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RE: Advent 201 Cassette Tape Deck

Thanks for the post!

I've just retrieved my receiver, turntable and speakers from my daughter who took them off to college 20 years ago and never returned them despite not using them and having stored them away. The receiver has lost some functionality and requires going over by a professional to check all the electronics. I have been able to play from a different cassette player, a SONY dual player, only to find that the speakers were badly deteriorated. I'm in the process of replacing foam surrounds and putting new caps in the XOs.

My suspicion about the Advent cassette tape having lost a stereo channel comes from having connected it to a PC. I was able to capture output from the Advent deck, but running what I captured through Audacity showed a missing channel. Now, this might all be due to my not having cabled the deck and computer correctly or having failed when capturing the tape output, I don't know.

I tried connecting the Advent deck to my receiver, but could not get anything to play. I have attributed that to the receiver. Given its age and probable - no certain - neglect my daughter gave it, I've deduced that the problem lies in the receiver. Until I can get it through a restoration in a repair shop - or find another inexpensive but functioning receiver - I'm unable to diagnose further.

My op was really just to ask if there were any way to use a multimeter to check that signal was being put on both output channels. I'm not well versed in electronics but I do know how to use and have on hand a good Fluke multimeter.

Again, thanks for the post and suggestions ... and for your patience in reading this.
a geezer with good hearing

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