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And did you check the cards to see if any were loose.Give them a light jiggle.Very carefully!!!!. Im no electrical expert but I always like to look at circuit boards for any bad leaky capacitors. If your willing to carefully pull the cards out and look them over,you might find a bad cap or cold sold...

Did you push play/rew/ffw at the same time the 2 tension arms are raised?
Make sure you keep them help up while trying this.
Also when you lift them up does the capstan shaft start to spin.?

I'll get back to you soon.

One other thing you could try is to take off the card bay cover and very carefully put a little downward pressure on all the cards with a slight wiggle while doing it to make sure they're seated properly.I repeat...do this very carefully and make sure the 388 is unplugged.Some of the connections cou...

hithere wrote:thanks I just tried that step by step, still no signal... nothing showing on the vu, nothing in the phones :/

Did you get the fuses changed yet?

Yes the fuses could be the problem.But It also might not be.But it is always worth putting new ones in anyway. You say you're not getting any level. 1.Plug a mic into mic input 1 using a xlr cable. 2.set the mic/input/rmx switch to mic. 3.set the trim knob to about 12 oclock. 4.push the assign 1/2 b...

Best bet to check the belt.It could have slipped off.And like shedshrine asked...does the capstan shaft spin when the tension arms are raised?.And if you think one fuse is bad replace them all with new ones.This is something that many 388 owners do and alot of times the 388 will spring back to life....

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Hear hear!!!!

Leftywits wrote: When in play, I can roll the reel and hear the song, but it won't play on it's own.

This sounds like the belt has probably slipped off

If the tension arms are raised from having the tape loaded through them,then that will set the capstan motor spinning.This is the noise you will hear if thats the case.Its kind of like a quiet low whirring noise. Thats normal. Also take off the bottom and check the belt.It could be stretched out or ...

Check and make sure all the cards in the card bay are seated properly.
Sometimes, if they have been pulled out at some point, and haven't been put back in properly,it will cause problems.
And also double and triple check those fuses.Even replace them with brand new ones.

I have a Tascam CDRW 700 Cd recorder that I use with my 388.
Its a nice unit that does the job just fine.
I got a good deal on my local online classifieds.$100 mint in box.

Does anyone have a Dust Cover for the 388 to sell, or know where I could find one? Mine is missing, and I would love to have it on there. Just doesn't look the same without it! I just made one for the hell of it. Smoked Plexi glass cut to size and some aluminum flat bar and a strip of felt.Some Tas...

Hi! I am having problems with my 388 and I really need your help. There is no signal coming through (line out from guitar amp into line in on 388), meters stand still, and pretty loud hiss coming out from headphones even though monitor level turned to zero. This started after general cleaning of wh...