Good morning here,
I've finally sent my D7 to someone who knows how to fix these things in my country (Israel). I've been told that its guides were very loose (among the other, more critical problems, of capacitor leakage and old grease).
In the meantime, I've tried playing my tapes on a Tascam DA-30 (not the MK ii). Now, my tapes divide into two groups: the first were recorded by my (loose headed) D7, in SP mode; the second - on my friend's D7, in LP mode (this means a downgrade to 32KHz, right ?). The DA-30 played the first group of tapes without a problem, but none of the other tapes (my friend's LP mode ones) - it showed nothing on the meters as well.
I didn't think about this difference when I was near the device, so I can't test or change anything now, but could it be that the Tascam doesn't read tapes recorded on LP ? Or is there a way to change its settings to recognize the inserted tape is an LP one ? Just so I could check it when I'm near the deck again.
EDIT: I do see a "Rec. Mode - Standard/Long" on the DA-30 MKii, but I can't figure out whether this option is featured on the original DA-30 as well (I see on datrecorders.co.uk there actually is support for 32KHz, but I don't know if they mean just for recording or for playback too). I've natively thought that most decks would support LP mode just like my D7 does.
Thanks everyone,
Roy
P.S. sorry for my newbie questions !