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CARE AND MAINTENANCE

Occasional maintenance of the unit and care of the software are

needed to optimize the operations of your unit.

To clean the cabinet

Use a soft cloth lightly moistened with mild detergent solution. Do

not use strong solvents, such as alcohol, benzine or thinner.

To clean the heads and tape paths

After every 10 hours of use, clean the heads and 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

head ®, erasure head © (deck 1 only), pinchrollers ®, and

capstans ©. See illustration □ .

NOTE

After the heads and tape paths have been cleaned with a liquid

head cleaning cassette or a moistened swab, insert tapes into the

decks after the cleaned parts are completely dried.

Care of discs

• Before playing a disc, wipe it from the center out with a cleaning

cloth. -> See illustration m

• After playing a disc, store it in its case. Do not leave the disc in

places that are hot or humid.

Care of tapes

• Store tapes in their cases after use.

• Do not leave tapes near a magnet, motor, television set, or any

source of magnetism. This will downgrade the sound quality and

cause noise.

• Do not expose tapes to direct sunlight, or leave them in a car

parked in direct sunlight.

CASSETTE TAPE NOTES

Tape slack

Check and tighten slack tape before use with a pencil or similartool.

Slack tape may break or get jammed in the mechanism. -► See

illustration B

120-minute or longer tapes

These are extremely thin and easily deformed or damaged. They

are not recommended.

To prevent accidental erasure

Break off the plastic tabs on the cassette tape after recording with

a screwdriver or other pointed tool. See illustration Q .

® Side A

To record on the tape again, cover the tab openings with cello