Hi all, I have a DA-30 mk1 that recently stopped playing audio after I used the seek forward/reverse functions.
Transport mech works decently, it's been cleaned and lightly lubed, no binding, smooth loading. Was working fine for about 10 transfers recently, then I used seek and it stopped. Sometimes if I hold seek for 20 secs or so and stop, play mode suddenly works, perfect sound, no aliasing or fringing. While seeking, I can hear the underlying audio bleeping by, but when back in play, no sound. Tape travel through guides looks nominal on load and through play and seek. Unit was functioning quite well. Head, guide, capstan cleaned with chamois, head carefully wiped with no vertical motion, in direction of travel (seems to still work cause it does play well intermittently). Any clues much appreciated! Thanks
Transport mech works decently, it's been cleaned and lightly lubed, no binding, smooth loading. Was working fine for about 10 transfers recently, then I used seek and it stopped. Sometimes if I hold seek for 20 secs or so and stop, play mode suddenly works, perfect sound, no aliasing or fringing. While seeking, I can hear the underlying audio bleeping by, but when back in play, no sound. Tape travel through guides looks nominal on load and through play and seek. Unit was functioning quite well. Head, guide, capstan cleaned with chamois, head carefully wiped with no vertical motion, in direction of travel (seems to still work cause it does play well intermittently). Any clues much appreciated! Thanks