Additional Information
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Cleaning
Cleaning the heads and tape path
Clean the heads and tape path of the tape deck after
every 10 hours of operation to guard against:
• a decrease in sound level
• excessive wow or flutter
• sound dropout
• incomplete erasure
To ensure better recording, we recommend that you
clean the heads and tape path before every recording.
1
Set the volume control on the amplifier to
minimum.
2
With the tape deck turned off, hold down
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CLOSE and press POWER. The holder opens, the
heads rise, and the pinch rollers begin to rotate.
3
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.
4
When completed, press
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OPEN/CLOSE again.
Do not insert a cassette until the cleaned areas are
completely dry.
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.
Inside of the cassette holder
Erasing head
Recording head
Playing head
Pinch rollers
Capstans
