Sony TC-WE475 Operating Instructions (primary manual) - Page 21

Additional Information Cleaning the heads and tape path Head assembly Pinch rollers Capstans Erasing head Recording/playback head 1 Press A to open the cassette holder. 2 With the tape deck turned off, wipe the heads, the pinch rollers and the capstans with a cotton swab slightly moistened with alcohol or a commercially available cleaning fluid for tape decks. Demagnetizing the heads After 20 to 30 hours of use, or when you notice a hissing sound or loss of high frequencies, demagnetize the heads with a commercially available demagnetizer for tape decks. Please refer to the instructions of the demagnetizer. A Clean the heads and tape path of the tape deck after every 10 hours of operation to guard against: • low-quality sound • a decrease in sound level • excessive wow or flutter • sound dropout • incomplete erasure • impairment of recording function To ensure better recording, we recommend that you clean the heads and tape path before every recording. 21