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Okay just tried the whole last process again with a clear head and I think the meter movement I saw last night was really from the incoming signal from tape out 1. :oops: PGM out 5 and tape out 5 both have the weak signal coming out when I try recording something from track 1 to track 5 and playback...

Okay, I see. I will test that later this evening. Thanks for your help!

Is it worth the effort to try swapping the entire head assembly? It seems easy enough but I'm not sure if it would require some calibration or anything after swapping them. I can't imagine something happening to the heads while putting it back together but if it's as simple as swapping the assembly ...

This was my first time using the pgm ins but I was able to record from tape out 1 to buss 7 in with no problem. When I tried it from 1 out to 5 in I could hear track 1 by monitoring 5. When I record it I get no sound on playback, BUT the channel 5 meter did move upon playback this time. Out of curi...

This was my first time using the pgm ins but I was able to record from tape out 1 to buss 7 in with no problem.

When I tried it from 1 out to 5 in I could hear track 1 by monitoring 5. When I record it I get no sound on playback, BUT the channel 5 meter did move upon playback this time.

Just swapped DBX cards and that didn't do it.

Starting to think I'd be better off robbing the belt and transport from this one to see how functional the spare unit is. It's like 40% of the working unit parts at this point

Same with or without dbx? Just tried recording with DBX off. Not even a faint signal this time, just silence. Other channels record fine with DBX off. With your mic plugged into channel 5, I'm guessing while listening to the "access send" port on back the sound is still normal at that point prior t...

No problem at all, I appreciate the help and am happy to answer anything.

Just checked the tape out it's the same problem. Also no meter reading on playback.

If you plug a mic into channel 5, route that to track 5, panned hard left, arm track 5...you get appropriate signal on your meter and can hear it? You record some test noise...rewind and switch to rmx, you still get signal on the meter and can hear it, or not? When I plug in a mic into channel 5 I ...

Dang it, fader swap doesn't fix the problem.

Thanks for the response, I will check the fader when I get home. When I dissembled I took off all the faders and cleaned them. Maybe I messed something up in one of them in the process. The fader does work when I'm just running a signal in or when I'm listening back to previously recorded material. ...

This thread is truly a wealth of information. I have picked up a Tascam 388. It was in need of a little TLC when I got it but one problem is evading me and I can not get it figured out. I'm hoping someone here can point me in the right direction of what to look for next. I'll try to be detailed with...