Recent content by phil-fw

Yes - broadly speaking - but it is upside down too so any special tracks such as timing would be displaced also. I think it is also complicated by the fact that while most audio tapes run with glossy side out, some of the coatings are different. I inherited 4 AMPEX tapes and don't know what...

OK... at the severe risk of sounding like a true idiot ---- Is it possible that if a tape is played right out to the end.... and then left on the take-up spool ... and then put back on the machine... in the assumption that it is a feed spool.. then you would not be using the tape correctly...

Hi Can anyone tell me what these LEDs mean? I can't any reference to them in the manual. All I know is that when I try to record... I get nothing. I believe I am selecting the tracks to READY and checking the levels on the LED Meter and all looks OK. But nothing records. Maybe a fuse is...

Yes... :P I am currently wrestling with a Ferrograph series 5 as well... a lot more volts... but essentially a lot simpler than modern gear.

Oh praise the Lord. I managed to clear it. I guess the method might be useful to anyone else in this position. I was just getting poised to delve into the service manual and then I reasoned that it was probably like an old VCR... accidental power off when cycling throws the mechanism out of...

Hi all I just purchased a second hand G16. It was working fine. Then I carelessly turned the machine a little to check the cables at the rear. The power cable must have been not fully home as it dropped out... I reckon this was during play. Now the unit lights up and the controls seem to be...