Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site angband.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!panda!talcott!harvard!seismo!umcp-cs!gymble!lll-crg!dual!mordor!angband!sjc From: sjc@angband.UUCP (Steve Correll) Newsgroups: net.audio Subject: Re: timers for cassette decks Message-ID: <49@angband.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Mar-85 22:21:20 EST Article-I.D.: angband.49 Posted: Thu Mar 7 22:21:20 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 05:24:43 EST Distribution: net Organization: S-1 Project, LLNL Lines: 21 A frequent problem with plugging a tape recorder into a timer which switches the 120VAC power on and off is that you must leave the recorder in the "play" state and rely on the power to start and stop it. If the recorder's mechanism uses rubber pucks or pinch-rollers, they may become dented from remaining engaged in a single position for hours at a time, and subsequently cause wow or flutter. Not being familiar with the Nakamichi BX-1 mentioned in the original posting, I don't know whether this warning applies. I vaguely recall that some Technics models sense a power-on pulse electronically and switch their mechanisms from "stop" to "play" mode if a cassette is present, then back to "stop" mode when they reach the end of the tape. If your deck uses electrons rather than levers to communicate between the front panel and the mechanism, and you're handy with electricity, and you're not averse to messing around inside the deck, you could leave the deck powered on and use the timer to control a relay which presses the "play" and "stop" buttons electronically. -- --Steve Correll sjc@s1-b.ARPA, ...!decvax!decwrl!mordor!sjc, or ...!ucbvax!dual!mordor!sjc