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**Author:** [@Mark](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Mark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/something-is-missing/917 "2021-03-29T08:20:28Z")
I wanted to make a new recording with a brand-new tape. Inserted the new tape and I heard a strange rattling noise. Uhh something is missing :astonished: --- ## [DCC speed differences across players](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-speed-differences-across-players/815)
**Author:** [@ivanr](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/ivanr)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 27, 2021, 2:10pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-speed-differences-across-players/815 "2021-03-27T14:10:58Z")
I have a DCC170 that must be spinning faster than normal because a 90 minute cassette is short by about 2 minutes while in other DCCs the same tape I get about 92 minutes. My question is how does this affect playback fr… --- ## [Our forum celebrating its first Anniversary](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/our-forum-celebrating-its-first-anniversary/676)
**Author:** [@drdcc](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/drdcc)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2021, 7:14pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/our-forum-celebrating-its-first-anniversary/676 "2021-02-24T19:14:52Z")
Hi All. The first year was a spectacular ride. Thanks to all the team members, our forum is growing to be the number one place for all your DCC topics. Greetings from California. . --- ## [Fun project: created Panasonic/Philips hybrid portable to be able to see tapes while playing](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/fun-project-created-panasonic-philips-hybrid-portable-to-be-able-to-see-tapes-while-playing/765)
**Author:** [@pvdm](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/pvdm)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 6, 2021, 9:30am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/fun-project-created-panasonic-philips-hybrid-portable-to-be-able-to-see-tapes-while-playing/765 "2021-02-06T09:30:54Z")
I used the lid of a Panasonic DCC portable (that is disfunctional atm) and put it on top of a Philips DCC130. It fits. Now I can see the cover art of prerecorded DCCs, and I can see the tape spinning during play on for… --- ## [DCC 600 Gear noises](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-600-gear-noises/804)
**Author:** [@ivanr](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/ivanr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-600-gear-noises/804 "2021-02-02T19:42:22Z")
Hi. My DCC 600 is making gear noises when it reaches the end or beginning while when fast forward or rewind. My understanding was that only the 3rd generation had problems with the gears. Any ideas? --- ## [Blank DCC tapes](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/blank-dcc-tapes/762)
**Author:** [@ivanr](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/ivanr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 18, 2021, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/blank-dcc-tapes/762 "2021-01-18T10:14:44Z")
Has anyone bought tapes from this link on eBay? I am looking for blank tapes and the latest purchase from eBay did not go well, all the tapes were bad. Any recommendations greatly appreciated. ​https://ebay.us/TWD2na --- ## [DCC Cover Template](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-cover-template/736)
**Author:** [@ivanr](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/ivanr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 6:24pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-cover-template/736 "2021-01-09T18:24:46Z")
Is there a template or software to make the inserts for the DCC case? --- ## [Found some pinch rollers for the DCC portables](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/found-some-pinch-rollers-for-the-dcc-portables/643)
**Author:** [@tom](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/tom)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 9, 2021, 1:00pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/found-some-pinch-rollers-for-the-dcc-portables/643 "2021-01-09T13:00:27Z")
Hello, I have found a company that makes pinch rollers that looks like are usable for the portable dcc players. If I got it good it needs rollers with the dimensions of 6x6 and a hole from 1.2 mm. These rollers are a ex… --- ## [Happy Holidays from the DCC Museum](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/happy-holidays-from-the-dcc-museum/719)
**Author:** [@drdcc](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/drdcc)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2020, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/happy-holidays-from-the-dcc-museum/719 "2020-12-24T20:27:04Z")
Thank you all for your support of the dcc forum and community. We hope you will have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year. Team DCC Museum --- ## [DCC 170 no display other than charging but I hear motor noice](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-170-no-display-other-than-charging-but-i-hear-motor-noice/711)
