I am having Read and Write problems with the Sony Tape drive?
Answer:
The most common cause of this is dirty heads or bad media.
Try a cleaning cartridge and then use new media as the old media may be contaminated.
Retensioning the tape may also improve performance.
The Heads should be cleaned with a Sony Cleaning Tape at least every 24 hours of tape drive usage. For cleaning DDS products, please use a Sony cleaning cartridge model DG5CL.
Heads must be cleaned regularly to ensure reliable performance.
If long periods go by without cleaning, foreign material will build up on the heads and a cleaning tape may no longer be effective. In this case the drive will need to be returned to an Authorized Sony Service Center.
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