Recent content by emeters

Folks, My third channel will monitor through headphones and show a reading through the VU meter, but when I listen back there's nothing on tape. I'm thinking this has something to do with a connection to the rec/play head, but that's kind of above my paygrade. Relatedly (maybe?), after about...

I've got a 246, not a 244, but I'm pretty sure it will do two tracks at once. The first thing you'll need is a manual. Here's a pdf I found online:

Folks, I've just replaced both belts and it still tries to eat tape. When I hit play, the right-hand tape reel stops moving, which bunches tape inside the cassette unless I stop it. Fast-forward and rewind move slow as Christmas. I'm using Maxell XLII High Bias, probably ten or fifteen years...