SCT-53 (140-0672) Troubleshooting Faxback Doc. # 3982 The cassette deck should give you years of trouble-free service if you follow the instructions in this manual. If you do have problems, the chart below can help you solve them. If you still have problems after following the suggestions below, take the cassette deck to your local Radio Shack store for assistance. ┌───────────────┬─────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┐ │Symptom │ Cause │ Remedy │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │Power does not │The power cord is unplugged. │Plug in the power cord. │ │come on. ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The component to which the │Turn on the component. │ │ │power cord is attached is │ │ │ │turned off. │ │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The door does │The deck is not stopped. │Press STOP/EJECT. │ │not open. ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │Power was turned off while │Turn on the power. │ │ │the tape was moving. │ │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The door does │The cassette is not │Remove and reinsert the │ │not close. │properly loaded. │cassette. │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The tape │The tape is at the end │Play the other side of the│ │immediately │of that side. │tape or rewind the tape. │ │stops. ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The tape has too much slack. │Take up the slack. │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The level meter│There is nothing recorded │Replace the tape with one │ │does not work │on the tape. │that has a recording. │ │during playback├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The tape heads are dirty. │Clean the tape heads. │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │There is no │The amplifier's input │Set the amplifier's input │ │sound. │selector is not properly │selector to the same input│ │ │set. │you connected the deck to.│ │ ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The amplifier's volume is │Turn up the amplifier's │ │ │too low. │volume. │ │ ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │There are connection │Check all connections. │ │ │problems. │ │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The record │The erase prevention tabs │Replace the tape with one │ │indicator does │are broken off. │with unbroken tabs, or │ │not light when │off. │cover the holes with tape.│ │you try to │ │ │ │record. │ │ │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The level │There are connection │Check all connections. │ │meter does not │problems. │ │ │work during ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │recording. │The amplifier is not │Correctly set the │ │ │delivering a signal │amplifier's controls. │ │ │to the deck. │ │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │Nothing │The tape heads are dirty. │Clean the tape heads. │ │records onto │ │ │ │the tape. │ │ │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The sound is │The heads, pinch rollers, │Clean all tape handling │ │unstable or │or capstans are dirty. │parts. │ │interrupted. ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The tape is not uniformly │Completely rewind then │ │ │wound. │fast-forward the tape. │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │High-frequency │A tape recorded without │Set DOLBY NR to OUT. │ │sounds are │Dolby NR is being played │ │ │missing. │back with DOLBY NR set │ │ │ │to IN. │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The tape heads are dirty. │Clean the tape heads. │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │High-frequency │A tape recorded with Dolby │Set DOLBY NR to the same │ │sounds are │NR is being played back │position as was used for │ │emphasized. │with DOLBY NR set to OUT. │recording. │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The sounds │The tape heads are dirty. │Clean the tape heads. │ │from previous │ │ │ │recordings are │ │ │ │still on the │ │ │ │tape with new │ │ │ │recordings. │ │ │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │The sound is │The recording level is │Set RECORD LEVEL ATT to IN│ │distorted. │too high. │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The original signal was │Replace the original │ │ │distorted. │recording source. │ │ ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The heads are dirty. │Clean the tape heads. │ ├───────────────┼─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │There is too │Poor-quality tape is │Use a better-quality tape.│ │much noise. │being used. │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │There is a faulty │Check all connections. │ │ │connection. │ │ │ ├─────────────────────────────┼──────────────────────────┤ │ │The tape heads are dirty. │Clean the tape heads. │ └───────────────┴─────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────┘ (br/all-01/17/95)