Turtlerock Forum

Don't worry why, but I just got an Adat Xt ( yeah...20 years behind the bleeding edge !)
Having never used one before I was just wondering what the "industry standard" way to clean them was ?
VHS head cleaner ? By hand ? Etc
Any ideas appreciated.

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by hazy memory........... we used isopropyl alcohol and cotton buds, and i think opening up the machine and doing it by hand.

Chris is right, you should be able to see the big silver Drum with the head in the middle once case is off a tech buddy at Sony in the 80s told me to do it that way cheers Kerry

Thanks guys...will give it a go ( hopefully before July !)

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Yes, isopropyl alcohol.
I used to use these flat swabs that were lint free made for VHS head cleaning
Hold wet swab over drum and rotate in one direction,

aahh, don't clean near the helical headgap with a cotton bud. All other rollers, guides and carefully the face of the drum are ok with a bud and iso but not near the gap where the head spins. Clean that with a good quality white business card dampened with isoprop pressed flattly and firmly against the drum while the head is spun by hand

Thanks very much Rob and others !

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