Re: [ARSCLIST] tape eaten by 112mkII

["Richard L. Hess" <arclists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, Brandon,

Yes, indeed it's frustrating, but a way of life with cassettes 
(analog and digital).

The eject button is locked because the machine still thinks it's in 
play, I would suspect. This means that the head has not retracted 
from the shell. I don't know the inside of the Tascam machine well 
enough to guide you, but you need to open the machine up and attempt 
to retract the mechanism. There is often a separate motor and large, 
convoluted cam system that does all of this moving.

A Tascam repair shop might be a good place to start if you don't have 
the necessary tools and experience inside machines. I send my 
cassette machines out for service currently, but repair my own open 
reel machines and my electronics.

Cheers,

Richard

At 07:53 PM 8/21/2006, Brandon Burke wrote:
> Okay, here's another one...
>
> My brand new Tascam 112mkII appears to have just eaten the very 
> first tape it was supposed to have played.
>
> (Frustrating.)
>
> In any case, I need to get that tape out of there but cannot open 
> the drawer to get it out. The eject button isn't working. (Read: it 
> feels as if the [eject] button is being blocked from doing its job.)
>
> I see no screws with which to manually remove the window.
> Suggestions..?
>
> thanks again,
> Brandon
>
>
>
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