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William Sommerwerck wrote:
I bought this a few years ago to play a few tapes. I haven't used it in
about six years.

After it's set up (channels+time), it does everything //but// play or wind.
Other than loading/ejecting, the transport seems dead, dead, dead. (It
"knows" that a tape has been loaded, because -- prior to completing setup --
it automatically ejects a cassette missing its record-safety tab.)

ALL I want to know is... Is there a known issue with this (or related)
models that can be easily resolved? I have no desire to spend any
significant amount of time troubleshooting or fixing the unit. If it can't
be repaired in a straightforward manner, it will go into storage.

Please -- no tsimmes or megillah. Thank you.

I've got a rebadged JVC (Magnavox) that's old enough to vote.

Periodically, it needs both the mode switch and the leaf switch
that detects the cassette write protect knockout De-Oxed.

Mark Zenier
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