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Preventing Accidental Erasure
Cassette tapes have two erase-pro-
tection tabs, one for each side. When
a tab is in place, you can record on
that side.
To protect a recording from being ac-
cidentally recorded over or erased,
use a screwdriver to remove one or
both of the cassette tape’s erase-
protection tabs. This prevents
RECORD from being pressed.
If you later decide to record on a tape
side after you have removed the
erase-protection tab, place a piece of
strong plastic tape over that side’s
erase-protection hole. Be sure you
cover only the hole originally covered
by the erase-protection tab.
Caution: Removing the erase-protec-
tion tabs does not prevent a bulk
eraser from erasing a cassette tape.
Restoring Tape Tension and Sound
Quality
After you play a cassette tape sever-
al times, the tape might become
tightly wound on the reels. This can
cause playback sound quality to de-
teriorate.
To restore the sound quality, fast-for-
ward the tape from the beginning to
the end of one side, then completely
rewind it. Then loosen the tape reels
by gently tapping each side of the
cassette’s outer shell on a flat sur-
face.
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.
Cleaning the Tape-Handling Parts
Dirt, dust, or particles of the tape’s
coating can accumulate on the tape
heads and other parts that the tape
touches. This can greatly reduce the
cassette player’s performance.
To prevent noise and poor high-fre-
quency response, clean the cassette
player’s tape handling parts after ev-
ery 20 hours of use. Your local Radio
Shack store sells a complete line of
cassette cleaning supplies.
1. Set TAPE/RADIO to TAPE.
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