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Troubleshooting Guide
SOLUTION
POSSIBLE CAUSE
PROBLEM
The tape head is dirty.
Clean the tape head, referring to the section on
"Cleaning the tape head" (see p. 4).
No sound can be heard, or the
volume is low.
The fader or balance settings are set all the way to one
side.
Reset the fader or balance settings.
The input/output wires or wiring harness are connected
incorrectly.
Reconnect the input/output wires or the wiring harness
correctly. See the section on "Connecting Wires to
Terminals".
The cassette tape is bad.
Try playing another cassette tape. If works fine, the first
tape was bad.
The sound quality is poor or
distorted.
The speakers are not wired correctly.
Reconnect the speaker wires so that each output
terminal is connected to a different speaker.
One of the speaker wires is being pinched by a screw in
the car.
Check the speaker wiring.
Attenuator is turned on.
Turn off Attenuator.
The tape does not go in. /
No sound can be heard even
though the tape display is made.
The car ignition was turned off during tape eject; or the
tape was pulled out during loading, switching the mode
to tape mode even though no tape is in.
Press the Eject button.
The values of Volume offset are low.
Increase the values of Volume offset. (see p. 8)
Can’t remove tape.
The cause is that more than 10 minutes has elapsed
since the vehicle ACC switch was turned OFF.
The tape can only be removed within 10 minutes of the
ACC switch being turned OFF. If more than 10 minutes
has elapsed, turn the ACC switch ON again and press
the Eject button.
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