Adat head cleaning

[Jason001]

Has anyone ever performed this manually?
It seems to me it can be done if your very careful not to move the head. Has anyone encountered problems?
I apologize if this is a redundant question.

[This message has been edited by Jason001 (edited 04-10-2000).]

[Jason001]

If it was a matter of bringing it to a shop and paying 60 bucks I would just do that but,I live way up in northern Minnesota and there are no shops around. The first Adat I bought had a bad transport. I called Alesis tech support and they told me it happens alot during shipping. So, I'm leary about shipping it to someone. I am thinking about buying the video from Alesis, ever checked it out Sonusman?
I am sure I have the ability to do the job I just want to know as much as I can so I can check all the little extras too.
Thanks for "coming out" hee hee (no hard feelings right?) shared passions and all
Jas

[Jason001]

Are there any "signs" to watch for that indicate the idler wheel is going bad?

[BigKahuna]

I'm interested in that question too. I've had the one LX20 for about 3 years now and am kinda just waiting for some signs that it needs maintenance. I have noticed once in a great while a 'scratchy' sound during playback, but so far has been corrected by a 'turn off/on' deal like they tell you to do when you call Windows support
I know, 3 years is probably a little long w/o a tune up. But, so far no tapes eaten and all still sounds good but is there something specific to watch out for?

[BigKahuna]

In thinking about it I probably don't even have 300 hours on that 3 yr old mahine ... which actually is kinda sad. Just proves that I'm a slave to the Man and not doing enough music.

[Jason001]

I know that the red asterik on the upper right of the display is an indicator of trouble(when it flashes alot)and an er 7 after power up indicates the heads need to be cleaned but,I have not read anything telling the signs of a bad idler wheel. Maybe inspecting it is the only way. I was a slave to the man too. Now I make a living doing jingles and scores from my home, sweeeet!
Jas

[David]

Watch out for the little spring when replacing the idler wheel, I replaced one a while back its very simple but that darn spring will jump out on ya real quick and its very small, the one I took out you could tell alot of diff from the new one the little rubber o-ring was worn a good bit.