My Tascam 234 has been out of use for a long time and when I set it up last night I had a problem with these two symptoms:
A noise emanating from the tape drive area.
When I hit play, the tape fast forwards with the heads engaged (I can see the meters moving and hear the music). Fast forward (and rewind) works fine. Play does not move as fast as FF, but it's way too fast.
The deck is nearly 20 years old and I can't whine about losing it because of it's value, but I have a lot of tapes that I can't access now. Any suggestions other than take it to a Tascam repair center? I might end up doing that, but on Tascam's website there are apparently no such centers anywhere near me.
A noise emanating from the tape drive area.
When I hit play, the tape fast forwards with the heads engaged (I can see the meters moving and hear the music). Fast forward (and rewind) works fine. Play does not move as fast as FF, but it's way too fast.
The deck is nearly 20 years old and I can't whine about losing it because of it's value, but I have a lot of tapes that I can't access now. Any suggestions other than take it to a Tascam repair center? I might end up doing that, but on Tascam's website there are apparently no such centers anywhere near me.