1998 Pontiac Firebird Owner's Manual - Page 166

Care of Your Cassette Tape Player A tape player that is not cleaned regularly can cause reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes a damaged or mechanism. Cassette tapes should be stored in their cases awayfrom contaminants, direct sunlight and extreme heat.If they aren't, they may not operate properly ormay cause failure of the tape player. When using a scrubbing action, non-abrasive cleaning cassette, it is normal for the cassette to eject because your unitis equipped with a cut tape detection feature and a cleaning cassette may appear as a broken tape. To prevent the cleaning cassette from being ejected: 1. Turn the ignition toRUN or ACC. 2. Turn the radio off. Your tape player should be cleaned regularly after every 50 hours of use. Your radio may displayCLN to indicate that you have used yourtape player for 50 hours without resetting the tape clean timer.this message appears on If the display,your cassette tape player needs be to cleaned. It will play tapes, but you should clean still it as soon as possible to prevent damage to your tapes and player. If you notice a reduction in sound quality, try a known good cassette to see it is the tape or the tape if player at fault. If this other cassette no improvement has in sound quality, clean the tape player. The recommended cleaning method your cassette for tape player is to use a scrubbing action, non abrasive cleaning cassette with pads which scrub the tape head the hubs of the cleaner cassette turn. recommended The cleaning cassette is available through your dealership (GM P r No. 12344789). at 3. Press and holdTAPEPLAY button for three seconds. The tape symbolon the display will flash for two seconds. 4. Insert the scrubbing action cleaning cassette while the tape symbol is flashing. 5 . Eject the cleaning cassette. When the cleaning cassette been ejected, the tape has cut detection featureis active again. After you clean the player, press and hold EJECT for five seconds to reset CLN indicator.The radio will the display --- to show the indicator was reset. as Cassettes are subject to wear and the sound quality may degrade over time. Always make sure the cassette tape is in good condition before have your tape you player serviced. 3-21