Topic: D8 FF, WTF?

[jessedscott]

Sometimes my D8 will not FF, says it is BLANK? But there is music on the tape. Anyway around this. If I had made track marks /write would this help?


JDS

[creekfreak]

mine will do that also with new tapes....its just telling you the tape is blank and is wondering why you want to fast forward it...this will also happen when you have a lot of space at the beginning of a used tape, it thinks its blank and wonders why you want to fast forward it.

[jessedscott]

that's what I thought, they do have a mind of their own....thanks K...

[jessedscott]

but how do I get around this? I guess I don't....

[rabhan]

yes, you can, when you hit FF, it will go for like 10secs and then stop. at 7 or 8 secs, hold down the FF and it will not stop and say blank, if it does, keep holding down the FF and it will listen, it is like a bitch, you gotta let em know what you want!

[creekfreak]

I also found that hitting play for a little bit, then hitting FF gets past this also.

[jessedscott]

got it, thanx. it is a lil beaach though

[blu666z]

Cool info.  I actually thought something was wrong with mine.  Guess not...cool.  Does everybody FF and Rewind their tapes before using them?

-Kevin

[F.O.Bean]

mine does this on select tapes.has NOTHING to do if w/ tape being blank.....it just cannot read some tapes like others......gotta love HAVING to listen to the whole set/show.....

[jessedscott]

Kev it is a good idea to "UNPACK" your new tapes as I call it. I thinkl it gives them a little bit of a "USED" feeling to the deck, easier to record on. I have had new tapes that I did not FF/RW that got fucked on the LOADING. ALSO , I always do this before I leave the house, with the wallwert, saves batteries and time!

[blu666z]

Funny, my buddy who told me to do this called it packing the tape.

-Kevin

[Tim]

I don't think I'd be ff and rw on a d8 that much. fastest way to kill your deck.

[rabhan]

i used to do it, i dont do it anymore, havent had any probs with the ones i havent, so so so, i dont do it anymore, heh

[greenone]

I do it, but I use my home decks instead. Much faster and less wear and tear on the portable. Of course, this ain't much use if you don't have a home deck...one thing Doug Oade mentioned a while ago is that he gives the hubs a little tweak by hand to take up any slack, which is the main cause of chomped tapes. I think it's a happy medium between the two if you don't have a home deck...

--Dave

[creekfreak]

mine does this on select tapes.has NOTHING to do if w/ tape being blank.....it just cannot read some tapes like others......gotta love HAVING to listen to the whole set/show.....

hmmmm..this happens with every tape I use no matter what the brand, only when they are either blank, or there is a long gap the beginning of the tape.