Comments on: resurrected my tascam porta 05 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/ Mon, 05 Jul 2010 15:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Charlie Low http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-1250 Charlie Low Fri, 11 Jun 2010 04:11:03 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-1250 Exact problem solved by following your guide - Thanks Heaps. Tip: If you can't find replacement belts, I bought a bag of mixed rubber bands from Officeworks that will keep your machine running for months on end without breaking. Be surprised how many CD players I've repaired with the same bag. Exact problem solved by following your guide – Thanks Heaps. Tip: If you can’t find replacement belts, I bought a bag of mixed rubber bands from Officeworks that will keep your machine running for months on end without breaking. Be surprised how many CD players I’ve repaired with the same bag.

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Patrick Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:22:38 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-1241 So i took it apart today, it was a broken belt actually. I'm found TASCAM's product page belt section but I don't know which belt it is that broke. It connects the rewind/fast forward wheel to the wheel that turns the tape... anyone know what that is referred to as? So i took it apart today, it was a broken belt actually. I’m found TASCAM’s product page belt section but I don’t know which belt it is that broke. It connects the rewind/fast forward wheel to the wheel that turns the tape… anyone know what that is referred to as?

]]> By: Patrick http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Patrick Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:39:47 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-1240 Hey guys, I have a similar problem with my porta-one. The play and record functions work, but rewind and fast forward do not. the buttons depress and I can hear the motor working faster, but the tape does not spin. After about a second or two of not spinning, the fast forward or rewind buttons pop back up, as if it were at the end of the tape. Anybody have any ideas? I'm sure I could find another porta one pretty cheap but my dad bought this one back in the eighties and gave it to me so it has sentimental value. If I can fix it it would be awesome.... any ideas? Hey guys, I have a similar problem with my porta-one. The play and record functions work, but rewind and fast forward do not. the buttons depress and I can hear the motor working faster, but the tape does not spin. After about a second or two of not spinning, the fast forward or rewind buttons pop back up, as if it were at the end of the tape. Anybody have any ideas? I’m sure I could find another porta one pretty cheap but my dad bought this one back in the eighties and gave it to me so it has sentimental value. If I can fix it it would be awesome…. any ideas?

]]> By: Riccardo http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-1144 Riccardo Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:04:55 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-1144 Hi, I have had the same problem many years ago. I didn't use Tascam porta 05 for a couple of years. When I decided to resurrect it again I found out the tape was stuck exactly as it happened to you. The only solution was disassembling it. I made all the steps you did and in a couple of hours it was ready to record. The only problem I have is the #1 micro/line slider is not working anymore, and I must find out where to find a replacement. Hi, I have had the same problem many years ago. I didn’t use Tascam porta 05 for a couple of years. When I decided to resurrect it again I found out the tape was stuck exactly as it happened to you. The only solution was disassembling it. I made all the steps you did and in a couple of hours it was ready to record. The only problem I have is the #1 micro/line slider is not working anymore, and I must find out where to find a replacement.

]]> By: Tim http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-1123 Tim Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:10:56 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-1123 Just fixed the exact same problem thanks to you. Really great that you went to the trouble to post this very clear fix, thanks again Just fixed the exact same problem thanks to you. Really great that you went to the trouble to post this very clear fix, thanks again

]]> By: creacog http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-1061 creacog Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:59:09 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-1061 @jared, to your first question: No, 4 sources can be mixed, but it only records up to 2 tracks simultaneously. @jared, to your first question: No, 4 sources can be mixed, but it only records up to 2 tracks simultaneously.

]]> By: jared http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-1059 jared Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:49:41 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-1059 hey all. can someone tell me if the porta 05 can record 4 tracks simultaneously? if not, do you know if any of the tascam porta/studio units can record 4 tracks simultaneously, like some of the models of the yamaha mt series? thanks! hey all. can someone tell me if the porta 05 can record 4 tracks simultaneously? if not, do you know if any of the tascam porta/studio units can record 4 tracks simultaneously, like some of the models of the yamaha mt series?

thanks!

]]> By: lulu http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-997 lulu Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:10:24 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-997 Thanks so much for posting this!! Just about the same story as everybody else...just needed the nudge! Thanks so much for posting this!! Just about the same story as everybody else…just needed the nudge!

]]> By: Fred http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-910 Fred Wed, 23 Dec 2009 16:58:52 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-910 Thanks for the fix. As you said it popped right back in place. I was given this so now I just have to figure out how to use it. Thanks for the fix. As you said it popped right back in place. I was given this so now I just have to figure out how to use it.

]]> By: creacog http://blog.creacog.co.uk/2009/07/14/resurrected-my-tascam-porta-05/comment-page-1/#comment-866 creacog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:11:48 +0000 http://blog.creacog.co.uk/?p=222#comment-866 @Orion : "Slam it on the floor" sounds like it might do more damage than good! I still haven't found that manual, but wouldn't expect the internal part numbers to be in there. For that you'd be needing the service manual. I guess the only people that can provide that are Tascam. Possibly worth contacting them from this page http://www.tascam.com/go;33,2020.html Although I did try asking them to add the Porta05 manual PDF to their Legacy support page ( http://www.tascam.com/legacy;37,17.html ) - but I got a frankly rubbish reply suggesting I "contact my local distributor for spare parts" with the UK address. Clearly the guy hadn't read a word of my email - just saw it was from the UK and fired a stock response. @Orion : “Slam it on the floor” sounds like it might do more damage than good!

I still haven’t found that manual, but wouldn’t expect the internal part numbers to be in there. For that you’d be needing the service manual. I guess the only people that can provide that are Tascam. Possibly worth contacting them from this page http://www.tascam.com/go;33,2020.html

Although I did try asking them to add the Porta05 manual PDF to their Legacy support page ( http://www.tascam.com/legacy;37,17.html ) – but I got a frankly rubbish reply suggesting I “contact my local distributor for spare parts” with the UK address. Clearly the guy hadn’t read a word of my email – just saw it was from the UK and fired a stock response.

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