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Re: Teac A-6300 update and some more questions

Posted by soundnut (A) on August 14, 2006 at 12:44:29

In Reply to: Teac A-6300 update and some more questions posted by pkonin on August 14, 2006 at 07:08:08:

Hi there.

Lessee...

"Can I leave the tape on the machine for a day or so?"

Yep. I'd loosen one of the reels a bit so there's no tension on the tape, but as long as you're not a smoker or don't kick up superhuman quantities of dust, there's no harm in it.

"Any suggestions on how to avoid rewinding or fast forwarding all the way to the end of the reel? Do I need to get used to watching it until it gets close and then winding the rest of the way by hand?"

You can set the counter to "0000" at the beginning and stop it before it rewinds past that point. But really, the more you thread an open reel deck, the faster you'll get at it. The way I do it is to go directly from the supply reel to the takeup reel & spin it around a few times. Once the tape is around the takeup reel securely, loosen the tape at the supply-reel side & put it over the heads and between the capstan & pinch roller, and the motor-switch arm. In reality, it only takes me about 5 seconds. No biggie.

Cheers & enjoy.
Bobbo :-)

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