TROUBLESHOOTING
What appears to be trouble is not always serious. Check the following points before calling a service
center.
Symptoms
• Sound cannot be heard
from the speakers.
• This unit does not work at
all.
• SSM (Strong-station
Sequential Memory)
automatic preset does not
work.
• Static noise while listening
to the radio.
• A cassette tape cannot be
ejected.
• A cassette tape cannot be
inserted.
• Cassette tapes become
hot.
• Tape sound is at very low
level and sound quality is
degraded.
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Causes
The volume level is set to the
minimum level.
Connections are incorrect.
The built-in microcomputer
may have functioned
incorrectly due to noise, etc.
Signals are too weak.
The antenna is not connected
firmly.
Cassette is locked.
You have tried to insert a
cassette in the wrong way.
This is not a malfunction.
The tape head is dirty.
Remedies
Adjust it to the optimum level.
Check the cords and
connections.
Press the reset button on the
panel holder after detaching the
control panel. (The clock setting
and preset stations stored in
memory are erased.)
(See page 2.)
Store stations manually.
Connect the antenna firmly.
Unlock the cassette.
(See page 11.)
Insert the cassette with the
exposed tape facing right.
Clean it with a head cleaning
tape.