DAT-heads Digest #283, Volume #8 Thu, 17 Jan 08 17:50:01 EST Contents: Casio DA-1 service info (Brett Crossley) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Brett Crossley Subject: Casio DA-1 service info Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:01:06 +1100 Hi guys, I have a Casio DA-1 DAT recorder / player which I inherited some time ago. See http://www.thevintageknob.org/THEVAULT/DA1/DA1.html for a good rundown on this now (very!) obsolete deck. I used the DA-1 during the mid 90s, and as an A/V technician I occasionally needed to remove the covers to clean the transport, or fix one of the 3.5mm sockets etc. This was accomplished by ejecting the transport, then removing screws / manipulating the top cover off. Recently I unpacked the DA-1, with vague ideas of doing some field recordings. Unfortunately, it will no longer eject the transport - and I can't disassemble it to fix the problem, because I can't eject the transport! I suspect that the drive belts in the transport mechanism have turned to goo. I wonder, does anyone have any thoughts on how to proceed? Has anyone ever encountered a service manual for a DA-1? Thanks in advance, and best regards - Brett Crossley http://www.myspace.com/Brett_Crossley ------------------------------ ** FOR YOUR REFERENCE ** To unsubscribe from this digest, please send email to dat-heads-unsubscribe@datheads.phish.net If your email address has changed, you may (optionally) send the message to dat-heads-unsubscribe-oldaddress=olddomain@datheads.phish.net and the old address will be removed. Problems or questions about a subscription should be addressed via these avenues and then if needed to dat-heads-owner@datheads.phish.net or postmaster@datheads.phish.net never the list itself You can submit a message for inclusion in the next digest via this address: Internet: dat-heads@datheads.phish.net Archives of DAT-Heads digests and related files are available on the DAT-Heads home page: http://www.solorb.com/dat-heads/ End of DAT-Heads Digest ******************************