remove
cartridge
and reseat
on bosses.
Check
shims
under
turntables.
I.
2.
3.
l.
2.
3.
Tape
breaks.
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I.
2.
3.
4.
5.
l.
2.
e
4.
5.
Excessive
clutch
friction,
Trippingforce
of
shutoff
pins
(36) and (86)
too great.
Excessive slack
within
the
cartridge.
Insufficient take-up
clutch
torque, permitting the
tape
to
wrap
around
the
capstan.
Pressure
roller
(I8)
applying
too
much
force against
the
capstan.
see "Clutch
Adjustment.
"
See"Shutoff Pin
Adjustments.
"
Turn take-up
reel
counter-
clockwise totake
up the
slack.
See
"Take-up Clutch Adjust-
ment.
t'
See
"Pressure Roller Adjust-
ment.
"
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