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In a message dated 9/27/05 11:35:27 AM, debus@cityweb.de writes:<BR>
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Am 26.09.2005 um 16:32 schrieb CCartCat@aol.com:<BR>
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> Nothing a cleaning would properly address, tho' cleaning is damn <BR>
> sure worth a try.<BR>
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Uhh, careful. AFAIK you can easily destroy the rotating head if <BR>
cleaning isn't done properly.<BR>
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Ingo (owner of another bad DAT)<BR>
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Indeed. <BR>
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Frankly, I would use a cleaning tape and if that didn't fix things, then ship it off to be worked on. No cleaning by hand.<BR>
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But that's me. I don't trust my hands to anything delicate as a DAT; some folks have the motor skills plus the good sense to research the specifics (I couldn't offer) on how to proceed. And maybe some would have the former but not the latter, or maybe neither. Thus the needed word of caution. <BR>
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I was writing in the extremely abstract--like a flow chart: if cleaning the DAT doesn't work, then something more serious, like the transport, needs professional attention. <BR>
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Owner of a functioning DAT (um, knock on wood--sound of my head resonating--you will be too),<BR>
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