Care
of
Your Cassette Tape Player
A
tape player
that
is
not
cleaned regularly can cause
reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes
or
a
damaged
mechanism. Cassette tapes should be stored
in
their
cases away from contaminants, direct sunlight and
extreme heat.
If
they aren‘t,
they
may not operate
properly or
my
cause failure of the tape player.
Your tape player should be cleaned regularly after every
50
hours
of
use. Your radio may display
CLN
to
indicate
that you have used your tape player for
50
hours without
resetting the tape clean timer. If this message appears
on
the
display, your cassette tape player needs to be
cleaned. It will still play tapes, but you should clean
it
as
soon as possible to prevent damage to your tapes and
player.
If
you
notice a reduction
in
sound quality, try a
known good cassette
to
see if
it
is the tape or the tape
player at fault. If this other cassette has no improvement
in
sound quality, clean the tape player.
Cleaning may be done with
a
scrubbing action,
non-abrasive cleaning cassette with pads which scrub
the tape head
as
the hubs
of
the
cleaner cassette turn.
A
scrubbing action cleaning cassette is available through
your dealership. When using
a cleaning cassette,
it
is
normal for the cassette
to
eject while cleaning because
your
unit
is
equipped
with
a
cut tape detection feature
and some cleaning cassettes may appear as
a
broken
tape.
If
the cleaning cassette is e-jected immediately
from the tape player.
you
will need
to
override the cut
tape feature.
To
temporarily override this feature (for one insertion),
follow these steps:
0
Turn the ignition on.
Press and hold TAPE
AUX
until
the tape symbol
flashes
on
the display.
(For
vehicles without
Automatic Tone Control, press both
SEEK
arrows.)
Insert the cleaning cassette. (Insert
the
cassette
at
least three times to ensure thorough cleaning.)
0
Eject the cleaning cassette.
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