Sony TCW-E475 Stereo System User Manual


 
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Additional Information
Cleaning the heads and tape
path
Head assembly
A
Clean the heads and tape path of the tape deck
after every 10 hours of operation to guard
against:
low-quality sound
a decrease in sound level
excessive wow or flutter
sound dropout
incomplete erasure
impairment of recording function
To ensure better recording, we recommend that
you clean the heads and tape path before every
recording.
Pinch rollers
Capstans
Erasing head
Recording/playback
head
1 Press A to open the cassette holder.
2 With the tape deck turned off, wipe the
heads, the pinch rollers and the
capstans with a cotton swab slightly
moistened with alcohol or a
commercially available cleaning fluid
for tape decks.
Demagnetizing the heads
After 20 to 30 hours of use, or when you notice
a hissing sound or loss of high frequencies,
demagnetize the heads with a commercially
available demagnetizer for tape decks. Please
refer to the instructions of the demagnetizer.