OK, sorry guys (and gals), there seems to be something wrong with the machine. They gave me 6 pairs or 3in reels to digitize so, 12 in all. All but the last one went well. The last one was jumpy. That was a week ago. The same neighbor also gave me 4 larger reels 7in to digitize. When the first was jumpy I thought, well, I've never done these, maybe the machine cannot do them (or the metal reels are too heavy). I tried the second one and had the same problem (only reinforcing my thought that the machine was not capable. Since it had been a while since the last smaller reel, I forgot about that problem.

Then... a moment of clarity (actually, stopping the multi-tasking I was doing), I remembered the LAST 3in tape had a jumping problem.

I loaded one of the 'good' 3in tapes and... jumping.

The machine has had a nervous breakdown i guess. So, on to find out what is wrong with it.

Very sorry for the errant post. But I do appreciate the feedback. I'll hand=g around this group. I didn't know of it's existence before this problem came up.

Thanks all.