Thanks, Doc!
Much appreciated.
You said:
1/2 track:
one channel is brown + yellow -
the other channel is blue + black -
1/4 track:
one channel is white + yellow -
the other channel is red + black -
OK. Two heads on my deck have those color wires going to them. The head with the brown, yellow, blue, and black wires appears to have two THIN bands on the heads surface which are not centered on the head. I would *think* that this is what the 1/4 track head should look like.
The other head, with the white, yellow, red, and black wires has two THICK bands that are centered on the head's surface. I would *think* that this is what a 1/2 track head would look like.
Am I confused as to what the 1/2 and 1/4 track heads should look like, or is my deck wired differently?
I'm not sure if this would help or not, but the head with the brown, yellow, blue, and black wires is the last head that the tape touches before the take up reel, and the head with the white, yellow, red, and black wires is the first head that the tape touches after it comes off the source reel.
Thanks again!