SCT-57 High-Speed Dubbing Stereo Cassette Deck (140-0677) Troubleshooting Faxback Doc. # 32625 Your 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 come on. The power cord is un- Plug in the power cord. plugged. The component to which Turn on the component. the power cord is attached is turned off. The door does not open. The deck is not stopped. Press ( [] ). stopped. The door does not close. The cassette is not Remove and reinsert the properly loaded. cassette. The tape immediately The tape is at the end Play the other side stops. of that side. of the tape or rewind the tape. The tape has too much Take up the slack. slack. The level meter does There is nothing Replace the tape with not work during play- recorded on the tape. one that has a back. tape. recording. The tape heads are dirty. Clean the tape heads. There is no sound. The receiver/amplifier's Set the receiver/- input selector is not amplifier's input properly set. selector to the same input you connected the deck to. The receiver/amplifier's Turn up the receiver/ volume is too low. amplifier's input selector to the same input you connected the deck to. There are connection Check all connections. problems. The record indicator The erase protection Replace the tape with does not light when tabs are broken off. one with unbroken you try to record. tabs or cover the holes with tape. The level meter does The receiver/amplifier Correctly set the not work during or other audio signal receiver/amplifier's recording or nothing source is not delivering controls. records onto the tape. an audio signal to the deck. The REC LEVEL control is Turn up REC LEVEL. set too low. There are connection Check all connections. problems. The tape heads are dirty. Clean the tape heads. The sound is unstable The heads, pinch rollers, Clean all tape- or interrupted. capstans, or other tape- handling parts. or other tape-handling parts are dirty. The tape is not uniformly Completely rewind wound. then fast forward the tape. High-frequency sounds A tape recorded without Correctly set DOLBY are missing. Dolby NR is being played NR. back with DOLBY NR set to B, C, or S. The tape heads are dirty. Clean the tape heads. High-frequency sounds A tape recorded with Set DOLBY NR to the are emphasized. Dolby NR is being played same position as was back with DOLBY NR set to used for recording. OFF. The sounds from The tape heads are dirty. Clean the tape heads. previous recordings are still on the tape with new recordings. The sound is The recording level is Turn down REC LEVEL distorted. too high. and re-record. The original signal was Replace the original distorted. recording source. The heads are dirty. Clean the tape heads. There is too much Poor-quality tape is Use a better-quality noise. being used. tape. There is a faulty conn- Check all connections ection. Recording level is too Turn up REC LEVEL and low. re-record. The tape heads are dirty. Clean the tape heads. ASMS does not operate Blanks between selections Use tapes with blanks properly. are less than 4 seconds of 4 seconds or more long. between selections. The system remote The control cord is not Properly connect the control does not connected. control cord. work. C-D deck synchro The CD-deck synchro control Properly connect the recording does not cord is not connected. control cord. work. The cassette tape's erase Replace the cassette protection tabs are broken. with one that has unbroken tabs, or cover the holes with tape. CD SYNCHRO stops The end of the tape was Replace the tape working during reached during CD-Deck with a longer one. CD-Deck Synchro Synchro recording. recording. After the deck entered Change the disc and the standby mode, more press CD SYNCHRO than 1 minute elapsed RECORD again. before the CD player resumed play. (BR/EB 4/24/96)