Phillips DCC900

Nov 21, 2006 4 Replies

I have a DCC900 digital cassette deck. It plays analogue tapes fine but suddenly stopped reading digital tapes cleanly. I don't think it is a serious fault because it will occasionally sense a tape and play a bit but it sufferes dropouts.



It played well when it was put away. I dragged it out just to play with it a bit (gone retro :-) ). So the time sitting idle 6-7 years seems to be a factor perhaps.



Does anyone know the likely cause of this. Or even a list of common faults?



Are there service docs available on the 'net?



Regards Wilfred


Wilfred wrote in news:R7s8h.69321$rP1.33854 @news-server.bigpond.net.au:

Google is your friend.

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Are you sure it's not the tapes ?

I've got a DCC too and the tapes self-erase after a few years.

Graham

No, not sure the tapes are good. I will try making a new recording on an unused tape. I am still inclined to think the tape transport mechanism is in need of some attention. The analogue playback on closer listening is "muddy". One channel is lower level a bit. Quite a bit actually.

Wilfred

Thanks for the reply. Yes I did find that link. Unfortunately it is really all the useful info I did find on the subject.

Regards Wilfred

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