Tascam AQ-80 AUTO LOCATER

OOOHHH So rare

This came in from a studio that had closed down, and was marked as faulty.

Upon inspection I found that the small DC to DC converter was faulty, I opened that up and all of the caps had leaked a sort of yukky fishy smelling stuff, that was highly corrosive.

There was a lot of fake/dodgy caps at this time.

Cleaned the board up and re-capped that, but still it was non functional , and, even if it worked, I would not be 100% happy, so I have replaced that with a modern  one.

Sadly , I do not own a Tascam ATR-80, but ,I could inject the dc volts into the unit, and up she comes, I was not sure about the display as it makes like a pattern but I think that's how it is in standby or not connected mode, if someone has one , could you advise me, if that is the case.

I will put some screws in the side to keep the unit secure, but  I believe its meant to be in a rack.