Just getting back to normal in this house; planned on starting work on some cassette decks, and.....wham! My DTC-59es stopped working. Long story short, used this vid to resolve the issue. (damn plastic locker's ) allowed one arm to go out of timing,jamming the tape. I did all the other fixes,and things are good. I do need to do a tape /head alignment, but i don't as yet have a scope. I wish i knew a shop i could trust in the states. So much thanks,as I was sick over this failure. I surely am grateful for the help!
Thank you , very smart . One year ago I fixed my DAT following your istructions . Today CAUTION came up again and I am going to do what I already did in the past HOPING that is not something else .
Thanks for uploading this. Mine was displaying the same symptoms ... the first cleaning of the "cassette in" micro-switches didn't work that well so I went chasing other possibilities. But those switches seemed to be the only explanation, so I went back and really cleaned them, and now all is great !!
In Sony equipment (at least with DAT players and Video-8 camcorders) the CAUTION warning means there's humidity or condensation inside the unit. This is mentioned in the user's manual and happens when the DAT has been stored in a wet place or has been moved from a warm place to a cold one or vice-versa... The solution is to wait an hour or so, preferably turn on the dehumidifier if you have one - It's not a mechanical fault, just a method to prevent the tape from sticking to the drum...
I am so sadden that the companies dropped the DAT systems. Like you said, they are a super recording format that didn’t need to be lost. Now it is so hard to find replacement parts like head drum units or house ICs; now just throw the unit into the junk pile and go buy some other unit on ebay. DAT units seem so expensive now adays (specially with shipping cost) and you never know what you are going to receive from the seller. ..... Anyhow, love the way you present your vids ....Good Stuff ....and lots of info, thanks....
Incredible detailed video..I'm gonna try to fix the same caution problem. The first I found was the SOLENOID with the two screws unscrewed...I fixed that, but the problem persists. If I turn by hand the supply reel , feels free, but the take up reel is like it was a little stucked. I will disassemble the reel's mechanism and I'll share my solution too. Another Issue was, the unit turn off and on suddenly after I turned on o during playback music: Allegedly it was the power on-off switch dirty, I cleaned and solder the welds. It made the unit turn off and on randomly and also when I touched the play or stop buttons, the unit made this issue too. Best regards
Many thanks for your super-helpful demo, because my 790 seemingly has exactly the same symptoms. My tech know-how and tools are pretty much non-existent, but I could probably Deoxit the switches if I had a better understanding of exactly where they're located on the transport chassis, and if I had a clearer idea of how much disassembly is required to get at them. Would very much appreciate any help you can give me on this.
Very interesting as usual ;) Good explanation on the ADC stuff, I think for signed 16 bit you get 32767 positive values and the same number of negative values - That's a lot of definition really, especially when the sample rate is 44/48Khz. It was amazing technology really, ahead of its time. Sony really used to pioneer this industry.
Yes the resolution is something like that. I was trying to explain it in laymans terms. Regardless, you have 32767 possible voltage measurements above and below your base line. Anything higher than that is represented at 32767 and on playback that forms a square wave. I will do a demo with test tones on various digital recorders at some time to show what happens to the waveform.
@@cosmolv Pioneer D-07 DAT deck even allowed analog recording at 96 kHz. Downside was that the drum had to rotate at twice the speed, leading to higher wear.
In my case on my Sony A7, when I press play, the 2 guides never get pushed into position to thread the tape. I believe this is because the tape isn't laying flat (I can see this with the cover off.) One of the guides is slightly higher than the other (in resting position) so the tape is catching on that guide. When I use a pencil to lay the tape flat, it still won't play. I'm wondering if this is because the computer has sensed a problem with the tape and essentially does a full stop, because I also cannot unload the tape. Strangely, if I power the unit off and back on, essentially "rebooting the computer", it still won't play the tape or eject. If you have any suggestions on what I should focus on, I would love to hear about it. Thanks!
