Handling Compact Discs
Use only compact discs beanng the
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mark.
DIGITAL AUDIO
Do
not play heart-shaped, octagonal, or other specially shaped compact discs.
Handling
•New discs may have some roughness around
the edges. If such discs are used, the player
mdy not work or the sound may skip. Use a
bali-point pen or the like to remove any rough-
ness from the edge of the disc.
Bali-point pen
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•Never stick labels
on
the
SUi
lace of the com-
pact disc or mark the surface with apencil or
pen.
•Never
playa
compact disc with any cellophane
tape orother glue
on
it
or with peeling off marks.
If
you try to play such acompact disc, you may
not be able to get
it
back out of the CD player
or it may damage the CD player.
•Do not use compact discs that have large
scratches, are misshapen, cracked, etc. Use
of such discs may cause mlsoperation or dam-
age.
Handling Cassette Tapes
USing
any of the
follOWing
types of cassette tapes
can cause malfunctions.
•Cassette tapes with low recording levels
•Cassette tapes
In
which the unrecorded sec-
tion between songs
IS
shorter than 4seconds
•Cassette tapes with
nOise
or the like recorded
between songs
•Cassette tapes on which there are long unre-
corded sections
In
the mIddle of asong
Handling precautions
•Slack
In
the tape can cause malfunctions.
In
particular for prerecorded cassette tapes and
gO-minute tapes, take up any slack
In
the tape
before Inserting it Into the cassette player.
•
To
remove acompact disc from its storage
case, press down on the center of the case and
lift the disc out, holding
it
carefully
by
the edges.
•Do not use commercIally available CD protec-
tion sheets or discs equipped with stabilizers,
etc. These may damage the disc or cause
breakdown of the Internal mechanism.
Storage
•Do not expose compact discs to direct sunlight
or any heat source.
•
Do
not expose compact discs to excess hu-
midity or dust.
•
Do
not expose compact discs to direct heat
from heaters.
Cleaning
•
To
remove fingermarks and dust, use asoft
cloth and wipe
In
astraight line from the center
of the compact disc to the Circumference.
•
Do
not use any solvents, such as commercially
available cleaners, anti-static spray or thinner
to clean compact discs.
•After uSing speCial compact disc cleaner, let
the compact disc dry off well before playing it.
•
AVOid
uSing
cassettes of 120 minutes or longer.
(Such cassettes have extremely thin tape, so
the tape can become stretched or cut.)
•PerIodically
playa
cleaning cassette
In
the
player to clean the head.
•Keep magnets, screwdnvers, and other Iron
and steel and magnetic items away from both
cassette tapes and the tape head
In
the player.
•Do not oil the cassette mechanism.
•Do not use any cassette tapes with peeling la-
bels or deformed cases. Such cassette tapes
can cause breakdowns.
•When not
uSing
the player, always take the cas-
sette out of the mechanism.
ExpOSing
acas-
sette to direct sunlight, extreme temperatures,
or high humidity can damage the cassette.
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