Dick Smith System 80 - What do I do next with it?

[CheshireNoir]

Are you trying to load a Basic or Binary tape ?  Loading a Binary tape via the built in deck, the level meter is about 12 o'clock or near 4 on my Sys80 and they load perfectly every time.  Suggest you start with the Space Invaders file from the Repo as I know it absolutely loads fine, its Binary and only takes 59 sec to load.

Hi Chickenman,
Thanks for the info.

I was trying to load Space Invaders, so that's a good start :-)
Unfortunately, even with the volume cranked on both my input device (An old Samsung Galaxy S4) and on the volume dial on the System 80, I'm barely getting up to the 2 mark.
   

Now I seem to remember some jiggery pokery around getting sound into some of these older systems. I'll need to see if I can find a small pre-amp.

Mind you, is DES Space invaders 'SYSTEM' then D, S or I? (I just realised I tried D and S but not I.)

John