How often should you demagnetize a recorder's magnetic  heads?

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Every 8 to 25 hours depending on the manufacturer's  recommendations.

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Last Answer : A hand-held degausser like the manual degaussers used for degaussing magnetic tape.

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Last Answer : With a cotton-tipped applicator soaked in either isopropyl alcohol or a head cleaner recommended by the recorder's manufacturer.

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Last Answer : Record, reproduce, and erase.

Description : After using a tape that was stored in an area where temperatures exceeded 130º F you notice pieces of oxide sticking to the recorder's tape-transport mechanism, to its magnetic heads, and onto the tape. What is the probable cause of these symptoms?

Last Answer : Oxide shedding. At temperatures above 130º F, oxide coating becomes soft and sheds.

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Last Answer : Allow you to monitor the signals you're recording.

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Last Answer : a. Size of the headgap. b. Speed of the magnetic tape.

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Last Answer : Third-order harmonic.

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Last Answer : a. A too-high or too-low bias signal level setting for the record head. b. An improper reproduce head gap. c. An improper tape transport speed. d. Poor tape-to-head contact.

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Last Answer : . a. Direct record (AM). b. Frequency modulation (FM).

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Last Answer : Using a magnetic tape degausser

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Last Answer : Using an erase head is slow, and it may not completely erase the tape.

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Last Answer : a. Computer-compatible digital tape recorders. b. Telemetry digital tape recorders. c. Instrumentation digital tape recorders

Description : . How do tape transports with differential velocity capstans maintain a constant tape tension in the area around the magnetic heads?

Last Answer : The supply capstan is slightly larger than the take-up capstan. This causes the take-up capstan to pull the tape slightly faster than the supply capstan feeds the tape.

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Last Answer : a. During ac power losses. b. During testing. c. Because of stray magnetic fields. d. From normal use.

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Last Answer : Voice coil servo.

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Last Answer : Actuator arm assembly.

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Last Answer : a. Record the signal onto the recording medium. b. Reproduce the signal from the recording medium. c. Erase the signal from the recording medium.

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Last Answer : A tape buffering reeling system

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Last Answer : Non-uniform tape motion caused by variations in tape speed.

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Last Answer : The recorder has 2% third-harmonic distortion of a 100-kHz signal at 60 ips.

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Last Answer : a. Root-mean-square (RMS) signal-to-RMS noise. b. Peak-to-peak signal-to-RMS noise. c. Peak signal-to-RMS noise.

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Last Answer : A VTVM and a signal generator.

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Last Answer : 35-dB RMS because the highest SNR can always record and reproduce the widest range of input signals.

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Last Answer : It amplifies the frequency-modulated output from the record oscillator and sends it to the record head.

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Last Answer : It generates an equalization signal which corrects any frequency response problems in the input signal from the pre-amplifier circuit.

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Last Answer : It takes the signal from the summing network, amplifies it, and sends it to the record head for recording.

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Last Answer : . First, before the record and reproduce heads.

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Last Answer : Bi-phase level encoding.

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Last Answer : d) Hysteresis loss

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Last Answer : a. Narrowband—100 Hz to 100 kHz. b. Intermediate band—100 Hz to 500 kHz. c. Wideband—400 Hz to 2 mHz.

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Last Answer : Two read heads and two write heads.

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Last Answer : Answer : A

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Last Answer : 27

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