A courier in Canada lost or stole this Aiwa HS-J600 last fall. I am suspicious it was not just a mistake because the company, Dragonfly (which is part of Intelcon) steadfastly denied that no version of the photo of the delivery location had gps data. Anyone who knows anything about couriers knows they always have gps data on delivery photos. I was compensated for this, but I'd still like to recover the unit. The photos are from the original eBay ad.
There are 'unique' marks on the unit, like the damage on the rear and near the battery door. What is your expectation @Steve Grant , that it will be offered again for sale?
I have no idea whether it will show up online again. But posting this improves the chances of it being recognized if the unit ever is offered again.
I would expect a lot of work awaits whoever has it now. Corrosion on the PCB likely and could mean little chance of restoration. I guess you acquired it as a source of spares regardless. I have a HS-G09 with very minor cosmetic damage from battery leakage but internal damage was significant and still is after a huge amount of restoration of the traces on the PCB.
yeah honestly, i cant see it being valued for much else than a few cosmetic or internal parts. they really did just hit the ~40-50 dollar lick of the century lol the last time i saw a unit with that much battery corrosion leakage on the outside it had eaten through board layers. though granted i dont purchase many units with signs of battery corrosion
The J600's corrosion has not spread enough to be visible in the cassette bay. So there was a good chance it could be fixed. If not, it was worth the price for the parts I could have used off it. Not restorable J9. Same one. Not restorable. A restorable J9 before. Same one, before. Same one, after.
Yes. Good policy not buying anything with clear signs of battery leakage unless it's for intact cosmetics. I've lost count of the numbers of D6C Walkman Professionals I've seen with battery leakage damage. It's hard enough to fault find on these without any battery leakage damage.
The most valuable aspect of the unrepairable unit I bought (I could tell from the photos it was a writeoff), was using it to learn how to do three repairs. I'd been afraid to attempt the repairs on better units because I might have damaged something beyond salvaging. Those repairs were: - disassemble the equalizer - disassemble the mechanism to repair failed erase head carrier spring - remove and repair corroded tape detect and record lockout levers and their bushings. I then went back and repaired these things on other players. I also pirated the following parts off it: - 2 black knobs - 3 white knobs - 1 green knob - head flat ribbon cable - gear A (large white plastic one) - battery lid - speed pots - equalizer panel - washer, screws and snap ring - radio panel - earphone jack - capacitor - idler pulley - erase head - Play button cover All in all, it was an excellent purchase for about $110usd including all fees and shipping.
That is a really good strategy. It's amazing how small springs and circlips just fly off and disappear on the floor during disassembly for a first time rebuild. Good to know what to expect before starting a tear down on any resto. This is my problematic HS-G08 bought from a fellow collector cheap because he couldn't get it working. These are amongst my favourite players because of the features on offer and the sound but those ribbon flex cables are a pain and the full logic control is notorious for playing up.
After working on a dozen of these things I've gotten very good at not losing parts. Which I commonly did on the first few. I spent hours looking for them, and somehow recovered all but a couple. You could look out for a really trashed similar model and experiment with it so you don't risk your good one. Losing parts on the floor is also a good excuse to put off vacuuming.
