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TAPE TIPS
Storing Cassettes
Do not store cassette tapes in places
with high temperature or high humidity
or where large amounts of dust or dirt
exist.
Preventing Accidental
Erasure
Cassettes have two erase-protection
tabs, one for each recording side.
To protect a recording from being ac-
cidentally recorded over or erased,
use a screwdriver to remove one or
both tabs.
If you want to record on a cassette
that has had its tab removed, put a
piece of heavy plastic tape over the
recording tab hole.
Be sure you cover only the hole origi-
nally covered by the erase-protection
tab.
Caution:
Removing the erase-protec-
tion tab does not prevent a bulk tape
eraser from erasing a cassette.
Erasing a Cassette Tape
To erase a cassette tape, select an
audio source with no audio playing,
then simply record as usual. The cas-
sette deck records silence over the
previous recording.
You can quickly erase both sides of a
cassette tape using a bulk tape eraser
such as Cat. No. 44-232, available at
your local RadioShack store.
Restoring Tape Tension and
Sound Quality
After you play a cassette tape several
times, the tape might become tightly
wound on the reels. This can cause
playback sound quality to deteriorate.
To restore the sound quality, fast-
forward the tape from the beginning
to the end of one side, then com-
pletely rewind it. Then loosen the
tape reels by gently tapping each
side of the cassette’s outer shell on
a flat surface.
Caution:
Be careful not to damage
the cassette when tapping it. Do not
touch the exposed tape or allow any
sharp objects near the cassette.
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