Its interesting the little tabs on the tape arms have not cracked at 15:28,common for the black arm ,and gear, the little white tab on top of gear ,i had to fix this before and glue it back on,if you look on youtube there are many people showing this problem.I have the dtc-59es model.
christopher dunn Nope still working after all these years, but this unit is starting to give me trouble again.Intermittently creasing tapes when searching, so one of these days I will look at it yet again. I have another machine I recently bought that is doing this units job until I look at it again.
Very good job because I cannot believe you fixed the problem (would have liked to see the switches you cleaned) and this one has finally convinced me not to buy one of these, you have to be a Tech so that you can fix it every 6 months. Is 1995 a bad year for production?
I cant recall the exact model of Sony DAT deck I had a few years ago but when I tried the data tapes it would not record but if I tried a non data DAT tape it would record.
Hello! My DTC-ZE700 has a problem: when the rewind is turned on, the tape flies from the mechanism and gets stuck (WAIT on the display), sometimes it is refilled in a cassette with overlapping. The tape transportation and rewinding/fast forwarding of the tape is difficulty. Visually, mechanism is normal, everything is moving, the switches are working, the winding motor is working normally (checked from 4.8 V). By the way, I installed down the pinch roller in his place... maybe I put roller on the wrong side (upside down)? Where to look?
Excellent videos you have helped me tons but I still have one problem the dtc 790 is playing way too fast is there an adjustment or is there something else causing this problem.Again thanks for the videos
Love the old DAT machines. The mechanisms are very similar to VCRs, and they ahve the same problems as VCRs because they are so similar. More switch trouble is the most common. Some machine use pin switch as the mode encoder switch, and these are very problematic.
Hi I watched your two videos, the first one I cleaned the two switch, and I have still the problem.."Caution" so I this video what di you do to repeat it? did you move something, or clean something from the mechanics ...I can not see clear what did you do...suddenly you mounted it and is working...so?....Thankss
проблемы с загрузкой ленты. Разобрал, неисправных элементов не обнаружено, не смазвал, не чистил, не промывал. Подёргал соленоид, планку выдвижения стоек. Я так и не понял в чём была причина, и как она была устранена?
@@user-ei2yu3ui2w Образовались окислы и высыхание смазки. В результате шевеления, механика вышла из зависшего состояния и аппарат заработал. Нужно вычищать старую смазку, накладывать новую. Желательно и концевики промыть.
The opening music, and for that matter all music used in all of my productions is royalty free content from Musicbakery.com.This track is a rework of the track Undercover. You will hear musicbakery music in all sorts of video and film production. I encourage anyone looking for high quality music they can use in their productions to head over to musicbakery.com This is an endorsement to the composer Jack Waldenmeier. He is a master and has music for pretty much any project you can imagine. My production company, way back when I was in the commercial business bought probably a dozen CDs from them after we got hammered for using just background music that the client liked for a voice over. We got a strongly worded letter from a lawyer representing a label, so back to the edit suite that work went, and the music was stripped. I went searching for royalty free content and stumbled across music bakery, showed it to my business partner and the next thing I knew he went and bought a bunch of CDs and said from now on this is the only music we use. That was find by me, it is all good stuff. Cost the company a few grand to buy it. Long story short, my business partner died, and I decided I didn't want to deal with the business side of running a production company I was on the technical and cinematography side, and I didn't have the business skillset to deal with the sales and accounting side. So the company folded, and I ended up with a bunch of hardware to dispose of.
@Tony Jaksn I was done. Was time for a change. It is tough to try to bring someone in because the attitude is always "what's in it for me" and I had the opportunity to take a nice high wage union job with benefits and pension with a humongous corporation.
i think the µController that control the load can not go to the end of the load function. so the error occured. look at the endposition of this white gear etc. this is interrest that this thing goes normaly faster in the load-end position. i'm right? if i have a problem like this i put the parts from the mechanic in a ultrasonic bath and then after this is lean it works like a new one.
