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Vintage Tape (Audio), Cassette, Wire and Magnetic Disc Recorders and Players Open-reel tape recorders, cassette recorders, 8-track players etc. |
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10th Mar 2017, 9:34 pm | #1 |
Heptode
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A cautionary tale.
Had a Sony cassette deck on the bench for attention today but this could happen with any tape machine. I stuck a tape in and it played for a split second then no sound? hmmm odd try another tape same thing, put it in play with no tape in it, wave a screwdriver near the heads and plenty of sound picked up. How strange then it dawned on me........erase heads running all the time wiping the test tapes bar the little bit between the 2 heads, well that's 2 test tapes with blank spaces on them now. Grrrrrr
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10th Mar 2017, 10:24 pm | #2 |
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Re: cautionary tale
Nothing new. Grundig TK20 anyone....
Check the switching for the head. Cheers, Steve P.
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11th Mar 2017, 10:10 pm | #3 |
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Re: A cautionary tale.
That's why I keep a selection of junk tapes to test and repair cassette decks, they often get mangled by faulty mechanisms etc.
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12th Mar 2017, 9:46 am | #4 |
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Re: A cautionary tale.
Oh crikey I would never put my Philips test tape in anything other than a known, good, working machine. But sorry to hear what happened to you.
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12th Mar 2017, 11:47 am | #5 |
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Re: A cautionary tale.
Oh dear. There was a VCR in the past. A Sharp. The bias osc. would start on its own. Known problem. Lost a few test tapes
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12th Mar 2017, 6:15 pm | #6 |
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Re: A cautionary tale.
The common Philips EL3302 and similar early machines can also erase tapes by mistake. If the screw that holds the record button spring works loose it can cause the record contacts to touch, even if the tape has the record tab removed.
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