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My 8-Track player is having a problem... it does not switch programs
anymore (actually, it hasn't for many many years now). It's stuck on program 2, and will play nothing else. Is this something that is fixable? |
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On 12 Nov 2006 03:04:21 -0800, "nickynick8807"
wrote: My 8-Track player is having a problem... it does not switch programs anymore (actually, it hasn't for many many years now). It's stuck on program 2, and will play nothing else. Is this something that is fixable?snip Should be, but you don't give any information as to kind of player it is. Make sure the switch contacts in the tape path are clean. They should be cleaned every time you clean the heads, with a long Q-tip and 91% isopropyl alcohol. If they're clean and making contact with the foil splice on the tape, then there could simply be a broken lead to the contacts or the solenoid, or a gummed up head height mechanism. |
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nickynick8807 wrote: My 8-Track player is having a problem... it does not switch programs anymore (actually, it hasn't for many many years now). It's stuck on program 2, and will play nothing else. Is this something that is fixable? check the channel switch circuit and sensing poles it may also be stuck in channel 2, i.e. grease on the head plate mechanism jams them sometimes, just like a turntable does |
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My 8-Track Player is a Panasonic RS-817S 8-Track Recorder. Cleaning it
didn't seem to fix the problem. One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post was that even when I press the "program" button, it doesn't switch. It makes a clicking noise, but no "ka-ching" noise. DeserTBoB wrote: On 12 Nov 2006 03:04:21 -0800, "nickynick8807" wrote: My 8-Track player is having a problem... it does not switch programs anymore (actually, it hasn't for many many years now). It's stuck on program 2, and will play nothing else. Is this something that is fixable?snip Should be, but you don't give any information as to kind of player it is. Make sure the switch contacts in the tape path are clean. They should be cleaned every time you clean the heads, with a long Q-tip and 91% isopropyl alcohol. If they're clean and making contact with the foil splice on the tape, then there could simply be a broken lead to the contacts or the solenoid, or a gummed up head height mechanism. |
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nickynick8807 wrote: My 8-Track Player is a Panasonic RS-817S 8-Track Recorder. Cleaning it didn't seem to fix the problem. One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post was that even when I press the "program" button, it doesn't switch. It makes a clicking noise, but no "ka-ching" noise. DeserTBoB wrote: On 12 Nov 2006 03:04:21 -0800, "nickynick8807" wrote: My 8-Track player is having a problem... it does not switch programs anymore (actually, it hasn't for many many years now). It's stuck on program 2, and will play nothing else. Is this something that is fixable?snip Should be, but you don't give any information as to kind of player it is. Make sure the switch contacts in the tape path are clean. They should be cleaned every time you clean the heads, with a long Q-tip and 91% isopropyl alcohol. If they're clean and making contact with the foil splice on the tape, then there could simply be a broken lead to the contacts or the solenoid, or a gummed up head height mechanism. the tape head channel switching mechanism is stuck- you'll run across a few of those from time to time |
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On 14 Nov 2006 23:29:48 -0800, "nickynick8807"
wrote: My 8-Track Player is a Panasonic RS-817S 8-Track Recorder. Cleaning it didn't seem to fix the problem. One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post was that even when I press the "program" button, it doesn't switch. It makes a clicking noise, but no "ka-ching" noise. snip Could be that the linkage from the solenoid has stuck, or that the grease used to lubricate the head height mechanism has dried out. Many Panasonics used a ratchet mechanism with a plastic hub that determined head height. Underneath that, the shaft and head carrier rides up and down. Might be too dry to move now. |
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nickynick8807 wrote: My 8-Track Player is a Panasonic RS-817S 8-Track Recorder. Cleaning it didn't seem to fix the problem. One thing I forgot to mention in my previous post was that even when I press the "program" button, it doesn't switch. It makes a clicking noise, but no "ka-ching" noise. DeserTBoB wrote: On 12 Nov 2006 03:04:21 -0800, "nickynick8807" wrote: My 8-Track player is having a problem... it does not switch programs anymore (actually, it hasn't for many many years now). It's stuck on program 2, and will play nothing else. Is this something that is fixable?snip Should be, but you don't give any information as to kind of player it is. Make sure the switch contacts in the tape path are clean. They should be cleaned every time you clean the heads, with a long Q-tip and 91% isopropyl alcohol. If they're clean and making contact with the foil splice on the tape, then there could simply be a broken lead to the contacts or the solenoid, or a gummed up head height mechanism. what's that smell ? look out Nicky, it's DESERTBOB and his stench of defeat in life... |
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On 15 Nov 2006 07:45:16 -0800, "jailhouserock"
wrote: what's that smell ? snip That's easy...it's the biggest fraudster who ever hit the 8 track world....Charlie Nudo, aka "66fourdoor" on eBay. A Fraud a Day...the Nudo Way! Hey Noodles! When's the IRS coming to arrest you for non-payment of back taxes? |
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