**Author:** [@ivanr](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/ivanr)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2020, 12:23am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/dcc-170-no-display-other-than-charging-but-i-hear-motor-noice/711 "2020-12-17T00:23:21Z")
I have a DCC 170 I have been using for years. It had worked with no problems until today when it shutdown and now it will not come back on. I can get to display “Charging” but nothing else. When I place either a DCC o… --- ## [Something about myself](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/something-about-myself/630)
**Author:** [@Tomasso](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Tomasso)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2020, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/something-about-myself/630 "2020-10-19T17:58:19Z")
Hi All, A small introduction about myself. I’m Tom living in the Netherlands and whole my life crazy of audio and new technologies. As you become older (that is what I think), you’re gonna pick up the things that were “… --- ## [Vote for the new DCC Logo to be used officially by the DCC Museum](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/vote-for-the-new-dcc-logo-to-be-used-officially-by-the-dcc-museum/449)
**Author:** [@drdcc](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/drdcc)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/vote-for-the-new-dcc-logo-to-be-used-officially-by-the-dcc-museum/449 "2020-09-25T18:51:54Z")
Hi, For those of you who are not on Facebook and are not able to vote for the new logo, you can reply here as well. Reply with A, B, C or D for our new logo. The world class designer‘ s (soon to be revealed) Persona… --- ## [Journalist Peter W. Mitchell wrote about his introduction to DCC back in 1991](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/journalist-peter-w-mitchell-wrote-about-his-introduction-to-dcc-back-in-1991/488)
**Author:** [@GidionDehaan](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/GidionDehaan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2020, 7:16am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/journalist-peter-w-mitchell-wrote-about-his-introduction-to-dcc-back-in-1991/488 "2020-08-15T07:16:48Z")
Peter W. Mitchell wrote about his introduction to DCC and his experience. This was back in 1991 and published in stereophile magazine in 2016 I am sure many of you have read this article as it is a few years old:) still… --- ## [Philips DCC90 valves](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/philips-dcc90-valves/461)
**Author:** [@Max](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Max)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 30, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/philips-dcc90-valves/461 "2020-07-30T13:47:52Z")
Just had a laugh, so I wanted to share it with you. There is a valve from the 1950s called Philips DCC90: DCC 90, Tube DCC90; Röhre DCC 90 ID18562, Double Triode | Radiomuseum.org --- ## [Marantz DD82 RDMUX TP](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/marantz-dd82-rdmux-tp/435)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Neilson](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Mark_Neilson)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 6:29pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/marantz-dd82-rdmux-tp/435 "2020-07-27T18:29:52Z")
Hi Would anyone in the forum have their own image of what to expect on the RDMUX Testpoint of the RW pcb? I am working on a faulty board due to the leaky capacitors corroding the board. All signals appear correct on al… --- ## [Sharing my current recording set up](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/sharing-my-current-recording-set-up/426)
**Author:** [@GidionDehaan](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/GidionDehaan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 27, 2020, 10:32am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/sharing-my-current-recording-set-up/426 "2020-07-27T10:32:56Z")
Hi Team As we all are here because we love our DCC format I thought I share a few photos of my first home recording. It is a newly arrived DCC170 being fed by my old Sony Walkman f887 limited edition from Japan. It… --- ## [Technics repair](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/technics-repair/422)
**Author:** [@Markosz](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Markosz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 19, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/technics-repair/422 "2020-07-19T02:36:15Z")
Hi everyone Friend of mine repair two audio boards for me he tested everything was working he sends me I installed in my Technics rsdc10 and I have audio but only on analog cassette no signal on digital cassette Any su… --- ## [Analogue cassette used in DCC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/analogue-cassette-used-in-dcc/362)
**Author:** [@GidionDehaan](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/GidionDehaan)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/analogue-cassette-used-in-dcc/362 "2020-06-14T10:01:09Z")
Hi team There is a local auction for a technics RS DC10 The person selling wants 400 USD but indicated he never used DCC tapes and solely used it for analogue use. Question in general would it affect the machine if it… --- ## [Music track of Philips DCC player 1992](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/music-track-of-philips-dcc-player-1992/357)
