Meat Plow wrote in message ...
On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 02:04:27 -0000, "Arfa Daily"
wrote:


"William R. Walsh" wrote in message
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Hi!

If it's not engaging in the recording mode, have you checked to be
sure the record prevention safety switch is doing its job?

There should be a small arm that senses whether or not the erase-
protection tabs have been removed from the cassette. If the switch or
optical sensor attached to this arm aren't working, the deck will
refuse to record on a tape.

If it's a switch, you could try shorting across it temporarily and
attempting to engage the recording mode. For a full logic deck like
the one you have, you will need to have a tape in place for it to work
properly--otherwise the tape spill sensor may well shut it down if it
starts in the first place. (Most won't operate without a tape in
place.)

William

I think that he is more referring to the deck by function to identify
which
one he is talking about in case it makes a difference to the diagnosis,
rather than talking about the problem being specifically
record-associated.

i.e. the unit has two decks, one of which is a record / play deck (the one
the OP is referring to) and the other being play only. This is a common
arrangement on dual deck machines, as there is no valid case for having
both
decks capable of recording.

Arfa


I own a pretty high end Sony dual and only deck B records. I don't
recall one that records on both like you mention there is no need.

Quite so.

Arfa