Hi, really helpful videos. Got my DTC-690 issues sorted out by cleaning the pin switches, and I have a DTC-7P which I might try to get going again too. The DTC-690 has a modification to it, a PCB called Techno Lab ADS 16 which fits into a 40W DIL header, any idea what this is? I can't find any information about it at all, is it to disable SMCS maybe?
@@12voltvids not much on the Internet about this company these days, but found a link to a minidisc serial copy bit stripper, so I guess that's what it does.
@@tommarshall3034 When you get anything from eBay. That's why I don't buy from eBay. I have bought 3 things in the past 10 years. One was a part that turned out to be a pull and was no good as was the second one they sent. Refunded but not shipping. Lost 30. Bought a dat machine for 10.00 and had to pay 90 to have it shipped even though the ad said shipping 30 when I bid. Had to repair it because it didn't work. Bought a heathkit vintage panaplex clock and had to rebuild that too because the guy that built it didn't know how to solder.
Call me stupid and maybe I missed it but what was the fix? I have a 700 model and I understand that those little circle clips crack on the sliding mech. I noticed one of yours was cracked.
fine! hundreds of tapes with recorded music or voice.but the question is who will listen all that stuff? even if you have the equipment for,have u the time?
Yes I have the time. I put tapes on and let them play all the time. Background music. Most of these are mixed tapes that I made years ago. I don't use streaming music services. I don't have music on my phone. I grab a physical tape, put it in the take deck, and let it play. In my car, I have a 128G memory stick, and I just leave the system in random play.
The tape is just a standard dat tape recorded on a known good machine. There were alignment tapes available back when these things were still relevant but not now that the format is dead. The test point is the RF output from the preamp.
@@12voltvids Many thanks for your response. Unfortunately, I don't know whether the tracking is the problem: It's a SONY DTC-670. Playback works, recording unfortunately not. You can only partially hear the recording. The relay switches continuously. An END ID cannot be recorded either. I replaced the capacitors on the head amp. Unfortunately without improving the problem. Maybe you have an idea what the problem could be?
+yupimbackk Not according to my Son. He thinks I am dumber than a box of hammers.But then what do I know. I finished school, which the way he is going is unlikely.
+Gerald Nichols If it will not load there are many things that can cause this. Mechanical problems are the most common, like linkage coming apart, or the pin switches that tell the microprocessor what mode the mechanism is in.
+12voltvids Thanks. Not being a tech guy I suppose it is a lost cause. 8/ Sure is sad to look at the useless but beautiful piece of work! I have had repairmen refuse to take it apart to try and fix it.
+Gerald Nichols They are very tedious to work on because of their size, however don't toss it out. You would be surprized that people are looking for broken DAT machines, if for nothing more than parts, as new parts are impossible to find, and even if a plastic part is broken, there are many good parts in there that collectors want for restoration. I have sold broken things on Ebay, and have gotten more for a unit for salvage that I ever imagined it was worth.I recently sold an old mono sony Betamax for 400.00! That was more than the unit sold for new. Mine was in working condition, and that is why it fetched such a high price, but I would have been happy with a fraction of that because I basically took 2 broken machines that I found in the garbage, and made a good unit (the video of the repair is on my channel) and then sold it for a huge profit.
You also have to watch those damn white nylon post bushings on the posts of the mechanism. They crack and lose their grip causing all sorts of problems in the mechanism. They crack very easily. Horrible design. Anyway, I see yours is cracked on the black arm that has the odd gear. Those bushings are no longer available though I see a guy on eBay selling packs of three for $12!! I fixed mine by putting a dab of hot glue on the top of the bushings. Try to force the glue a bit down the two holes on each side of the bushing to help it grab on to the post better. Someone mentioned gel super glue could be used, I did not try that. Might be smart to do this preventatively on your unit...
+alphabeets I no longer own this unit, so that will be someone else's headache.I picked up a mint condition Tascam DA40, and a Panasonic SV3500.This was not a very good design, true. The DTC75ES and DTC670 use the same, and much stronger mechanism.
