A quick sprint out of the starting gate, quickly turned into a rabbit hole as usually the case with an older unit. This one can be known as the oxidation station. Human error also to blame for mishap involving the output IC. Not uncommon for oneself to cause their own issue on top of everything else going on. In a nutshell, The unit came totally dead. Power restored, loss of audio channel determined, tape performance getting restored, along with No FM reception. Unit also suffered poor/cracked solder connections throughout. In the end, presented soon in a Part 2., a phenomenal unit as with most Panasonic units.
20 июл 2022
