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This deck should be easy to clean by taking the top cover off, and cleaning with lint-free cloths (texwipe, or the like) and wood-handled swabs, with denatured, anhydrous alcohol. I'm sure there's a youtube video of how to do it. Cleaning tapes are only for when you can't clean them the real way...
Just make very, very sure to clean the video heads (on the rotating scanner assembly) by rotating the drum slowly, by hand, and pressing the cloth gently against it. Never scrub up and down, or bye-bye heads. Hopefully the previous owner knew this.
Otherwise, check the various switch settings. I think this has an internal TBC, and if that is set to EXTernal reference only, and you don't supply a reference, then it'll look crazy. If it's set to INTernal or AUTOmatic selection, then it should work correctly.
Checking around for a manual would help, too...
Chip
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