Aiwa SX-NV20 - Manual (Page 52)

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CARE AND MAINTENANCE
Occasional maintenance of the unit and care of the software are
needed to optimize the operations of your unit.
To clean the cabinet
Use a soft cloth lightly moistened with mild detergent solution. Do
not use strong solvents, such as alcohol, benzine or thinner.
To clean the heads and tape paths
After every 10 hours of use, clean the heads and tape paths with
a head cleaning cassette or cotton swab moistened with cleaning
fluid or denatured alcohol. (These cleaning kits are commercially
available.)
When cleaning with a cotton swab ©, wipe the recording/playback
head ®, erasure head © (deck 1 only), pinchrollers ®, and
capstans ©. See illustration □ .
NOTE
After the heads and tape paths have been cleaned with a liquid
head cleaning cassette or a moistened swab, insert tapes into the
decks after the cleaned parts are completely dried.
Care of discs
• Before playing a disc, wipe it from the center out with a cleaning
cloth. -> See illustration m
• After playing a disc, store it in its case. Do not leave the disc in
places that are hot or humid.
Care of tapes
• Store tapes in their cases after use.
• Do not leave tapes near a magnet, motor, television set, or any
source of magnetism. This will downgrade the sound quality and
cause noise.
• Do not expose tapes to direct sunlight, or leave them in a car
parked in direct sunlight.
CASSETTE TAPE NOTES
Tape slack
Check and tighten slack tape before use with a pencil or similartool.
Slack tape may break or get jammed in the mechanism. -► See
illustration B
120-minute or longer tapes
These are extremely thin and easily deformed or damaged. They
are not recommended.
To prevent accidental erasure
Break off the plastic tabs on the cassette tape after recording with
a screwdriver or other pointed tool. See illustration Q .
® Side A
©Tab for side A
To record on the tape again, cover the tab openings with cello­
phane tape ©. -► See illustration Q .
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