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From: saf@clyde.UUCP (Steve Falco)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: Clicks on Cassettes
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Date: Mon, 6-May-85 08:22:26 EDT
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Posted: Mon May  6 08:22:26 1985
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> In any case, what is the best
> way to clean the heads on my tape deck?
> 
>                                       Jim Van Verth
>                                      ..dartvax!dilvish

I recommend the TEAC cleaning products.  They sell a separate rubber
cleaner (RC-1) which you use to un-sticky the pinch roller.  Then you
use a head cleaner (HC-1) to clean the capstan and heads.  This can be
done with about 3 swabs in 1 minute on a cassette deck where things are
accessible.

The rubber cleaner is particularly important - it conditions the roller
and increases its life.  It also helps to eliminate flutter caused by
tape sticking to the roller.  (In extreme cases, a sticky roller will
just plain eat your tape!)

	Steve Falco   AT&T Bell Laboratories  Whippany NJ