This should be carried out immediately as there is a very strong likelihood that it will happen again, damaging valuable recorded material. The dot at the bottom right of the time readout is blinking or is lit continuously. The starburst next to the time readout is blinking or is lit continuously. ERR 7 is displayed when playing a tape. ERR 8 is displayed when formatting or recording.
Distortion is present on one or more outputs or the audio is muting intermittently.
An incorrect absolute time or DATA is displayed when a tape is inserted. However, these indications may occur after significantly less Head-on time, dependent on factors such as relative humidity, dirty or smoky environments and brand of tape. The audio quality of data recorded on a machine with dirty heads should not be degraded. However, problems can happen when formatting new tapes due to poor internal sync pulses which will eventually degrade to an ERR 7 condition. A Word About Tapes .