TROUBLESHOOTING
What appears to be trouble is not always serious. Check the following points before calling a service
center.
Symptoms
• A cassette tape cannot be
inserted.
• A cassette tape cannot be
ejected.
• Cassette tapes become hot.
• Tape sound is at very low
level and sound quality is
degraded.
• Sound is sometimes
interrupted.
• Sound cannot be heard from
the speakers.
• SSM (Strong-station
Sequential Memory)
automatic preset does not
work.
• Static noise while listening to
the radio.
• "NO DISC" appears on the
display.
• "RESET 8" appears on the
display.
• "RESET 1" - "RESET 7"
appears on the display.
• This unit does not work at all.
• The CD changer does not
work at all.
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Causes
You have tried to insert a
cassette in the wrong way.
Cassette ejection is prohibited.
This is not a malfunction.
The tape head is dirty.
Connections are not good.
The volume is turned to the
minimum level.
Connections are incorrect.
Signals are too weak.
The antenna is not connected
firmly.
No CD is in the magazine.
CDs are inserted incorrectly.
This unit is not connected to a
CD changer correctly.
The built-in microcomputer may
function incorrectly due to
noise, etc.
Remedies
Insert the cassette with the
exposed tape facing to the right.
Press and hold TAPE CD-CH
and
for more than two
seconds.
Clean it with a head cleaning
tape.
Check the cords and
connections.
Adjust it to the optimum level.
Check the cords and
connections.
Store stations manually.
Connect the antenna firmly.
Insert CDs into the magazine.
Insert them correctly.
Connect this unit and the CD
changer correctly and press the
reset button of the CD changer.
Press the reset button of the
CD changer.
Press the reset button on the
panel holder. (The clock setting
and preset stations stored in
memory are erased.)
(See page 2.)