I get paid when you watch the video. The longer you watch the more I get paid. (More ads run on longer videos) also many are beginners and want to see the entire troubleshooting procedure. If I told you in the description how to fix, then you would not need to watch and thus no advertising and no pay for me. Would you give away your trade secrets for free? Let me rephrase that. If you were teaching a class on electronics repair would you spend your time and do it for free? Doubt it.
Yes all parts are there... The door will open & close but will not play the tape... Plus the drive belt is still good ... How do I go about getting it to you... Thanks
Just getting back to normal in this house; planned on starting work on some cassette decks, and.....wham! My DTC-59es stopped working. Long story short, used this vid to resolve the issue. (damn plastic locker's ) allowed one arm to go out of timing,jamming the tape. I did all the other fixes,and things are good. I do need to do a tape /head alignment, but i don't as yet have a scope. I wish i knew a shop i could trust in the states.
So much thanks,as I was sick over this failure. I surely am grateful for the help!
Thank you , very smart . One year ago I fixed my DAT following your istructions . Today CAUTION came up again and I am going to do what I already did in the past HOPING that is not something else .
Thanks for uploading this. Mine was displaying the same symptoms ... the first cleaning of the "cassette in" micro-switches didn't work that well so I went chasing other possibilities. But those switches seemed to be the only explanation, so I went back and really cleaned them, and now all is great !!
😁👍
In Sony equipment (at least with DAT players and Video-8 camcorders) the CAUTION warning means there's humidity or condensation inside the unit. This is mentioned in the user's manual and happens when the DAT has been stored in a wet place or has been moved from a warm place to a cold one or vice-versa... The solution is to wait an hour or so, preferably turn on the
dehumidifier if you have one - It's not a mechanical fault, just a method to prevent the tape from sticking to the drum...
I am so sadden that the companies dropped the DAT systems. Like you said, they are a super recording format that didn’t need to be lost. Now it is so hard to find replacement parts like head drum units or house ICs; now just throw the unit into the junk pile and go buy some other unit on ebay. DAT units seem so expensive now adays (specially with shipping cost) and you never know what you are going to receive from the seller. ..... Anyhow, love the way you present your vids ....Good Stuff ....and lots of info, thanks....
Incredible detailed video..I'm gonna try to fix the same caution problem. The first I found was the SOLENOID with the two screws unscrewed...I fixed that, but the problem persists. If I turn by hand the supply reel , feels free, but the take up reel is like it was a little stucked. I will disassemble the reel's mechanism and I'll share my solution too. Another Issue was, the unit turn off and on suddenly after I turned on o during playback music: Allegedly it was the power on-off switch dirty, I cleaned and solder the welds. It made the unit turn off and on randomly and also when I touched the play or stop buttons, the unit made this issue too. Best regards
Many thanks for your super-helpful demo, because my 790 seemingly has exactly the same symptoms. My tech know-how and tools are pretty much non-existent, but I could probably Deoxit the switches if I had a better understanding of exactly where they're located on the transport chassis, and if I had a clearer idea of how much disassembly is required to get at them. Would very much appreciate any help you can give me on this.
Very interesting as usual ;) Good explanation on the ADC stuff, I think for signed 16 bit you get 32767 positive values and the same number of negative values - That's a lot of definition really, especially when the sample rate is 44/48Khz. It was amazing technology really, ahead of its time. Sony really used to pioneer this industry.
Yes the resolution is something like that. I was trying to explain it in laymans terms.
Regardless, you have 32767 possible voltage measurements above and below your base line. Anything higher than that is represented at 32767 and on playback that forms a square wave.
I will do a demo with test tones on various digital recorders at some time to show what happens to the waveform.
With Tascam DA-45HR you can record 48 Khz at 24 bit (so DAT rocks)
@@cosmolv Pioneer D-07 DAT deck even allowed analog recording at 96 kHz. Downside was that the drum had to rotate at twice the speed, leading to higher wear.
