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Troubleshooting
Your cassette deck should give you years of trouble-free service if you follow the instructions in this manual. If you
do have problems, the chart below can help you solve them. If you still have problems after following the sugges-
tions below, take the cassette deck to your local Radio Shack store for assistance.
Symptom Cause Remedy
Power does not come on. • The power cord is unplugged. • Plug in the power cord.
• The component to which the power cord is
attached is turned off.
• Turn on the component.
The door does not open. • The deck is not stopped. • Press .
The door does not close. • The cassette is not properly loaded. • Remove and reinsert the cassette.
The tape immediately stops. • The tape is at the end of that side. • Play the other side of the tape or rewind the
tape.
• The tape has too much slack. • Take up the slack.
The level meter does not work
during playback.
• There is nothing recorded on the tape. • Replace the tape with one that has a record-
ing.
• The tape heads are dirty. • Clean the tape heads.
There is no sound. • The receiver/amplifier’s input selector is not
properly set.
• Set the receiver/amplifier’s input selector to the
same input you connected the deck to.
• The receiver/amplifier’s volume is too low. • Turn up the receiver/amplifier’s volume.
• There are connection problems. • Check all connections.
The record indicator does not
light when you try to record.
• The erase protection tabs are broken off. • Replace the tape with one with unbroken tabs
or cover the holes with tape.
The level meter does not work
during recording or nothing
records onto the tape.
• The receiver/amplifier or other audio signal
source is not delivering an audio signal to the
deck.
• Correctly set the receiver/amplifier’s controls.
•The
REC LEVEL
control is set too low. • Turn up
REC LEVEL
.
• There are connection problems. • Check all connections.
• The tape heads are dirty. • Clean the tape heads.
The sound is unstable or inter-
rupted.
• The heads, pinch rollers, capstans, or other
tape-handling parts are dirty.
• Clean all tape handling parts.
• The tape is not uniformly wound. • Completely rewind then fast forward the tape.
High-frequency sounds are miss-
ing.
• A tape recorded without Dolby NR is being
played back with
DOLBY NR
set to
B
or
C
.
• Correctly set
DOLBY NR
.
• The tape heads are dirty. • Clean the tape heads.
High-frequency sounds are
emphasized.
• A tape recorded with Dolby NR is being played
back with
DOLBY NR
set to
OFF
.
•Set
DOLBY NR
to the same position as was
used for recording.
The sounds from previous
recordings are still on the tape
with new recordings.
• The tape heads are dirty. • Clean the tape heads.
The sound is distorted. • The recording level is too high. • Turn down
REC LEVEL
and re-record.
• The original signal was distorted. • Replace the original recording source.
• The heads are dirty. • Clean the tape heads.