jascha
Active Member
After my experiences dealing with a machine that had so many issues due to failed leaky capacitors I would start blaming them straight away. Not a job for the faint hearted however! If any of the caps leaked they could have damaged the board but for anyone with patience it can be a challenge to fix. I was lucky that I managed to fix mine. Having said all this it might be a case of connections not sitting quite right in their sockets and a case of spraying contact cleaner in case of oxidisation. If your technical skills are however limited it would be worth handing it to someone who ho can help you out as definitely the machine will need to be looked at inside. There might be other issues. Good luckI have a lot of DAT tapes to transfer so a friend gave me his old Sony DTC-1000ES machine. He told me it wasn't working. When I switch it on the display shows the L&R volume bar (I have attached a picture) but nothing else. If I press any of the functions, no change to the screen and the open/close button has no affect on the door opening. I have never owned one of these before and I'm not very technically minded in this way so just wanted to ask if anyone could advise what might be the issue? Any information would be really appreciated. Mark.