4. Motor repair This requires removing the main board, the belt, and desoldering the motor board. The motor has a small hole in its case that...
3. Erase head springs The symptom of this is that the Play button jams halfway down. And rewind and fast forward are unreliable. To further...
2. Gear assembly A The symptom is that auto reverse doesn't work. Auto reverse failure can also be caused by: - dirty leaf switches #7 & 8 -...
1. Equalizer A bad equalizer can prevent both radio and tape audio or one channel, or, with some sliders in some positions, some audio. I think...
Handling Tiny Components First, the screws. These players have many different ones and effort is required to track which type goes where. For...
Separating the Main Board Most of these repairs require separating the main board from the mechanism. This involves many opportunities for...
[ATTACH] I've worked on a fraction of the number of players as many people here. But I found little expertise posted about the narrow range of...
So far as I can see, it does not use the 2ME-7 mechanism. So what I've learned won't be applicable.
Does the P08 use some variation of the 2ME-7 mechanism?
Since we discussed this earlier I have figured out the problem and how to fix it. The erase head mountings have springs for retracting the erase...
Not sure what you meant by not having found one yet. They come up on auctions regularly. Nice Aiwa ad you posted of the closely related models...
I have an intent to post how to fix these Aiwa's. About a year ago I discussed the cosmetic repairs.
I bought the first one in 1986, and the 11 others in the last 18 months. They live in glorious display in a cardboard box. Aiwa HS-J09, J9, J600,...
You can make such things out of "clamshell" packaging, such as vegetables, cookies etc. are sold in. They are clear flat plastic in many different...
Clear coat might do what you want. There is no silver paint that will duplicate the shiny surface.
I just checked the carrier for the roller and it is spring mounted. Pressure for the roller against the capstan is a function of that spring, not...
Since posting I've done some experimenting. First, "blocking'. Backing the sandpaper with a little flat piece of wood and wet sanding, resulted in...
I recently ordered 7mm pinch rollers, for Aiwa 2ME-7 mechanisms (J09, J360, J10 etc.) from: https://www.ebay.com/itm/234003385653 The rollers...
I've had some success using clear coat spray paint. The advantage of adding clear paint is that you can get a smooth shiny surface without...
I think you mean a 128mb memory card. The first thing to do would be to see if the player's specifications say it can handle that card capacity.
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