**Author:** [@olav](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/olav)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2020, 6:41am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/music-track-of-philips-dcc-player-1992/357 "2020-06-14T06:41:14Z")
I hope that anyone might point me in the right direction. In 1992, Philips advertised the DCC player with a music track. I’m looking for the name/artist and possibly a recording of that music. In this link: dcc 1992, I… --- ## [Sticky shed?](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/sticky-shed/303)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Neilson](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Mark_Neilson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 25, 2020, 9:40pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/sticky-shed/303 "2020-05-25T21:40:26Z")
Hello, Does anyone know if the blue wrapped philips dcc tapes (later types) suffer from sticky shed syndrome? Mine, before the player died, did squeak, I did clean the pressure pad with iso until it was completely clea… --- ## [3D Printing](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/3d-printing/230)
**Author:** [@Markosz](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Markosz)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2020, 8:01pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/3d-printing/230 "2020-04-25T20:01:38Z")
Hi everyone Please let me know if anyone of you create mould for plastic gear or done some 3 d printing I’m looking for plastic parts for my dat player but topic is general thx --- ## [Pre records - 16 or 18 bit?](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/pre-records-16-or-18-bit/204)
**Author:** [@hondola](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/hondola)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:58pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/pre-records-16-or-18-bit/204 "2020-04-02T16:58:36Z")
Here’s a question. Were any of the DCC pre records remastered and or recorded at 18 bits? These days old analogue tape masters tend to be copied at 24bits which is I guess a kind of future proofing, but unless the DCC … --- ## [1994 made portable](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/1994-made-portable/203)
**Author:** [@Jorn](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Jorn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2020, 9:34am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/1994-made-portable/203 "2020-03-30T09:34:29Z")
Just for sharing --- ## [Teac Tascam new analog decck](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/teac-tascam-new-analog-decck/189)
**Author:** [@Markosz](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Markosz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2020, 3:56pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/teac-tascam-new-analog-decck/189 "2020-03-16T15:56:11Z")
Hi everyone Today I like to share some information about new deck made by Tascam model CD A580 last year man from YouTube channel VWestlife make review of new Tascam model 202 MKVll this review watch over 860000 people … --- ## [Service tapes](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/service-tapes/152)
**Author:** [@Markosz](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Markosz)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2020, 3:36pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/service-tapes/152 "2020-03-14T15:36:48Z")
Hi everyone Today I like to ask everyone to share about service tapes sometime age I so on eBay set of six or seven tapes DCC to service player at this time I didn’t have any knowledge or interest on purchasing this set … --- ## [Two-factor authentication](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/two-factor-authentication/136)
**Author:** [@Max](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Max)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2020, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/two-factor-authentication/136 "2020-01-07T20:52:43Z")
This forum supports Two-factor authentication, and I recommend to use it, because it is easier to stay safe than with a password. You can find the option to enable it on your profile page (clicking on your profile image … --- ## [Happy Holidays](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/happy-holidays/79)
**Author:** [@drdcc](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/drdcc)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2020, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/happy-holidays/79 "2020-01-01T15:29:48Z")
Looking forward to a great 2020. --- ## [Happy Thanksgiving!](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/happy-thanksgiving/58)
**Author:** [@Max](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Max)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/happy-thanksgiving/58 "2019-11-30T09:31:22Z")
Happy Thanksgiving to every user based in the US, this should currently include everyone except me, namely @drdcc @david.desclos @Jac @rolf! Have a great time with your families! --- ## [CSR8675 based Bluetooth APT X HD S/PDIF transmitter/receiver](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/csr8675-based-bluetooth-apt-x-hd-s-pdif-transmitter-receiver/56)
**Author:** [@Max](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/u/Max)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/t/csr8675-based-bluetooth-apt-x-hd-s-pdif-transmitter-receiver/56 "2019-11-26T06:00:07Z")
Although it might be absurd to use a higher bitrate codec than on the DCC itself, it might be useful for some to have optical S/PDIF in and out via Bluetooth. Listening to DCC via my bluetooth headphones or flipping a sw… [Previous page](https://forum.dccmuseum.com/c/uncategorized/1.md?page=1)