Hi @Mister X did you ever get the chance to look at the band at all?
Oh great thanks so much! Yeah I’d love to sort this thing out, I really want to use it.
Hey all I luckily stumbled upon a Sony m-80 in great condition. I want to change the band and give it a little clean but wondered if anyone knew...
Hey there Ok so I have a TC-50 that looks to be in good cosmetic condition and seems to make whirling noises when powered up although the tapes...
Ah very cool Longman, thanks for this. Do you think they took it out to cut down on recording errors so a reporter with limited tech experience...
Could it possibly be the pinch rollers or somethiing other than the motor or the drive belt which has just been replaced do you think?
Ok i wont give up. I'll get a better closeup of the board for you soon as I can. Any tips for cleaning the capstan cover? Just chisel away...
Ok you will see here once I'm in the guts fully theres some serious capacitor issues...
Its a clean break if that helps
Boodokhan thanks so much for your help After following your steps closely I have managed to get the door off and access the unit. Its a real mess...
ok so I have a little update on this. The device is now powering on!!! No idea why really but maybe me moving things around has caused this? Who...
Hi all thought I'd share this as you may find it interesting and also wanted to know why they might have done this. I purchased a nearly working...
Ok. Silver 965. I watched the video and did some test runs with thinsg and getting the hang of it. I have opened up the player again and located...
Hi all I found a WM-F5 i poor condition. Well I say poor these are the issues: Theres a bad battery corrosion to the point where one of the...
Ah wonderful, exactly what I was looking for. I'll get back to you once I've gone through this and had a go measuring the volts from that pin
hey there. Ok great. So I just got a multimeter and this will be my first time using it. I can probably locate pin 8 of IC 301 and place one of...
Ok so I worked out the speed issue. Where the motor meets the fly wheel it doesn't create enough friction to run it properly so going to replace...
I put on new belts on a wm-22 and it now plays great but I've noticed when using FF and RW it struggles but actually works better in those two...
hi Silver965 Ok so when I have the tape in and press play I can hear the headphones make a little noise turn on, it doesn't increase with the...
Ok so I reopened it to take some photos. Please see below https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RbyS99CCUIvf48VuUBTs3sCDnKY6r5TP/view?usp=sharing...
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