1998 Oldsmobile Cutlass Owner's Manual - Page 145

To help avoid hearingloss or darnage: 0 Care of Your Cassette Tape Player A tape player is not cleaned regularly can cause that reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes or a damaged in mechanism. Cassette tapes should be stored their cases awayfrom contaminants, direct sunlight and extreme heat.If they aren't,they.may not operate properly or may causefailure of the tape player. Adjust the volume control to the lowest setting. Increase volume slowly until you hear comfortably and clearly. 0 NOTICE: Before youadd any sound equipment to your vehicle like a tape player, CB radio, mobile telephone or two-way radio be sure you can add what you want. If you can, it's very important to doit properly. Added sound equipment mayinterfere with the operation of your vehicle's engine, Delco Electronics radio or other systems, and even damage them. Your vehicle's systems may interfere with the operation of sound equipment that has been added improperly. So, before adding sound equipment, check with your retailer and be sure to check Federal rules covering mobile radio and telephone units. -- -- Your tape player should cleaned regularly after every be 50 hours of use. Your radio may display CLN to indicate that you have used your tape player50 hours without for resetting the tape clean timer.If this message appears on the display, your cassettetape player needs to be it as cleaned. It will still play tapes, but you should clean soon as possible to prevent damage your tapes and to in r player. If you notice a reduction sound quality,t y a known good cassette to if it is the tape or the tape see player at fault. If this other cassette has no improvemen in sound quality, clean tape player. the The recommended cleaning methodfor your cassette tape playeris the use of a scrubbing action, non-abrasive cleaning cassette with pads which scrub the tape head asthe hubs of the cleaner cassetteturn. The recommended cleaning cassette is available through at your retail facility (GM P r No. 12344789). 3-21