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Title: Angry D8
Post by: BobbyHurley on January 28, 2004, 09:40:48 PM

Having problems with a borrowed D8:

1) I put fresh AA's in and the deck powers up.
2) I eject and insert a new tape and close the door
3) The deck whines agrily for a few seconds.
4) I hit FF and the deck whines ... LOAD flashes ... resets back to 0:00:00
5) I hooked it up to the rig (7 pin in) and tried to get it into REC/pause and it does the same crap ... LOAD flashes ... resets to 0:00:00

I took the batteries out and hooked it up to my ECO ... same deal.

Is this a problem with the transport? Has this ever happened to anyone else? It has not been sued since 10/21/03 at which time it worked flawlessly.

Any ideas, short of calling Plotnick?

Title: Re:Angry D8
Post by: jpschust on January 28, 2004, 10:02:11 PM

sounds like a transport issue, id send it up to paul or jim at pro dig.  

Title: Re:Angry D8
Post by: greenone on January 28, 2004, 10:22:41 PM

Might just be a bad tape - have you tried it with a different tape?

Title: Re:Angry D8
Post by: Tim on January 28, 2004, 10:29:56 PM

he has perfectly described the symptoms of a transport on its way out.

Title: Re:Angry D8
Post by: BobbyHurley on January 29, 2004, 09:55:32 AM

Does Paul fix this problem for the flat rate?

Title: Re:Angry D8
Post by: jpschust on January 29, 2004, 10:42:40 AM

nope, only sony does the flat rate- paul is 75 per hour plus parts.

Title: Re:Angry D8
Post by: Tim on January 29, 2004, 06:34:18 PM

and good luck getting sony to flatrate a D8... some have had luck and some have been snubbed.