Tape deck in '87 528e

[Stephen Carlisle <scarl1847@xxxxxxx>]

Bimwads,
    I have a question about the operation of the tape deck (stock
Alpine-made BMW radio and tape deck) in my '87 528e.  I have no owner's
manual for the radio/tape deck so I can't look it up.  When using the
deck, the "seek" arrows provide a fast-forward search function for the
tape.  Before discovering this, I just used the "fast-forward" and
"re-wind" buttons and guessed.  There must be a certain programmed lapse
of dead tape space between "tunes" before the "play" mode kicks in
because sometimes it produces the desired results and sometimes it
doesn't.  While it's searching,  the display reads SE2.  Does anyone
have more details or hints about the operation of this feature.  Are
there other features of the deck that I may not have discovered as yet?
    Thanks to everyone who responded to my question about repairing the
emblem on my trunk.  It's going to be much easier to replace it for
$12.00 than try to paint it.

Steve C.

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