Hello I just changed the belt of a non-working Tascam 488. Same time i decided to exchange
some switches (play, stop, rewind didn't work) I soldered this while the unit was open. After closing the unit,
you can play a cassette you can hear it playing on headphones...you can even record - but if you press the stop-button the unit does not stop. If you press "stop" - for some time it does nothing (it still plays) and after a second it switches to fast foreward and the three LEDs (green for play, red for record und yellow for pause) are blinking. If you press stop now again it does stop.
Fastforeward and Fastrewind does work. But you cant stop this too. Stop Button does not work. (But its a new switch und you can see that the contact is given)
At the end of the tape the auto-stop funktion does not work ( you see the LEDs blinking again) the unit doesnt stop.
If you use the RTZ-Function (Return to Zero) it does start to rewind but reaching the counter "000" it does not stop but the three LEDs are blinking again.
I did google search but don't find any hint. In the meantime i did exchange all the control-buttons (cause it seems there was a liquid poured over it. Maybe i did something wrong with the exchange ( to much heat while soldering)?
Another problem is the Input 1 Channel - This channel does not record.
If someone knows about that malfunction i'd be happy to hear what to check. The rest of the unit is in great condition The unit does not seem to be used very often.
Greetings
Ray
some switches (play, stop, rewind didn't work) I soldered this while the unit was open. After closing the unit,
you can play a cassette you can hear it playing on headphones...you can even record - but if you press the stop-button the unit does not stop. If you press "stop" - for some time it does nothing (it still plays) and after a second it switches to fast foreward and the three LEDs (green for play, red for record und yellow for pause) are blinking. If you press stop now again it does stop.
Fastforeward and Fastrewind does work. But you cant stop this too. Stop Button does not work. (But its a new switch und you can see that the contact is given)
At the end of the tape the auto-stop funktion does not work ( you see the LEDs blinking again) the unit doesnt stop.
If you use the RTZ-Function (Return to Zero) it does start to rewind but reaching the counter "000" it does not stop but the three LEDs are blinking again.
I did google search but don't find any hint. In the meantime i did exchange all the control-buttons (cause it seems there was a liquid poured over it. Maybe i did something wrong with the exchange ( to much heat while soldering)?
Another problem is the Input 1 Channel - This channel does not record.
If someone knows about that malfunction i'd be happy to hear what to check. The rest of the unit is in great condition The unit does not seem to be used very often.
Greetings
Ray