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MAINTENANCE
To clean the cabinet
Use a soft cloth lightly moistened with a mild detergent solution.
Do not use strong solvents such as alcohol, benzine or thinner.
To clean the heads and the tape paths+
After every 10 hours of use, clean the heads and the tape paths
with a head cleaning cassette or cotton swab moistened with
cleaning fluid or denatured alcohol. (These cleaning kits are
commercially available.)
When cleaning with a cotton swab@), wipe the recording/playback
or playback head@, erasure head@, pinchroller @, and capstan
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After cleaning the heads and the tape paths with a liquid head
cleaning cassette or a moistened swab, wait until the cleaned
parts are completely dry before inserting tapes.
To clean the lens+
If the lens becomes dirty, the player will skip or not play. if this
occurs, clean the lens in the following manner.
To remove dust or dry particles, first use a camera lens blower/
brush to blow a few times to loosen particles, then gently brush
the lens @ clean. Finish by blowing the lens again.
To remove fingerprints, use a cotton swab dipped in lens cleaning
solution. Wipe gently from the center to edge. Lens cleaning
solution is commercially available.
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Take care not to get excess solution in the swab which could flow
into the unit and cause damage.
Pressing too strongly with the swab could scratch the lens.
To clean the discs+
Before playing, wipe the disc from the center out with a cleaning
cloth.
After playing, store the disc in its case.
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