1997 Buick Skylark Owner's Manual - Page 158

Care of Your Cassette Tape Player A tape player that is not cleaned regularly can cause reduced sound quality, ruined cassettes or a damaged mechanism. Cassette tapes should be storedtheir in cases away from contaminants, direct sunlight and extreme heat.If they aren't, they may not operate properly or may cause failure of the tape player. Cleaning may be done with scrubbing action, a non-abrasive cleaning cassette with pads which scrub the tape head as the hubsthe cleaner cassette turn. of A scrubbing action cleaning cassette is available through your Buick dealership. You may also choose a non-scrubbing action, wet-type cleaner which uses a cassette with a fabric belt to clean the tape head. This type cleaning cassette may not of Your tape player should be cleaned regularly after every clean as thoroughlyas the scrubbing type cleaner. 50 hours of use. Your radio may display CLN to indicate After you clean the player, press and hold EJECT for that you have used your tape player 50 hours without for five seconds to reset the CLN indicator. The radio will resetting the tape clean timer. If this message appears display --- to show the indicator was reset. on the display, your cassette tape player needs to be cleaned. It will play tapes, but you should cleanas still it Cassettes are subject to wear and the sound quality soon as possibleto prevent damage to your tapes and may degrade over time. Always make sure the cassette player. If you notice a reduction in sound quality, a ty r tape isin good condition before you have your tape known good cassette to if it is the tape or tape see the player serviced. player atfault. If this other cassette has no improvement in sound quality, clean the tape player. 3-29