Playing A Cassette Tape

The cassette tape player works best with tapes that are 30-45 minutes on each side. Cassette tapes longer than 30-45 minutes are so thin they may not work well in this player. The longer side with the cassette tape visible should face to the right. If the ignition is ON, but the radio is off, you may insert a cassette tape which will begin playing. If you hear nothing but a garbled sound, the cassette tape may not be in squarely. Press the eject button in order to remove the cassette tape and start over.

While the cassette tape is playing, use the VOL, FADE, BAL, TREB, BASS, SEEK, and SCAN controls just as you do for the radio. The display will show TAPE and an arrow showing which side of the cassette tape is playing.

If you want to insert a cassette tape when the ignition is off, first press the EJT or DISP.

PREV (1): Press this button in order to go to the beginning of the current selection. If you press the PREV button and the current selection has been playing from 3-13 seconds, the previous selection will play. If you press the button more than once, the player will continue moving back through the cassette tape. SEEK and a negative number will appear on the display. The cassette tape must have at least 3 seconds of silence between each selection for PREV to work. The sound will mute while seeking.

NEXT (2): Press this button in order to go to the next selection on the cassette tape. If you press the button more than once, the player will continue moving forward through the cassette tape. SEEK and a positive number will appear on the display. The cassette tape must have at least 3 seconds of silence between each selection for NEXT to work. The sound will mute while seeking.

REV (3): Press this button in order to reverse the cassette tape rapidly. Press the button again in order to return to playing speed. The radio will play the last selected station while the cassette tape reverses. You may select stations during REV operation by using TUNE, SEEK, SCAN, P.SCAN and RDS controls.

FWD (4): Press this button in order to advance quickly to another part of the cassette tape. Press the button again in order to return to playing speed. The radio will play the last selected station while the advances. You may select stations during FWD operation by using TUNE, SEEK, SCAN, P.SCAN and RDS controls.

SIDE (5): Press this button in order to play the other side of the cassette tape.

DOLBY (6): Press this button in order to reduce the background noise. DOLBY ON will appear on the display. Press the button again in order to turn Dolby off. DOLBY OFF will appear on the display.
Dolby Noise Reduction is manufactured under a license from Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation. Dolby and the double-D symbol are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories Licensing Corporation.

SCAN: Press and hold one of the SEEK arrows for more than two seconds until SCAN appears on the display. Use SCAN in order to listen to each selection for a few seconds. The cassette tape will advance to the next selection, stop a few seconds, then go to the next selection. Press one of the SEEK arrows again in order to stop the scanning. The cassette tape must have at least three seconds of silence between each selection for SCAN to work. The sound will mute while scanning.

AM-FM: Press this button in order to play the radio when a cassette tape is in the player. The cassette tape will stop but remain in the player.

TAPE: With a cassette tape in the player and the radio playing, press this button in order to play a cassette tape. Press AM-FM in order to return to the radio when a cassette tape is playing. The inactive cassette tape will remain safely inside the radio for future listening.

TAPE-CD: With a CD in the player and the radio playing, press this button in order to play a CD. Press AM-FM in order to return to the radio when a CD is playing. Press TAPE-CD in order to switch between the cassette tape and CD if both are loaded. The inactive cassette tape or CD will remain safely inside the radio foe future listening.

EJECT: Press this button in order to remove a cassette tape. The radio will play. You may eject a cassette tape with the radio turned OFF. You may also load a cassette tape with the radio off if you first press the EJT button.

CLN: If this message appears on the display, you may still play cassette tapes, but you should clean the player as soon as possible in order to prevent damage to the cassette tapes and player. After you clean the player, press and hold the eject button for five seconds in order to reset the CLN indicator. The radio display will flash --- in order to show the indicator was reset.