21 Jan
2011
21 Jan
'11
12:21 p.m.
On 20/01/11 13:01, Rob Jarratt wrote:
Yes, the leader looks fine, the problem seems to be
that there is no
movement at all in the mechanism to try to load the tape.
Regards
Rob
Rob,
Yes, I'd noticed that problem with the drive when I was putting together
the youtube videos of how the take up works. The issue is that as you
insert the tape it should 'click' into place - there must be a mechanism
that clicks in underneath the tape so that as you push it home it gets
locked into the drive. This also appears to affect the locking arm. The
tape up mechanism for the tape itself looked good.
Mark.
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On Behalf Of Ethan Dicks
Sent: 20 January 2011 01:44
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: TZ30 tape drive (faulty?)
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Rob Jarratt<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
cartridge when
I recently acquired a TZ30 tape drive. It does
not want to load any
tapes I put in it. I have never used a TZ30 before so I am not sure
how it is supposed to be used....
I have used plenty of TK50s and TK70s but,
AFAIK, this part is unchanged:
is there a "barb" that is swept across the front of the open tape you attempt to load? One very common load fault
is that barb breaks off
the
end of the leader and there's nothing to hook
on the loop at the end of
the tape
> and pull the tape into the path.
>
> -ethan