Sony XR-C500 - Manual (Page 20)

roubleshooting guide
le following check help you remedy most problems that you may encounter with your unit,
-“fore going through the checklist below, check the coimection and operating procedures.
eneral
roblem Cause/Solution
0 sound • Adjust the volume with ©.
• Set the fader control to the center position for 2-speaker
systems.
le contents of the memory
ive been erased. • The power cord or battery has been disconnected.
• The reset button has been pressed.
—► Store again into the memory.
dications do not appear in
« display.
Remove the front panel and clean the connectors. See "Cleaning
the connectors" (page 15) for details.
ipe playback
oblem Cause/Solution
ayback sound is distorted. Contamination of the tape head. —► Clean the head.
le AMS does not operate
rrectly.
• There is a noise in the space between tracks.
• A blank space is too short (less than four seconds).
•
on (SEEK/AMSl is pressed immediatelv before the
following tracks.
• on (SEEK/AMS) is pressed immediatelv after the track
starts.
• A long pause, or a passage of low frequencies or very low
sound level is treated as a blank space.
adio reception
oblem Cause/Solution
eset tuning is not possible. • Memorize the correct frequency.
• The broadcast is too weak.
itomatic tuning is not
issible.
The broadcast is too weak.
—► Use manual tuning.
e "STEREO" indication
ishes.
• Tune in the frequency correctly.
• The broadcast signal is too weak.
—► Set to the monaural mode (page 8).