Hi
I recently obtained a tascam 38 but it's not in a working condition.
Symptoms:
- power on: ok, machine powers up, capstan motor spins and capstan is turning, all lights of the vu meters are ok, on/off buttons of the channels are ok.
- FFWD: when i push FFWD there is no action
- RWD: when i push RWD there is no action
- play: right motor starts spinning counterclockwise (which is ok), tape is pushed up towards the heads, the capstan takes the tape but the left motor is not spinning to take up the tape on the reel
I checked the motors: they are ok (you can check this with a 9 volt battery).
My guess is that the control pcb is not working or the power supply pcb has a mallfunction.
what is your advise for this great machine?
regards
steve
I recently obtained a tascam 38 but it's not in a working condition.
Symptoms:
- power on: ok, machine powers up, capstan motor spins and capstan is turning, all lights of the vu meters are ok, on/off buttons of the channels are ok.
- FFWD: when i push FFWD there is no action
- RWD: when i push RWD there is no action
- play: right motor starts spinning counterclockwise (which is ok), tape is pushed up towards the heads, the capstan takes the tape but the left motor is not spinning to take up the tape on the reel
I checked the motors: they are ok (you can check this with a 9 volt battery).
My guess is that the control pcb is not working or the power supply pcb has a mallfunction.
what is your advise for this great machine?
regards
steve