In my case on my Sony A7, when I press play, the 2 guides never get pushed into position to thread the tape. I believe this is because the tape isn't laying flat (I can see this with the cover off.) One of the guides is slightly higher than the other (in resting position) so the tape is catching on that guide. When I use a pencil to lay the tape flat, it still won't play. I'm wondering if this is because the computer has sensed a problem with the tape and essentially does a full stop, because I also cannot unload the tape. Strangely, if I power the unit off and back on, essentially "rebooting the computer", it still won't play the tape or eject. If you have any suggestions on what I should focus on, I would love to hear about it. Thanks!
Its interesting the little tabs on the tape arms have not cracked at 15:28,common for the black arm ,and gear, the little white tab on top of gear ,i had to fix this before and glue it back on,if you look on youtube there are many people showing this problem.I have the dtc-59es model.
christopher dunn Nope still working after all these years, but this unit is starting to give me trouble again.Intermittently creasing tapes when searching, so one of these days I will look at it yet again. I have another machine I recently bought that is doing this units job until I look at it again.
I am pretty sure I saw a cracked bushing on the black tape guide arm...
+alphabeets Oh alright well i know those little plastic white tabs bust off the right one had to glue it back on no its good again.
+alphabeets see 16:02
+alphabeets Nylon doesn't glue well, but hit it with a soldering iron and fuse the pieces back together works in most cases if you are careful
Very good job because I cannot believe you fixed the problem (would have liked to see the switches you cleaned) and this one has finally convinced me not to buy one of these, you have to be a Tech so that you can fix it every 6 months. Is 1995 a bad year for production?
I cant recall the exact model of Sony DAT deck I had a few years ago but when I tried the data tapes it would not record but if I tried a non data DAT tape it would record.
My three Sony Dex work fine with the data tapes
Very simply mechanism of the DTC-790.
If possible, check the SMD Capacitor on the RF Board.
It's ready to leak acid.
Yes I already did this, I just haven't put together a video of that repair yet.
I am going to go through my DTC 75ES too and check that one over.
Good job
Very informative video. Whereabouts do one find a data DAT tape for sale and price-wise, is it that much cheaper than a regular DAT tape?
Hello! My DTC-ZE700 has a problem: when the rewind is turned on, the tape flies from the mechanism and gets stuck (WAIT on the display), sometimes it is refilled in a cassette with overlapping. The tape transportation and rewinding/fast forwarding of the tape is difficulty. Visually, mechanism is normal, everything is moving, the switches are working, the winding motor is working normally (checked from 4.8 V). By the way, I installed down the pinch roller in his place... maybe I put roller on the wrong side (upside down)? Where to look?
Excellent videos you have helped me tons but I still have one problem the dtc 790 is playing way too fast is there an adjustment or is there something else causing this problem.Again thanks for the videos
When doing the tapepath adjustments, what signal am I looking for? Or better, how should I setup the scope? BTW, great videos :-)
THANK YOU!
Hello. I have a DTC-790. The right reel don't works when I push play and the tape collects out. The left reel works well. What can I do?. Thanks.
thx for the upload I have a Sony dat to fix, used to fix vcr's so have some knowledge,
Love the old DAT machines. The mechanisms are very similar to VCRs, and they ahve the same problems as VCRs because they are so similar. More switch trouble is the most common. Some machine use pin switch as the mode encoder switch, and these are very problematic.
Hi I watched your two videos, the first one I cleaned the two switch, and I have still the problem.."Caution" so I this video what di you do to repeat it? did you move something, or clean something from the mechanics ...I can not see clear what did you do...suddenly you mounted it and is working...so?....Thankss
I am curious how much of the technology for DAT was used to create MiniDV tapes
Short answer none. Dat used VCR technology. Mine DV is a VCR.
Hi, do you know where can I find some cables(wiring components) for Sony LBT D709 (not the one with CD, just cassette). Thank you very much!
Отличное кино! Как всегда.
