TROUBLESHOOTING
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Cannot turn power on.
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The power plug is removed.
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The component (stereo amplifier, audio timer,
etc.) to which the power cord is connected is
off.
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Insert the power plug correctly.
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Turn the stereo amplifier or audio timer on.
CASSETTE DOOR
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Power was turned off with the tape moving.
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Turn power on.
PLAYBACK
Immediately stops.
The level meter does not
work.
RECORDING
Take up slack (see page 6).
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The tape is slack.
The tape is not recorded.
The tape head is dirty.
Replace the tape with a recorded one.
Clean the head (see page 8).
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The amplifier input selector is not correctly set.
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The amplifier volume level setting is too low.
¢
Connection problems (wrong connection, cord
removed, poor contact, broken wire).
Set the amplifier input selector correctly.
¢
Turn the amplifier volume control up.
¢
Connect securely (see page 10).
The recording indicator
does not light up.
¢
The cassette erasure prevention tabs are
broken.
¢
Replace the cassette with one whose tabs are
intact.
Cover the hole under the tab (see page 6).
REC LEVEL control is set too low.
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The amplifier is not delivering a recording sig-
nal (from the tuner, CD player, etc.).
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Wrong connection, connection cord removed,
poor contact, broken wire.
The level meter does not
work.
Turn REC LEVEL control up (see page 38).
¢
Set the amplifier recording output selector cor-
rectly.
¢
Check connections (see page 10).
Immediately stops.
Cannot record.
¢
Take up slack (see page 6).
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Ciean the head (see page 8).
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The tape is slack.
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The head is dirty.
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