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Tape head test??
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Posted on April 8, 2014 at 12:50:57 | ||
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Location: Virginia Coast Joined: January 3, 2003 |
A good friend of mine recently gave me a very nice BIC tape deck and I've really enjoyed listening to it. Dug out my box of old tapes and listened to music I hadn't heard for years. Then the deck suddenly quit working. The transport still works fine. But there is no sound and no deflection on either of the meters. Darn. I generally suspect 'lytic caps and plan to change them. There's maybe 50 in this deck. But I'd like to check the head itself. Is there a way to check it? Should it have continuity? Lots of ohms or only a few? Any other tests I can do to ensure the head is functional before I spend all that time changing out the caps? Any help/advice would be appreciated. Thanks in advance, roN |