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geddydawg
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Hello all,
I have an older, black Adat that Im currently having problems with. It has been working flawlessly fine for years and years now, but today when I went to use it, comes up with ERR 5. Now, I read the manual and looked online for what may be causing that to happen. Its not the digital in being on when it shouldnt be, etc....
What's happening is, when I put a tape in, I hear a pulsating noise happen (that never used to be there, and is not present in the other Adat I have) from what Im assuming is the motor or record/playback head.
With a tape in, and the head is disengaged, I can fast forward and rewind, and it will show the exact time code no problem.
As soon as I engage the head, the machine shows a "no fo" (No format) error...
If I re-disengage the head, the spot I stopped at is the new "00:00" . Then, if I fast forward or rewind the tape more.. the machine time always starts 00:00 and goes forward (or backward) depending if I hit FF or REW. When the head is engaged again, no matter where on the tape I stop, it shows the "no fo" sing again. Ive tried this with a tape Ive used for ages, and a brand new tape that I formatted today in a different Adat.
Because of this error, not only will it not play as a standalone unit, but also will not sync up to another Adat... But mostly, I can't play anything on that machine... Frustrating!
Does anyone happen to have any ideas? Is it repairable at all? Is there anyone out there that can repair this?
I have an older, black Adat that Im currently having problems with. It has been working flawlessly fine for years and years now, but today when I went to use it, comes up with ERR 5. Now, I read the manual and looked online for what may be causing that to happen. Its not the digital in being on when it shouldnt be, etc....
What's happening is, when I put a tape in, I hear a pulsating noise happen (that never used to be there, and is not present in the other Adat I have) from what Im assuming is the motor or record/playback head.
With a tape in, and the head is disengaged, I can fast forward and rewind, and it will show the exact time code no problem.
As soon as I engage the head, the machine shows a "no fo" (No format) error...
If I re-disengage the head, the spot I stopped at is the new "00:00" . Then, if I fast forward or rewind the tape more.. the machine time always starts 00:00 and goes forward (or backward) depending if I hit FF or REW. When the head is engaged again, no matter where on the tape I stop, it shows the "no fo" sing again. Ive tried this with a tape Ive used for ages, and a brand new tape that I formatted today in a different Adat.
Because of this error, not only will it not play as a standalone unit, but also will not sync up to another Adat... But mostly, I can't play anything on that machine... Frustrating!
Does anyone happen to have any ideas? Is it repairable at all? Is there anyone out there that can repair this?