Manual
TROUBLESHOOTING
Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component,check the
points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the
trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks listed below, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer to
carry out repair work.
Symptom Cause Remedy
POWER
Cannot turn power on.
CASSETTE DOOR
The door dose not open.
The door does not close.
PLAYBACK
Immediately stops.
The level meter does not
work.
No sound.
RECORDING
The recording indicator
does not light up.
The level meter does not
work.
• The power plug is removed.
• The component (stereo amplifier, audio timer, etc.)
to which the power cord is connected is off.
• The deck is not in stop mode (tape is moving).
• Power was turned off with the tape moving.
• The cassette is not properly loaded.
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The tape is completely wound.
The tape is slack.
The tape is not recorcled.
The tape head is dirty.
The amplifier input selector is not correctly set.
The amplifier volume level setting is too low.
Connection problems (wrong connection, cord
removed, poor contact, broken wire.)
• The cassette erasure prevention tabs are broken.
• REC LEVEL control is set too low.
• The amplifier is not delivering a recording signal
(from the tuner, CD player, etc.).
• Wrong connection, connection cord removed, poor
contact, broken wire.
• Insert the power plug correctly.
• Turn the stereo amplifier or audio timer on.
• Press the stop (I) button.
• Turn power on.
• Reinsert the cassette.
• Play back in the opposite direction.
• Rewind thetape.
• Take up slack (see page 5).
• Replace the tape with a recorded one.
• Clean the heads (see page 4).
• Set the amplifier input selector correctly.
• Turn the amplifier volume control up.
• Connect securely (see page 6).
• Replace the cassette with one whose tabs are
intact.
• Cover the hole over the tab (see page 5).
• Turn REC LEVEL control up (see page 13).
• Set the amplifier recording output selector cor-
rectly.
• Check connections (see page 6).
Immediately stops. • The tape is completely wound up. • Record in the opposite direction.
• Rewind thetape.
• The tape is slack. • Take up slack (see page 5).
Cannot record. • The head is dirty. • Clean the heed (see page 4).
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