Well that didn't take long, just started working on the DAT players and I found both work. The problem with the one that didn't work was a simple case of bent battery terminals, with a little screw driver I got them right back. Now the D8 works perfectly which is great, but the D7 seemed to have a dat cassette stuck in backwards which was easy to pull out, though it froze the mechanism. So all I need to do now is get that unstuck and it should work, just so ya know I'm not lying here's a few pictures. Right here in this picture is the most interesting aspect, the error code that tells the problem as there's a list of em in the service manual.
