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Icorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with
this component,check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other
components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks
listed below, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work.
TROUBLESHOOTlNG
Remedy
Symptom
Cannot turn power
on.
÷ The power plug is disconnected.
÷ The component (stereo amplifier, audio
timer, etc.) to which the power cord is
connected is off.
÷ Connect the power plug.
÷ Turn the stereo amplifier or audio timer
on.
The door does not
close.
Immediately
stops.
The level meter
does not work.
÷ The cassette is not properly loaded.
÷ Play back in the opposite direction.
÷ Rewind the tape.
÷ Take up the slack (see page 6).
÷ The tape is completely wound.
÷ The tape is slack.
÷ Reinsert the cassette.
POWER
The door does not
open.
÷ The deck is not in stop mode
(tape is moving).
÷ Power was turned off with the tape moving.
÷ Press the stop (7) button.
÷ Turn power on.
No sound.
÷ The amplifier input selector is not
correctly set.
÷ The amplifier volume level setting is too low.
÷ Connection problems (wrong connection,
cord removed, poor contact, broken wire.)
÷ Set the amplifier input selector correctly.
÷ Turn the amplifier volume control up.
÷ Connect securely (see page 7).
The recording
indicator does not
light up.
÷ The cassette erasure prevention tabs are
broken.
PLAYBACK
CASSETTE DOOR
RECORDING
÷ The tape is blank.
÷ The tape head is dirty.
÷ Replace the blank tape with a recorded one.
÷ Clean the heads (see page 5).
÷ Replace the cassette with one whose
tabs are intact.
÷ Cover the hole over the tab (see page 6).
÷ The tape is completely wound.
÷ The tape is slack.
÷ REC LEVEL control is set too low.
÷ The amplifier is not delivering a recording
signal (from the tuner, CD player, etc.).
÷ Wrong connection, connection cord
removed, poor contact, broken wire.
÷ Turn REC LEVEL control up (see page 14).
÷ Set the amplifier recording output
selector correctly.
÷ Check connections (see page 7).
The level meter
does not work.
Immediately
stops.
÷ Record in the opposite direction.
÷ Rewind the tape.
÷ Take up the slack (see page 6).
÷ The head is dirty.
÷ Connection problems (wrong connection,
cord removed, poor contact, broken
wire.)
÷ The tape is being copied.
÷ Clean the head (see page 5).
÷ Check that the recording and playback
connection cords are connected correctly
(see page 7).
÷ Set the amplifier selector correctly.
÷ When recording is finished, REC LEVEL
control will function.
Cannot record.
No sound.
REC LEVEL control
does not function.
Cause