Zonderplan
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Hello,
First of all, lovely forum this is, hopefully I can contribute anything usefull myself in the near future.
I was for now hoping maybe someone knows something about the following issue.
I just got a Tascam 388 which is in good shape, as far as I can tell at the moment. I'm really excited about that! The only thing that's weird is the VU meter of channel 5, which when I switch on the power, moves all the way to the right and stays there. It does'nt respond to any input, also it doesn't blink the red light saying Peak. The unit is very quiet, and I checked the channel and it's output with a frequency analyser, to see if there's maybe something going on outside the audible spectrum. It doesn't show anything. All in all it seems nicely quiet, so I assume there is not really any signal going on. I am still awaiting my new tapes to arrive, so I haven't tried recording to tape yet. Does anyone maybe have an idea about why this VU meter straight away moves to the right when I turn my unit's power on? Could it be harmful if un-treated? Somehow it feels worrysome, even if all in all it works correctly furthermore.
Thanks for the time to read this, and I'd love to hear any thoughts,
Happy recording! And happy holidays!
Jan
First of all, lovely forum this is, hopefully I can contribute anything usefull myself in the near future.
I was for now hoping maybe someone knows something about the following issue.
I just got a Tascam 388 which is in good shape, as far as I can tell at the moment. I'm really excited about that! The only thing that's weird is the VU meter of channel 5, which when I switch on the power, moves all the way to the right and stays there. It does'nt respond to any input, also it doesn't blink the red light saying Peak. The unit is very quiet, and I checked the channel and it's output with a frequency analyser, to see if there's maybe something going on outside the audible spectrum. It doesn't show anything. All in all it seems nicely quiet, so I assume there is not really any signal going on. I am still awaiting my new tapes to arrive, so I haven't tried recording to tape yet. Does anyone maybe have an idea about why this VU meter straight away moves to the right when I turn my unit's power on? Could it be harmful if un-treated? Somehow it feels worrysome, even if all in all it works correctly furthermore.
Thanks for the time to read this, and I'd love to hear any thoughts,
Happy recording! And happy holidays!
Jan
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