K 3500 Truck 4WD V8-5.7L VIN R (1998)
Tape Player: Service and Repair
Cassette Player Care and Cleaning
General Information
1. Clean tape players regularly in order to reduced the possibility of reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes, or a damaged mechanism.
2. Store cassette tapes in cassette cases away from contaminants, direct sunlight, and extreme heat.
3. For the best operation of the cassette tape player, do not use cassette tapes that are longer than 90 minutes in playback time (45 minutes per side).
Cassette tapes longer than 90 minutes may cause tape slippage or jamming.
Head and Capstan Cleaning
There are 2 pants that need to be cleaned on a tape player: the head and the capstan.
1. Since the head and the capstan can be reached through the tape door, leave the tape player in the vehicle. Clean the head and the capstan every 50
hours of operation.
2. In order to clean the head and the capstan, use a cotton swab dipped in ordinary rubbing alcohol, or use a cleaning cassette.
As an alternate way to clean the head and the capstan, a cleaning cassette kit may be purchased.
3. Follow the instructions included with the kit to clean the tape player.
4. Do not contact the tape head with magnetized tools.
If the head becomes magnetized, cassette sound quality will be degraded.
5. No service is performed on tapes. Warranty of these tapes is handled by the cassette manufacturer, not by the dealer.
