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Old 15th Jul 2019, 8:58 am   #26
Ray_Singh
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Default Re: Philips N4450 Reel to Reel Tape Player

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Originally Posted by TonyDuell View Post
I think at switch-on one of the 'direction' lamps should glow at low brightness showing the direction it was last used in.
Tony is absolutely right, on power on there should only be one of the two “play” lights on and dimmed. The stop button has no illumination.

Incidentally on power on both reels should rotate momentarily in opposite directions. This is to pick up any lack in the mounted tape.

Peter
Thanks Peter - Yes, I initially found this odd that on power up the reels rotated in opposite directions, but now understand why. Machine 1 does this.
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