Sony TC-KB920S - Manual (Page 12)

Additional Information
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Cleaning
Pinch roller
Capstan
Playing head
Recording
head
Erasing head
Inside of the cassette holder
Cleaning the heads and tape path
Clean the heads and tape path of the tape deck after
every 10 hours of operation to guard against:
• a decrease in sound level
• excessive wow or flutter
• sound dropout
• incomplete erasure
To ensure better recording, we recommend that you
clean the heads and tape path before every recording.
1
Press § to open the cassette holder.
2
With the tape deck turned off, wipe the heads, the
pinch roller, and the capstan with a cotton swab
slightly moistened with alcohol or a commercially
available cleaning fluid for tape decks.
Do not insert a cassette until the cleaned areas are
completely dry.
Demagnetizing the heads
After 20 to 30 hours of use, or when you notice a
hissing sound or loss of high frequencies, demagnetize
the heads with a commercially available demagnetizer
for tape decks. Please refer to the instructions of the
demagnetizer.
R ® §
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REC MUTE PAUSE REC π
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OFF
L R MPX
FILTER
DOLBY NR BALANCE CALIBRATION
EJECT MONITOR
REC LEVEL
0 1
2
3
4 5 6 7
8
9 10 MEMORY C C B B
S S AMS AMS
∏
RESET COUNTER
L R
CAL REC LEVEL
L R
BIAS
PHONES
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