Pioneer CT-07D Operating Instructions - Page 33

TROUBLESHOOTING Incorrect operations are often mistaken for trouble and malfunctions. If you think that there is something wrong with this component,check the points below. Sometimes the trouble may lie in another component. Investigate the other components and electrical appliances being used. If the trouble cannot be rectified even after exercising the checks listed below, ask your nearest PIONEER authorized service center or your dealer to carry out repair work. Symptom Cause Remedy POWER Cannot turn power on. • The power plug is disconnected. • Connect the power plug. • The component (stereo amplifier, audio timer, etc.) • Turn the stereo amplifier or audio timer on. to which the power cord is connected is off. CASSETTE DOOR The door dose not open. • The deck is not in stop mode (tape is moving). • Power was turned off with the tape moving. • Press the stop (II button. • Turn power on. The door does not close. • The cassette is not properly loaded. • Reinsert the cassette. PLAYBACK Immediately stops. • The tape is completely wound. • The tape is slack. • Play back in the opposite direction. • Rewind the tape. • Take up slack (see page 5). The level meter does not • The tape is blank. work. • The tape head is dirty. • Replace the blank tape with a recorded one. • Clean the heads (see page 71. No sound. • The amplifier input selector is not correctly set. • The amplifier volume level setting is too low. • Connection problems (wrong connection, cord re- moved, poor contact, broken wire.) • Set the amplifier input selector correctly. • Turn the amplifier volume control up. • Connect securely (see page 8). RECORDING The recording indicator • The cassette erasure prevention tabs are broken. does not light up. • Replace the cassette with one whose tabs are intact. • Cover the hole over the tab (see page 5). The level meter does not work. • REC LEVEL control is set too low. • The amplifier is not delivering a recording signal (from the tuner, CD player, etc.). • Wrong connection, connection cord removed, poor contact, broken wire. • Turn REC LEVEL control up (see page 23). • Set the amplifier recording output selector correctly. • Check connections (see page 8). Immediately stops. • The tape is completely wound. • The tape is slack. • Record in the opposite direction. • Rewind the tape. • Take up the slack (see page 5). Cannot record. • The head is dirty. • Clean the head (see page 71. No sound. • Connection problems (wrong connection, cord re- • Check that the recording and playback connection moved, poor contact, broken wire.) cords are connected correctly. (see page 8). • Set the amplifier ;elector correctly. REC LEVEL control does • The ALCA is functioning. not function. • The tape is being copied. • The digital input is selected. • Cancel ALCA. • Cancel tape copy. • Switch to the analog input. 33 -RRE1150> En