Kenwood KRC-177RA Instruction Manual page 4

Safety precautions
NOTE
• If you experience problems during installa-
tion, consult your Kenwood dealer.
• If the unit does not seem to be working right,
try pressing the reset button first. If that does
not solve the problem, consult your Kenwood
dealer.
T.CALL
Reset button
Cleaning the Unit
If the front panel gets dirty, turn off the
power and wipe the panel with a dry silicon
cloth or soft cloth.
2CAUTION
Do not wipe the panel with a stiff cloth or a
cloth dampened by volatile solvents such as
paint thinner and alcohol. They can scratch
the surface of the panel and/or cause the
PWR OFF
indicator letters to peel off.
MW/LW MW/LW
Cleaning the Faceplate Terminals
LOUD
MENU
TI CLK
VOL If the terminals on the unit or faceplate get
ADJ
dirty, wipe them with a dry, soft cloth.
Cleaning the Tape Head
Handling Cassette Tapes
• Do not play a cassette whose tape has gone
• Do not play a deformed cassette or one
• Do not leave tapes in hot places, such as
• Avoid using extremely long cassette tapes,
• Remove a cassette tape from the unit when
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After you have used the tape player many
times over a long period, magnetic powder
from the tapes and dust accumulates on the
tape head, causing noise and a deterioration
in sound quality. Clean the tape head using a
cleaning tape or cleaning kit designed for use
in car audio systems.
slack. In such a case, wind it tight using a
pencil or the like in one of the spools. Playing
slack cassette tapes can result in the tape
tangling around the capstan and/or pinch
rollers, causing trouble.
whose label is starting to come off, as it can
cause the unit to malfunction.
above the fascia panel (dashboard) and other
spots exposed to direct sunlight, or near
heater outlets. They can deform the cassette.
such as 100-minute-long tapes. Such tapes
are very thin, and can tangle easily around
the pinch rollers or other parts inside the unit,
causing unit failure.
not listening to it for a whilst. If you leave a
tape in the unit too long, it may stick to the
tape head and cause unit malfunction.