Troubleshooting - Optimus SCT-56 Owner's Manual

Troubleshooting

Your cassette deck should give you years of trouble-free service if you follow the instructions in this manual. If you
do have problems, the chart below can help you solve them. If you still have problems after following the sugges-
tions below, take the cassette deck to your local Radio Shack store for assistance.
Symptom
Power does not come on.
The door does not open.
The door does not close.
The tape immediately stops.
The level meter does not work
during playback.
There is no sound.
The record indicator does not
light when you try to record.
The level meter does not work
during recording or nothing
records onto the tape.
The sound is unstable or inter-
rupted.
High-frequency sounds are miss-
ing.
High-frequency sounds are
emphasized.
The sounds from previous
recordings are still on the tape
with new recordings.
The sound is distorted.
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Cause
• The power cord is unplugged.
• The component to which the power cord is
attached is turned off.
• The deck is not stopped.
• The cassette is not properly loaded.
• The tape is at the end of that side.
• The tape has too much slack.
• There is nothing recorded on the tape.
• The tape heads are dirty.
• The receiver/amplifier's input selector is not
properly set.
• The receiver/amplifier's volume is too low.
• There are connection problems.
• The erase protection tabs are broken off.
• The receiver/amplifier or other audio signal
source is not delivering an audio signal to the
deck.
• The REC LEVEL control is set too low.
• There are connection problems.
• The tape heads are dirty.
• The heads, pinch rollers, capstans, or other
tape-handling parts are dirty.
• The tape is not uniformly wound.
• A tape recorded without Dolby NR is being
played back with DOLBY NR set to B or C.
• The tape heads are dirty.
• A tape recorded with Dolby NR is being played
back with DOLBY NR set to OFF.
• The tape heads are dirty.
• The recording level is too high.
• The original signal was distorted.
• The heads are dirty.
Remedy
• Plug in the power cord.
• Turn on the component.
• Press .
• Remove and reinsert the cassette.
• Play the other side of the tape or rewind the
tape.
• Take up the slack.
• Replace the tape with one that has a record-
ing.
• Clean the tape heads.
• Set the receiver/amplifier's input selector to the
same input you connected the deck to.
• Turn up the receiver/amplifier's volume.
• Check all connections.
• Replace the tape with one with unbroken tabs
or cover the holes with tape.
• Correctly set the receiver/amplifier's controls.
• Turn up REC LEVEL.
• Check all connections.
• Clean the tape heads.
• Clean all tape handling parts.
• Completely rewind then fast forward the tape.
• Correctly set DOLBY NR.
• Clean the tape heads.
• Set DOLBY NR to the same position as was
used for recording.
• Clean the tape heads.
• Turn down REC LEVEL and re-record.
• Replace the original recording source.
• Clean the tape heads.