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Sorry I didn't answer sooner, yes the machine is working, but I never got to get the red lights to work, eventhough it doe record to tape. Would you know what the problem is?

well update!! its been a long time now, but it took some time for the drivers to arrive. I've canged the drivers and stillno red lights! BUT I've also got some tape and tested the machine and evrything is running and recording smoothly eventhough the lights don't light up they DO work. So I...

Tanks for your answer, actually what I tried that work wasn't just a jumper of ground to the A board, it was getting ground to reach the left leg of each LED, the one with the resistor, so that's why I think the problem is not getting geound to the entire board. I also found a path of ground...

Here you Ghost, hope this helps!!!

HEY Ghost!! I found the two wire jumper in the layout but I couldn't see it in the PCB layout itself, I only see the connections between both PCBs happening through the 5 wire ribbons, but I can't find the jumper. So I thought maybe changing the ribbons was the way to go. From the pictures I...

So I've been working long hours on this. replaced the ribbon conectors between the two PCBs that looked like broken connections, but still no red LEDS.\\\ So I've been keeping on the layouts and studying them. I've come to see that maybe there are a pair of drivers, transistors that may be...

That could do the trick Ghost, but I would really prefer to understand whats wrong, it has to be something simple I have attached the PCB layouts, I have studied them and then I followed the ground path from the PWER PCB all the way through the wires to FUNCTION PCB ASSY A and then from this...

There is a gorund pin on the lower PCB assy, and I was checking the path to the REC LEDs and when touching the LEDs left leg and the ground with the multimeter I see that there is LIGHT!!! This also happens with the nearest leg of the same switch, which of course is connected to the ground...

OK Ghost, the thing is I'm not sure that the power to the yellow LEDs comes from the same source. As when I followed the path from the red ones it goes to a different connector, and then this one goes to the back and is connected to the REMOTE connector. Maybe this deck was used with the remote...

Hello Ghost!!!! sorry I haven't responded sooner, but haven't had the time to etst the machine until today. so I used the multimeter today on the red LEDs and but I'm not sure of the setting on the multimeter is AC or DC, but after reading the manual and everything working on DC I read the...

OK,thanks Ghost! The thing is the led has one track directly to the switch, I tested and its good, but once it gets to the switch, I'm not sure what to look for or test? I am trying it out while having the PCB card open, without the metal body, do you think this could be it?

No I haven't checked that, what confuses me is that the entire PCB board has lights and all seem to be working fine. The bulb only goes to the switch and then I could only traced down the entire switch's path. But if some bulbs on the board work fine doesn't it mean that the path up until the...

UPDATE: So I have the transport working fine now, tried it many times and all seems to be working OK. I found out that one fuse was burned! So today I went and replacedall the fuses with new ones, and I was hoping this would fix the problem with the REC arming switches lights!, but NO! I...

Just noticed that I was testing the deck with the transport touching the metal case inside, so put it aside and now seems to work OK, something to do with the grounding?? I still can't get the REC buttons to light up though.

OK, so I've done some tests I've opened the machine following the manual, got to remove the transport control Assembly and removed the rec arming module. I went ahead and dismanteled the transport to look at the contacts and maybe look for something disoldered. TRANSPORT MODULE: I found...

OK! thank you for the quick replies, will check everything out and keep posted!! once again truly thankful for all the help!

Ok So I’m back from the trip and got the machine with me!! Everything seemed to come together as the day I was going to test it I received an answer fro John French about the heads saying they looked very good with life left in them and offered good prices for relaxing or even new ones! And...

Hello guys!! so I'm about to take the trip and the seller contacts me about some possible problems with the machine. There seems to be like a blurry spot on the second head on the first channel, I saw this before but he told me all audio had been checked, but it now seems to maybe be a...

thanks for your answer! I supposed that it could be some cleaning. The control is a good idea, will be on the lookout for one if needed. I've sent John French pictures already, but still asked the seller to take better photos. Any way I will go for it and look to fix the transport, the seller...

Hello, I am new to this forum, first post! first of all thank you so much for all your help, as I have been a reader of this forum for quite a while, but this is my second time writing, so thank you in advance for any help you can give me. I am thinking of buying a tascam atr60/8 with vumeters...