Caring For The Cassette Player - Honda 1994 Civic Owner's Manual

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CLEAN INDICATOR
RESET BUTTON
The cassette drive picks up dirt
and oxides whenever you play a
tape. This builds up over time and
causes the sound quality to degrade.
To prevent this, you should clean
the cassette drive after every 30
hours of use. Your dealer has a
cleaning kit available for this
purpose.
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After 30 hours of tape use, you will
see CLEAN flashing for 5 seconds
in the display when you insert a
tape into the tape slot. If you are
already regularly cleaning the tape
drive at least every 30 hours, reset
the indicator by pressing the Reset
button while the system is in the
tape operation mode. Hold the
button until the CLEAN indicator
goes out.
If you do not clean the cassette
drive regularly, it may eventually
become impossible to remove the
deposits with a normal cleaning kit.
The cassette player automatically
ejects cassettes that do not play
normally. If it ejects a cassette
before it begins to play, it is
probably defective and should not
be inserted again. You may have a
cassette suddenly stop playing,
reverse directions once or twice
and then eject. This is normally an

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indication the tape is wound
unevenly. It should play normally
after being manually rewound.
Use 100-minute or shorter cas-
settes. Cassettes longer than 100
minutes use thinner tape that may
break or jam the drive.
Look at a cassette before you insert
it. If the tape is loose, tighten it by
turning one of the hubs with a
pencil or your finger.
If the label is peeling off, do not put
it in the player. It may cause the
cassette to jam in the drive mecha-
nism when you try to eject it.
Do not leave cassettes sitting
where they are exposed to high
heat or humidity, such as on top of
the dashboard or in the player. If a
cassette is exposed to extreme heat
or cold, let it reach a moderate
temperature before putting it in the
player.
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