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CARE ANDMAINTENANCE
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Occasional
maintenance
of the unit and care of the software
are
needed
to optimize the operations
of your unit.
To clean the cabinet
Use a soft cloth lightly moistened with mild detergent solution. Do
not use strong solvents, such as alcohol, benzine or thinner.
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To clean the heads and tape paths
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After every 10 hours of use, clean the heads and tape paths with
a head cleaning cassette or cotton swab moistened with cleaning
fluid or denatured alcohol. (These cleaning kits are commercially
available.)
When clean ing with a cotton swab ®, wipe the recording/playback
head @, erasure head Q (deck 1 only), pinchrollers @, and
capstans ®..-* See illustration [].
After the heads and tape paths have been cleaned with a liquid
head cleaning cassette or a moistened swab, insert tapes into the
decks after the cleaned parts are completely dried.
Care of discs
• Before playing a disc, wipe it from the center out with a cleaning
cloth..-, See illustration [].
• After playing a disc, store it in its case. Do not leave the disc in
places that are hot or humid.
Care of tapes
• Store tapes in their cases after use.
• Do not leave tapes near a magnet, motor, television set, or any
source of magnetism. This will downgrade the sound quality and
cause noise.
• Do not expose tapes to direct sunlight, or leave them in a car
parked in direct sunlight.
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CASSETrE T APE NOTES
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Tape slack
Check and tighten slack tape before use with a pencil or similar tool.
Slack tape may break or get jammed in the mechanism. _ See
illustration [].
120-minute or longer tapes
These are extremelythin and easily deformedor damaged. They
are not recommended.
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To prevent accidental erasure
Break off the plastic tabs on the cassette tape after recording with
a screwdriveror other pointed tool. _ See illustration[].
(_) Side A
® Tab for side A
To record on the tape again, cover the tab openings with cello-
phane tape ®. _ See illustration [].
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