Hello.

I have a Beocord 1500 deluxe open reel recorder that I bought some years ago. It's working nicely, except that the azimuth settings of the tape heads are out. I was adjusting one of those, and suddenly the spring-plate under the head broke. I replaced it by some custom made part, but now the adjustments are out. And now I can't get it right as I am confused about the heads, as I have no idea which one is used in which track settings. Also the marking of the track selector (2/4 track) is lost, so I don't know which setting is which. So I ask the next:

 1) The track selector positions (up/down - 2/4 tracks). Which one is which?

2) Which head is used in the 2 track mode and in the 4 track mode?

3) How could I easily make the head adjustments? I can make a test tape with my other recorders for 2 and 4 track modes. (Record some frequency from my computer to aid adjusting). Recording head is untouched (screws sealed) but the other three are out of adjustment.

Lovely machine !

I am not very familiar with the open reel decks but this guy knows what there is to know about these little gems and more :

http://www.makarateyp.com/RZBO.htm

Roland is a fellow collector and a good personal friend of mine. He reads english but may prefer to write in german.

Martin

It is indeed a very good looking recorder. The wooden parts look really great (especially after oiling!). Just hope it would work (never should have touched the adjustments anyway)

Thanks for the link. I have visited the page but then lost the link. The pictures already cleared one of my questions: it's down for 4 track and up for 2 track. Better already! :) I'll email him and ask what should I do. Hope I can explain it easily enough as I don't speak or write german at all.