Re: Paging hi-fi/electronics chaps

zymurgy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Apr 24, 6:51 pm, Champ <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:21:01 +0100, Eiron <E1...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
ginge wrote:
On Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:37:16 +0100, Champ <n...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Or should I just go to Richer Sounds and buy their best buy
offering (currently a Cambridge Audio A1 VERSION 3 for 70 quid).
No idea on the mending, but I've got one of those in the study, and it
does a great job fwiw.
I've got one of those RA930AXs in the junk room.
It sometimes does the same thing but I threaten it with an aerosol of
contact cleaner and the problem goes away, at least for a while.
I'm assuming you take the cover off and spray the contact cleaner
inside?

Gah, on the contacts, that's why it's called *contact* cleaner ..

You can't get to the contacts in the switches but you can spray it on the switch
and hope some gets in, then flick the switch a few times to clear the oxidization.

If the problem is before the tape loop, you could just plug the source into the tape input and forget about it.

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Eiron.
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