I am restoring a Sony WM F707 walkman that has been dead on arrival. It does not react to any inputs, on-device or on the remote. I checked for...
As usual, many thanks @Valentin. Let's tackle the first problem first; it will take a while before I can check the voltages on the relevant ICs....
Thanks, @Romulo Lubachesky. I am 99% sure that the buttons are fine. As far as I can say, they do what they are supposed to do. I have turned my...
Many thanks, @Romulo Lubachesky, that was extremely helpful. I've now had time to repair the clutch. Sadly, while things seem to have improved,...
Thanks, @Romulo Lubachesky, you seem to have been right. This is what I found: [ATTACH] Is the idea here that you have: 1) lower, felted part...
Many thanks for the hint! I think I got what you did. Not sure if this will resolve my issue, but I'll give it a shot as soon as I find the time.
@Valentin, I have now had some time to dig deeper into the mech and have opened a new troubleshooting thread here:...
I am troubleshooting an AIWA alpha-2 walkman mechanism that doesn't want to autoreverse. The mechanism works perfectly fine in forward. Upon...
Many thanks, Valentin! It will take some time before I find the chance to open up the mechanism. I have yet to examine its functionality without...
I had thought of that before and done this now, but sadly to now avail. I'm not even very surprised as the switch board seems to be a tightly...
Also, the volume control is not digital here - it's analogue. There is a control wheel under the remote control. The +/- keys are used only for...
So, I eventually had some time to dig into this again. I cleaned the headphone jack, the head flex connector to the board, the headphone amp, and...
So, I gave this a try, but didn't succeed. I have a 4-pole jack, thus 4 points to solder to. I had initially soldered each wire to its own pole. I...
Thanks a lot, @Silver965. That looks interesting: I will have to have a look at the way I did it and will report back soon. I have been using the...
I am trying to wire up a Walkman remote with fixed headphones to a new 3,5mm socket so I can use my own phones. I cut off the old phones and...
Here you go: [ATTACH]
I would assume this central switch gets engaged when in play mode and pulls up the head assembly. [ATTACH][ATTACH]
I can see a "ff/rev switch" and a switch referring to what seems to be the "head up" position (raising the head block). Did you mean that one?
Well, the issue disappeared right after adjusting the motor speed. That could still be coincidence, of course. I did some further testing and the...
Thanks, Valentin. You were right – well, sort of, and at least in part. :nwink: The (main) issue was motor speed. I had heard that the motor ran...
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