I've got a new issue with my 388 and wanted to ask for advice here (and at TapeOp!) before taking it to my tech. I found an old thread from 2010 that describes the exact same problem I'm having, but there wasn't a solution posted in the thread. He articulated the problem well, so I'm copying/pasting below but changing the track number to correspond with my current problem... (I'm a new member so I can't post the link to that thread yet. Will add that later...)
"Track 2 meter does not read on record function enabled (red light on track 2). So no monitoring of input regardless of what channel is used to assign to track 2. The actual input does work on both Line & mic in (channel 5) and I can record on track 2 fine enough (assigned from whatever channel). The VU meter does show signal on playback AND IT CONTINUES TO SHOW LEVEL ON TAPE EVEN WHEN THE TRACK 5 RECORD FUNCTION IS ENGAGED (which is when it should be reading the line/mic in).
Should I be looking on the Channel Rec/Play PCB boards? or could this be something in the record function section? Am I correct in my assumption that this would have to be an actual problem on a PCB board somewhere (dead Capacitor etc.) NOT just a mis-adjustment somewhere?"
Any insight would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Mike
"Track 2 meter does not read on record function enabled (red light on track 2). So no monitoring of input regardless of what channel is used to assign to track 2. The actual input does work on both Line & mic in (channel 5) and I can record on track 2 fine enough (assigned from whatever channel). The VU meter does show signal on playback AND IT CONTINUES TO SHOW LEVEL ON TAPE EVEN WHEN THE TRACK 5 RECORD FUNCTION IS ENGAGED (which is when it should be reading the line/mic in).
Should I be looking on the Channel Rec/Play PCB boards? or could this be something in the record function section? Am I correct in my assumption that this would have to be an actual problem on a PCB board somewhere (dead Capacitor etc.) NOT just a mis-adjustment somewhere?"
Any insight would be much appreciated!
Thanks!
Mike