Sony TCW-E475 - Manual (Page 21)

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Additional Information
Cleaning the heads and tape
path
Head assembly
A
Clean the heads and tape path of the tape deck
after every 10 hours of operation to guard
against:
• low-quality sound
• a decrease in sound level
• excessive wow or flutter
• sound dropout
• incomplete erasure
• impairment of recording function
To ensure better recording, we recommend that
you clean the heads and tape path before every
recording.
Pinch rollers
Capstans
Erasing head
Recording/playback
head
1
Press A to open the cassette holder.
2
With the tape deck turned off, wipe the
heads, the pinch rollers and the
capstans with a cotton swab slightly
moistened with alcohol or a
commercially available cleaning fluid
for tape decks.
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.