1998 Pontiac Grand Prix Owner's Manual - Page 190

Care of Your Cassette Tape Player A tape player thatis not cleaned regularly can cause reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes a damaged or mechanism. Cassette tapes should be stored in their cases away from contaminants, direct sunlight and 1. Turn the ignition to RUN or ACCESSORY extreme heat.If they aren't, they may not operate properly or may cause failure of the tape player. 2. Turn theradio off. Your tape player should be cleaned regularly after every 3. Press and hold the TAPEFLAY button for three seconds. The tape symbolon the display will flash 50 hours of use. Yourradio may display CLN to indicate for two seconds. that you have used your tape player for hours without 50 resetting the tape clean timer. If this message appears on 4. Insert the scrubbing action cleaning cassette. the display, your cassette tape player needs to be 5. Eject the cleaning cassette after the manufacturer's cleaned. It will still play tapes, but you should clean it as recommended cleaning time. soon as possible to prevent damageto your tapes and cut player. If you notice a reduction in sound quality, try a When the cleaning cassette has been ejected, the tape known good cassette to see if it is the tape or the tape detection feature is active again. player at fault.If this other cassette has improvement no You may also choose a non-scrubbing action, wet-type in sound quality, clean the tape player. cleaner which uses a cassette with a fabric belt to clea the tape head.This type of cleaning cassette will not The recommended cleaning methodfor your cassette eject on its own. A non-scrubbing action cleaner may tape playeris the use of a scrubbing action, not clean as thoroughly as the scrubbing type cleaner. non-abrasive cleaning cassette with pads which scrub The use of a non-scrubbing action, dry-type cleaning the tape headas the hubsof the cleaner cassette turn. The recommended cleaning cassette is available through cassette is not recommended. at your dealership(GM P r No. 12344789). After you clean the player, press and hold EJECT for five seconds to reset the CLN indicator. The radio will display --- to show the indicator was reset. When using a scrubbing action, non-abrasive cleaning cassette, it is normal for the cassette to eject because your unit is equipped with a cut detection feature and a cleaning tape cassette may appear as broken. To prevent the cleaning cassette from being ejected, use the following steps. 3-31