проблемы с загрузкой ленты. Разобрал, неисправных элементов не обнаружено, не смазвал, не чистил, не промывал. Подёргал соленоид, планку выдвижения стоек. Я так и не понял в чём была причина, и как она была устранена?
@@user-ei2yu3ui2w Образовались окислы и высыхание смазки. В результате шевеления, механика вышла из зависшего состояния и аппарат заработал. Нужно вычищать старую смазку, накладывать новую.
Желательно и концевики промыть.
@@sergeys6263 Спасибо.
My sony dtc55 es it loads the tape ok but no further movements upon play or FF any idea what will the problem??
The best digital audio and it is recorded on a tape.
hello again me with my dtc 790 I also tried to follow this video but nothing keeps giving me caution Help Me Please !!!!!!
Excellent tutorial! Whose is the track that sounds at the beginning? Very good music..
The opening music, and for that matter all music used in all of my productions is royalty free content from Musicbakery.com.This track is a rework of the track Undercover. You will hear musicbakery music in all sorts of video and film production. I encourage anyone looking for high quality music they can use in their productions to head over to musicbakery.com This is an endorsement to the composer Jack Waldenmeier. He is a master and has music for pretty much any project you can imagine. My production company, way back when I was in the commercial business bought probably a dozen CDs from them after we got hammered for using just background music that the client liked for a voice over. We got a strongly worded letter from a lawyer representing a label, so back to the edit suite that work went, and the music was stripped. I went searching for royalty free content and stumbled across music bakery, showed it to my business partner and the next thing I knew he went and bought a bunch of CDs and said from now on this is the only music we use. That was find by me, it is all good stuff. Cost the company a few grand to buy it. Long story short, my business partner died, and I decided I didn't want to deal with the business side of running a production company I was on the technical and cinematography side, and I didn't have the business skillset to deal with the sales and accounting side. So the company folded, and I ended up with a bunch of hardware to dispose of.
@Tony Jaksn
I was done. Was time for a change. It is tough to try to bring someone in because the attitude is always "what's in it for me" and I had the opportunity to take a nice high wage union job with benefits and pension with a humongous corporation.
i think the µController that control the load can not go to the end of the load function. so the error occured. look at the endposition of this white gear etc. this is interrest that this thing goes normaly faster in the load-end position. i'm right?
if i have a problem like this i put the parts from the mechanic in a ultrasonic bath and then after this is lean it works like a new one.
Volker King The pin switches cause many intermittent problems.
Hi, really helpful videos. Got my DTC-690 issues sorted out by cleaning the pin switches, and I have a DTC-7P which I might try to get going again too.
The DTC-690 has a modification to it, a PCB called Techno Lab ADS 16 which fits into a 40W DIL header, any idea what this is? I can't find any information about it at all, is it to disable SMCS maybe?
No idea
@@12voltvids not much on the Internet about this company these days, but found a link to a minidisc serial copy bit stripper, so I guess that's what it does.
@@tommarshall3034
I would say that is an illegal device.
@@12voltvids Seems relatively easy to remove. When you get a DAT machine from ebay, there are always surprises
@@tommarshall3034
When you get anything from eBay. That's why I don't buy from eBay. I have bought 3 things in the past 10 years. One was a part that turned out to be a pull and was no good as was the second one they sent. Refunded but not shipping. Lost 30.
Bought a dat machine for 10.00 and had to pay 90 to have it shipped even though the ad said shipping 30 when I bid. Had to repair it because it didn't work. Bought a heathkit vintage panaplex clock and had to rebuild that too because the guy that built it didn't know how to solder.
Call me stupid and maybe I missed it but what was the fix? I have a 700 model and I understand that those little circle clips crack on the sliding mech. I noticed one of yours was cracked.
Where can I get my dat player fix at please
fine! hundreds of tapes with recorded music or voice.but the question is who will listen all that stuff? even if you have the equipment for,have u the time?
