ericblowtorch
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I bought a Tascam 688 8-track cassette recorder in supposedly great condition, and it worked for mixing down existing 8-track recordings. Now I'm trying to record on it. I've followed every step of the Step-by-Step Operations Guide to Tracking up to pressing the ASSIGN MAIN key, and that's where I'm having trouble. The screen doesn't look like it should, with 10 rows of 8 LED squares -- it's just 8 horizontal lines, as if I hadn't done anything. The LED meters are dark. Is my machine broken?