[sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?

[Lewis Bupp]

Actually when I moved last year, it took a nose dive and something else fell 
in between and chopped the cable nearly in half. I would like to have the 
whole cable replaced.

L

>From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
>To: Lewis Bupp <lbuppii at hotmail.com>
>CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Should I repair my Fostex, or should I go HD recording?
>Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 22:25:16 -0500
>
>Quothe Lewis Bupp, from writings of Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 09:35:48PM -0500:
> > I have an R8 also and it is in need of repair. Does anyone know where I 
>can
> > have it serviced on the east coast? It needs a new cable from the 
>control
> > panel to the main unit. Any suggestions would be great.
>
>Is the problem in the cable itself, or where the cable connects to the
>something?  E.g., a bad solder connection... should be an easy fix.
>If it's somewhere in the cable, can't you just replace the cable with
>new multiconductor cable?  Not having seen that cable, I'm taking
>guesses, but it sounds like something simple to fix.  If you don't
>want to replace the cable, is there some place where the cable is
>frequently twisted and bent, where the open circuit may be, that you
>can just cut apart and repair?
>
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