Steven (ORANGE) just gifted me this deck. it seems to have belt issues, since it randomly throws itself into AUTO STOP.
it really does WANT to work though, and, when it does, it has a nice, warm sound character that reminds me of the old mixtapes
my dad made throughout the early/mid-80's on his SANKYO STD-1700 before it gave out on him,
and he replaced it with the PIONEER CT-980W dual-well that eventually became my own first component cassette deck.
anyhow, i saw that the main flywheel belt was a little loose and sloppy. i replaced that, and, while it does work slightly better now,
it still likes to trip into STOP. i guess i'll have to see if i can remove the transport, and see if there are other sloppy belts in there mucking up the works.
in any case, it cleaned up O.K. and it seems an unusual design, as there is this 1970's-mechanical TUNER-style thread-and-pulley system
linking a lever on the transport block with a pair of tact levers on the MAIN PCB.
i've NEVER seen ANYTHING remotely like that before, at least on a cassette deck. i wonder what it is all about?
also, captive RCA ICs are usually only to be found on complete system packages of the day, so perhaps this deck was originally part of one?
it really does WANT to work though, and, when it does, it has a nice, warm sound character that reminds me of the old mixtapes
my dad made throughout the early/mid-80's on his SANKYO STD-1700 before it gave out on him,
and he replaced it with the PIONEER CT-980W dual-well that eventually became my own first component cassette deck.
anyhow, i saw that the main flywheel belt was a little loose and sloppy. i replaced that, and, while it does work slightly better now,
it still likes to trip into STOP. i guess i'll have to see if i can remove the transport, and see if there are other sloppy belts in there mucking up the works.
in any case, it cleaned up O.K. and it seems an unusual design, as there is this 1970's-mechanical TUNER-style thread-and-pulley system
linking a lever on the transport block with a pair of tact levers on the MAIN PCB.
i've NEVER seen ANYTHING remotely like that before, at least on a cassette deck. i wonder what it is all about?
also, captive RCA ICs are usually only to be found on complete system packages of the day, so perhaps this deck was originally part of one?