I just bought a Sony D8 on eBay. It arrived a few days ago, and I've noticed something about it that seems odd to me.
The gray 32/44.1/48 kHz slider seems like it's broken. It slides freely in between the three selections with no effort, and does not lock into place like I figure such a switch should.
There is a headphone switch to the right of the frequency select switch that looks to be identical. This slider also has three positions, and takes a decent effort to switch between them. It sits firmly in place in each position, while the slider for the freq. select slides freely with no locking tendency.
This D8 was auctioned as "great condition" - the seller says the unit was in perfect condition when it was shipped, and it was packed very nicely with no chance of this happening in transit. I've asked him to help straighten me out and he's not being very cooperative... Therefore I shall turn to TS and see what the survey says!
I have not used the D8 yet, except to put batteries in it to open the tape door and turn the funky aqua backlight on. I don't have any DAT tapes to try it out yet.
So.... Is the switch broken?
Thanks in advance for the advice!