1998 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 155

Care of Your Cassette Tape Player A tape player that is not cleaned regularly can cause reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes a damaged or in mechanism. Cassette tapes should be storedtheir cases away from contaminants, direct sunlight and 1. l7.m the radiooff and the ignition on. may not operate extreme heat.If they aren't, they the properly or may cause failure of tape player. 2. Press and hold theTUEPLAY button for three Your tape player should be cleaned regularly after every seconds (tape indicator will flash for two seconds). 50 hours of use. Yourradio may display CLN to indicate 3. Insert the cleaner cassette CD adapter kit may also (a that you have used your tape player 50 hours without for be inserted). If resetting the tape clean timer.this message appears on back to CUT TAPE DETECTION The radio will default the display, your cassette tape player needs to be CD cleaned. It will still play tapes, but you should clean it when the cleaner cassette (or adapter kit) is ejected. as tapes soon as possible to prevent damage to your and You may also choose a non-scrubbing action, wet-type in player. If you notice a reductionsound quality,try a cleaner which uses cassette witha fabric beltto clean a if tape known good cassette to see it is the tape or the the tape head. It may not clean as thoroughly as the player at fault. this other cassette has no improvement scrubbing type cleaner. If in sound quality, clean the tape player. EJECT for After you clean the player, press and hold five seconds reset theCLN indicator. The radio will to display --- to show the indicator was reset. the Cassettes are subject to wear and sound quality may degrade over time. Always make sure the cassette tape is in good condition before you have your tape player serviced. Cleaning may be done with scrubbing action, a non-abrasive cleaning cassette with pads which scrub tr. un the tape head as the hubs of the cleaner cassette Follow thesesteps to prevent the cassette from being TAPE DETECTION feature: ejected due to the CUT 3-24