TC 2048 sound input problem
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2017 1:46 am
I lost my Timex Computer 2068 when I moved to my new house about a decade ago, although I still had the transformer, tape recorder and tapes. So this week I decided to buy a Timex Computer 2048 for nostalgia.
The problem with the TC 2048 is that it doesn't load games. This symptom was confirmed by the seller before the purchase. I turn it on, type LOAD "", press play on the recorder and no blue/red borders appear, it just stays white. It's not a color problem because the TC2048 is connected to the TV with a composite cable (it has a "monitor" connection) and I can see them with the COLOR 2 and COLOR 5 commands. I can also hear the tape recorder sound exiting from the internal speaker. Well I could, until I opened the TC2048 and accidentally disconnected one of the wires connected to the internal speaker.
So, the sound seems to be passing through the jack connection, but not getting to where it should be. Is this a problem with a known solution?
The problem with the TC 2048 is that it doesn't load games. This symptom was confirmed by the seller before the purchase. I turn it on, type LOAD "", press play on the recorder and no blue/red borders appear, it just stays white. It's not a color problem because the TC2048 is connected to the TV with a composite cable (it has a "monitor" connection) and I can see them with the COLOR 2 and COLOR 5 commands. I can also hear the tape recorder sound exiting from the internal speaker. Well I could, until I opened the TC2048 and accidentally disconnected one of the wires connected to the internal speaker.
So, the sound seems to be passing through the jack connection, but not getting to where it should be. Is this a problem with a known solution?