the used to make a cleaning kit that had a bent arm and pads, but in many 
cases the bent qtip does the job.


On Sun, 14 Jan 2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> I don't see why exactly washing the heads is a problem.   Open the door and
> press the play button.   The heads will extend and the spindal motors will
> turn.   When the machine realizes there is no cassette the spindals and a 
> little
> wheel at the front may stop but the heads and wheel extend outwards.   If 
> still
> running you have to watch out or anything like string or whatever could wrap
> around the wheel, just stay away from it and stick to the heads.   Do not be
> afraid to stick your fingers in there, it's always been safe to me in the 
> past,
> unless your afraid of the power of the magnetic heads. :)   There are no
> sharp edges to cut yourself on and the wheel turning cannot grab your finger, 
> it
> is rubber and and a spinning metal rod next to it is also harmless.
>
> If you only want to demagnitize the machine, Radio Shack sells a
> demagnitizing cassette.   Just pop it in and run, clears the problem.
>
> Py
>
>>
>> I think I ask this some time ago but never got a satisfactory answer so,
>> here we go again.
>> We all have a player from our cooperating library service, or have seen such
>> a player. My question concerns the cleaning of the heads and that dam door.
>> If one could get it to go up another couple of inches you could get to the
>> heads and properly give them an alcohol bath. Maybe in the next five or ten
>> years we won't be using that player but for now it is a problem.
>>
>> All suggestions will be appreciated, Phil Parr.
>>
>>
>
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>


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