Playing A Cassette Tape

The cassette tape player is built in order to work best with cassette tapes that are a maximum of 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, the cassette tape can be inserted and 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 return to the beginning of the current selection. If the PREV button is pressed and the current selection has been playing from 3-13 seconds, the previous selection will play from the beginning. 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 three seconds of silence between each selection for PREV to work. The sound will mute while seeking.

NEXT (2): Press this button in order to advance 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 three 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 go 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 10 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 cassette tapes with the radio turned off. You may also load cassette tapes with the radio off if you press the EJT button first.

CLN: If this message appears on the display, the cassette tape player will 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 5 seconds in order to reset the CLN indicator. The radio display will flash 3 dashes (---) in order to show the indicator was reset.

CD Adapter Kits
You may use a CD adapter kit with your cassette tape player after activating the bypass feature on your cassette tape player.
In order to activate the bypass feature, use the following steps:
1. Turn the ignition to ON or ACC.
2. Turn the radio OFF.
3. Press and hold the TAPE button for five seconds. READY will appear on the display for five seconds, indicating the feature is active.
4. Insert the adapter. The adapter will power up the radio and begin playing.
This override routine will remain active until EJT is pressed.