Error code 01:
Yes I have the manual, but it's easier to tell you what to do:
open the tray, power down the unit, remove the top cover, remove the transport (4 screws and a few conectors... I think there's a long 'transport load spring' also...) then turn the transport over.
Looking at the bottom of the transport, there's a small, -no, make that tiny- black rubber drive belt which goed from a very small pulley to a rather larger pulley directly next to it...
That's the one. Buy more than one replacement (they're only a buck or two) and put a new one on. -then take the spare, and place it in a baggie and tape the baggie up inside the lid of the DA-30MkII... Put some sort of friendly note in there for the next time the new owner of the machine needs to replace the belt.
Oh... and send me a couple the belts will ya... -I NEVER seem to be able to have any around when I need them in a hurry!
-Seriously, if you need part numbers etc. I can check when I get home (it's where my service manual is) and I'll go in on an order with you if you're ordering from them... -It'll save putting two orders in, after all.
Oh... I should add:
You're not looking for a BROKEN belt... what happens if these machines sit unused for a period is that the belt gets "used" to being in one position, and takes on that sort of "egg-shape". Then it gets a little bit loose.When eventually you try and load a tape, the small pulley spins, but the belt doesn't want to
'grab', and the larger pulley doesn't turn as it should... hence it throuws a loading error.
Keith