TROUBLESHOOTING
Symptom
Cause
Remedy
POOR SOUND QUALITY
Unstable or interrupted
sound
¢
The head, pinch rollers and capstans are dirty.
e
The tape is not uniformly wound.
¢
Clean (see page 7).
*
Completely fast-forward
or rewind the tape.
No high frequencies
*
A tape recorded without Dolby NR is being played back
with DOLBY NR button in the B or C (or S) position.
©
The head is dirty.
¢
Set DOLBY
NR button to OFF.
|
*
Clean the head (see page 7).
High frequencies are em-
phasized.
¢
A Dolby NR-encoded tape is being played back
with DOLBY
NR button in the OFF position.
¢
Set DOLBY
NR button to the same position
used for recording.
Sound from previous
recordings remains when
re-recording a tape.
©
The head is dirty.
e
Clean the head (see page 7).
The sound is distorted.
¢
Recording level is too high.
¢
The recorded signal itself is distorted.
e
The head is dirty.
¢
Turn REC LEVEL control down when recording
(see page 21).
e
Replace the cassette.
¢
Clean the head (see page 7).
Too much
noise
AUTO BLE
Flashing 'Err'
e
Hi noise tape is being used.
¢
Incomplete insertion of a connection cord, poor
contact.
®
Recording level is too low.
¢
The head is dirty.
e
The heads are dirty.
¢
The tape is old.
¢
The tape selector mechanism does not function
properly.
The AUTO
BLE tuning
does not start.
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®
Replace the cassette.
¢
Check connections (see page 8).
¢
Turn REC LEVEL control up when recording
(see page 21).
e¢
Clean the head (see page 7).
e
The head is magnetized.
©
Demagnetize with a head demagnetizer (see page 7).
e
Press the START/CLEAR
button, and ciean the
heads (see page 7).
¢
Press the START/CLEAR
button, and replace
the cassette tape.
e
Press the START/CLEAR
button, and check the
sensor holes of the cassette tape.
e
The erasure prevention tabs are broken off.
OTHERS
e
Replace the cassette with one whose tabs are
intact, or cover the hole with a piece of tape
(see page 5).
The music search func-
tion does not work.
Recording or playback starts sud-
denly when turning power on.
e
Blanks between
selections are less than 4 se-
conds long.
e
TIMER switch is set to the PLAY/REPEAT
or
System remote control
does not operate. (CT-
$710/CT-42
only)
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REC position.
e
Use a tape with blanks more than 4 seconds
long.
¢
Set TIMER switch to OFF.
e
Control cord is not connected.
CDeDECK SYNCHRO
recording cannot be car-
ried out.
e¢
CDeDECK
SYNCHRO
control cord and Input/
Output cords are not connected.
°
The cassette tape accidental erasure prevention
tabs are broken.
Hs eee
The CD SYNC indicator
is off during CD*eDECK
SYNCHRO
recording.
*
Connect control cord properly (see page 8).
¢
Connect correctly (see page 8).
e
Replace the cassette with one whose tabs are
intact {see page 5).
¢
The tape ran out during the CD*DECK
SYN-
CHRO mode.
e
After the deck entered recording standby mode, more than 1
minute elapsed before the CD player resumed playback.
Remaining time cannot be
displayed
®
Replace the tape with a longer one.
e
Change the disc and press the CD SYNC
but-
ton again
e
Incorrect setting of the tape capacity.
e
Set the tape capacity correctly (see page 16).
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