Proper care of tape cassettes allows you to increase their life and maintain high sound quality. Cassettes and their boxes must be protected from direct sunlight, extreme cold and dust. Unused cassettes should only be stored in the protective box. If the vehicle temperature is very high or very low, wait until the temperature inside the vehicle is normal before playing tapes.
After drying, do not leave the cassette in the radio in any case. Doing so may damage the radio and cassette.
It is strongly recommended not to use cassettes with a recording time of more than C-60 (total recording time 60 minutes). Cassettes C-120 and C-180 have a very thin tape and do not provide sufficiently reliable operation of the car radio.
Be careful not to peel off and fly off the sticker on the cassette, because. this will make it difficult to eject the cassette.
Do not touch the magnetic tape with your fingers and do not stain it.
Keep cassettes and car radio away from strong magnetic fields such as electric motors, loudspeakers and transformers.
Store cassettes in a cool, dry place with the open side down to prevent dust from entering the cassette body.
Avoid frequent fast reverse to replay the desired recording or section of tape. Doing so may cause the tape not to wind properly, stretching the tape excessively, and degrading the sound quality. In some cases, this can be corrected by rewinding the tape several times. If this fails, do not use the cassette in the car radio anymore.
The tape head, capstan, and idler rollers develop deposits of tape magnetic layer material over time, which can cause poor sound quality, such as hiss. They should be cleaned monthly using a commercially available magnetic head cleaning tape cassette or a special solution available from specialized stores. Follow the manufacturer's instructions. Do not allow oily substances to enter the car radio.
Before putting the cassette in place, make sure that the tape is tightly wound on the spool. Remove any slack in the tape by rotating the take-up spool using a faceted pencil.
Note:
- Check the cassette before inserting it. If the tape has slack, select by rotating one of the spools with a pencil. Do not insert cassettes with poorly glued labels into the radio.
- Do not leave cassettes for long periods of time where they are exposed to high temperatures or humidity, such as on the dashboard or in the car stereo. If the temperature is too hot or too cold, do not play the cassette until the temperature returns to normal.