Yes I have the time. I put tapes on and let them play all the time. Background music. Most of these are mixed tapes that I made years ago. I don't use streaming music services. I don't have music on my phone. I grab a physical tape, put it in the take deck, and let it play. In my car, I have a 128G memory stick, and I just leave the system in random play.
Consumer SONY Tape-drives were always shitty !
Can you please tell me where you connected the oscilloscope and what is recorded on the test tape? Thank you, Richard
The tape is just a standard dat tape recorded on a known good machine. There were alignment tapes available back when these things were still relevant but not now that the format is dead. The test point is the RF output from the preamp.
@@12voltvids
Many thanks for your response. Unfortunately, I don't know whether the tracking is the problem: It's a SONY DTC-670. Playback works, recording unfortunately not. You can only partially hear the recording. The relay switches continuously. An END ID cannot be recorded either. I replaced the capacitors on the head amp. Unfortunately without improving the problem.
Maybe you have an idea what the problem could be?
@@richardsteinbeck2429 Could be bad heads or a problem in the record amplifier.
Your're one smart cat.
+yupimbackk Not according to my Son. He thinks I am dumber than a box of hammers.But then what do I know. I finished school, which the way he is going is unlikely.
I have a TCD-D8 walkman DAT recorder that works great but now will not load the cassette. What can I do?
+Gerald Nichols If it will not load there are many things that can cause this. Mechanical problems are the most common, like linkage coming apart, or the pin switches that tell the microprocessor what mode the mechanism is in.
+12voltvids Thanks. Not being a tech guy I suppose it is a lost cause. 8/
Sure is sad to look at the useless but beautiful piece of work! I have had repairmen refuse to take it apart to try and fix it.
+Gerald Nichols They are very tedious to work on because of their size, however don't toss it out. You would be surprized that people are looking for broken DAT machines, if for nothing more than parts, as new parts are impossible to find, and even if a plastic part is broken, there are many good parts in there that collectors want for restoration. I have sold broken things on Ebay, and have gotten more for a unit for salvage that I ever imagined it was worth.I recently sold an old mono sony Betamax for 400.00! That was more than the unit sold for new. Mine was in working condition, and that is why it fetched such a high price, but I would have been happy with a fraction of that because I basically took 2 broken machines that I found in the garbage, and made a good unit (the video of the repair is on my channel) and then sold it for a huge profit.
+12voltvids Tks--- You have convinced me to sell the DAT on Ebay. ;)
You also have to watch those damn white nylon post bushings on the posts of the mechanism. They crack and lose their grip causing all sorts of problems in the mechanism. They crack very easily. Horrible design. Anyway, I see yours is cracked on the black arm that has the odd gear. Those bushings are no longer available though I see a guy on eBay selling packs of three for $12!! I fixed mine by putting a dab of hot glue on the top of the bushings. Try to force the glue a bit down the two holes on each side of the bushing to help it grab on to the post better. Someone mentioned gel super glue could be used, I did not try that. Might be smart to do this preventatively on your unit...
+alphabeets I no longer own this unit, so that will be someone else's headache.I picked up a mint condition Tascam DA40, and a Panasonic SV3500.This was not a very good design, true. The DTC75ES and DTC670 use the same, and much stronger mechanism.
Your voice sounds like Bruce Willi's
The video is great, but I'd really would've preferred not to have to watch the whole thing, you could've written the solution down in the description.
I get paid when you watch the video. The longer you watch the more I get paid. (More ads run on longer videos) also many are beginners and want to see the entire troubleshooting procedure. If I told you in the description how to fix, then you would not need to watch and thus no advertising and no pay for me. Would you give away your trade secrets for free? Let me rephrase that. If you were teaching a class on electronics repair would you spend your time and do it for free? Doubt it.
Hello. Do you still fix on dat recorders
If repairable without parts and none are available.
Yes all parts are there... The door will open & close but will not play the tape... Plus the drive belt is still good ... How do I go about getting it to you... Thanks
@@12voltvids is there a address to send my dat player to you... All parts are there. Even the drive belt is still good
Can you repair mine?