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some decks just dont play nice with Sony DDS tapes...
I knew I was playing w/ fire but didn't think I would get burned the first time...Is it best to always pull the tape immediately after your done? Would a warm deck (especially the walkman style) heat the casing/shell making it a pain? Would I create more issues for myself by leaving the tape in till I got home?
Quote from: bhadella on December 11, 2003, 01:08:16 PMI knew I was playing w/ fire but didn't think I would get burned the first time...Is it best to always pull the tape immediately after your done? Would a warm deck (especially the walkman style) heat the casing/shell making it a pain? Would I create more issues for myself by leaving the tape in till I got home? I always pull my tape out right after I'm done...don't rewind with anything but my home decks. That way if it does get caught, it chews it at the end instead of at the beginning (which can ruin your whole tape). I wouldn't wait until you get home; the longer you leave the tape in there, the more chance it has to get caught on something. If it does get caught, DON'T pull on it. Turn the deck upside down and jiggle it until you can get it out - I don't know what it gets caught on, but good old gravity will usually get it off with no problems.If your deck's warm, that's not a good thing...I can't remember mine ever being warm to the touch unless I was in a warm place.--Dave
[a] try to unload/eject too quickly after stopping play/record/ff/rw
I am curious if you "unpacked" the tape before you recorded with it? The only time I have had a tape snap on me was one of the few times I had not taken the time at home to FF and RW the tape in advance, and usually I record 60-90 seconds of A-time on the tapes in advance as well.
How do you use a tape that has the back end of it turn up? What is the process to open to casing and reset it to pull to data from it?Brian
One thing I've found to help in preventing jammed tapes is to press all action buttons well after pressing the previous one. I found all my portable DAT decks (D7/D8/D100) have wanted to jam if I[a] try to unload/eject too quickly after stopping play/record/ff/rw try to play/record too quickly after rewinding/fastforwarding[c] try to play/record too quickly after loading[d] try to rw/ff too quickly after play/recordYou get the idea. Take a long pause between pressing action keys and it may help. I know it helped me.
While I totally agree w/ Brian about using lots of patience and care when loading/recording, I was suprised to see Doug O. say that the Sony has logic controls and will only do the operation *you* desire when *it* is ready to do it. I think that's what he basically said, anyway. Maybe Sony needs (or needed) to make the 'logic' controller not quite so quick so it gives a bit more time between commands? That said, I think the few times my D8 ate a tape was due to operator error and cheap shells.