DAT-heads Digest #283

Contents:
  Casio DA-1 service info (Brett Crossley)


From: Brett Crossley <Brett_Crossley@bigpond.com>
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




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