Topic: Sony DTC-A7 DAT help

[alzeppelin]

I managed to get a great deal on a prestine condition Sony DTC-A7 DAT player for converting my masters and am wondering if anyone has had experience with this model?  I'm also looking for a copy of the owner's manual which was not included.

Please PM me if you can answer a couple of my questions on the unit. 

Thanks!

[Belexes]

No experience with that deck, but I was able to d/l the maual for free from here:

http://safemanuals.com/user-guide-instructions-owner-manual/SONY/DTCA7

[alzeppelin]

Thank you very much for that link!

I have determined that I need to find a remote in order to change the repeat function on the unit.  Does anyone know what remotes will work for this unit and where they can be found?

[darby]

hey Alex!
I had a friend with 2 of those units and had an opportunity to use them
they are commercial models and had SCMS which shouldn't be a problem
other than that, I don't recall anything else negative about them

as far as the remote, I picked up a remote here from vanark
to use with my R500 that is a basic Sony DAT remote
it works with MOST Sony DATs... hope you can find one

[H₂O]

The same series of Deck in a professional version is the Sony PCM-2600 (predececor to the R500) and PCM-2800 (predessor to the R700).  I think the A7 is comprabile to the 2600.
 
 
There was also a Sony DTC-59ES and PCM-2300 but I believe these are 2 motor decks.
 
 
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-DTC-59ES-Digi-Tape-Recorder-Broken-DAT-Cassette_W0QQitemZ380169917545QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5883e49469
 

[H₂O]

Update


A7 = PCM-2300
A8/A9 = PCM-2600


A9 adds Balanced Analog IO to the A8.