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Gear / Technical Help => TS Knowledge Base / Archive => Recording Gear => Topic started by: Brian Skalinder on August 26, 2003, 09:50:08 PM
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Many DAT decks don't have hour counters. How to tell if the heads are worn? Once again, check out the Oade Bros website:
http://www.oade.com/Tapers_Section/bad_tascam_head.html (http://www.oade.com/Tapers_Section/bad_tascam_head.html)
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that's auctually drum wear. The two heads will get clogged with magnetic debris... Hence A-B Heads, while one is leaving the tape, the next is entering the tape.......
(http://www.ee.washington.edu/conselec/CE/kuhn/vcr/vcr2.gif)
Here is a closeup
(http://world.keyence.com/image/applications/digital_microscopes/dm502.jpg)
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Bri
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Additional information on cleaning DAT decks and general information on upkeep and repair. Good pics of the inside of a Panasonic home deck while doing a wet cleaning.
http://www.tangible-technology.com/machines/repair_tips.html