Toyota Corolla (E120) 2002–2008 Repair Manual / Diagnostics / Audio system / Sound quality is bad only when playing tape
Toyota Corolla (E120): Sound quality is bad only when playing tape
Inspection procedure
1 Replace cassette tape with another and recheck
- Replace the cassette tape with another and recheck.
- Replace the faulty cassette tape with the normal one to see if the
same trouble occurs again.
Standard: malfunction disappear.


2 Check for any foreign object
- Check for foreign object.
- Check that no foreign material and troubles are detected in the radio receiver assembly cassette tape player.


3 Clean head and check operation

- Head cleaning
- raise the cassette door with your finger. Next, using a pencil or similar object, push in the guide.
- Using a cleaning pen or cotton applicator soaked in cleaner, clean the head surface, pinch rollers and capstans.
- Check that the same trouble occurs again.


Check and replace radio receiver assy
Other materials:
Standard bolt
How to determine bolt strength
Specified torque for standard bolts
How to determine nut strength
*: Nut with 1 or more marks on one side surface of the nut.
Hint:
use the nut with the same number of the nut strength classification or the
greater than the bolt strength classificati ...
Inspection procedure
Hint:
read freeze frame data using the hand-held tester or the obd ii scan tool.
Freeze frame data records the
engine conditions when a malfunction is detected. When troubleshooting, it is
useful for determining whether
the vehicle was running or stopped, the engine was warmed up or not, the ...
Checking the messages
1 Display the “Message Inbox” screen.
2 Select the desired message from the list.
3 Check that the message is displayed.
1 E-mails: Select “Mark Unread” or “Mark Read” to mark mail unread or read on
the message inbox screen.
This function is available when “Update Message Read S ...


