Trying to FIX: Sony Walkman WM-EX194
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2019
- Hi, this 'trying to fix' video shows me attempting to repair a faulty Sony Walkman WM-EX194.
Remember that this is just for entertainment and I am not an expert in these repairs. The processes in the video may not be the best way, the correct way or the safest way to fix these things.
I do love fault finding and trying to fix broken things so I hope that comes across in this 'Trying to FIX' series.
Many thanks, Vince. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
1:11 Vince "It might well be a good short video for a change"
Me "let's check out this awesome 41 minutes of fixery"
Hahahahahahaha I know someone else on TH-cam who says "it'll be a quick/short video", only for it to be 40-60 minutes long as well, yet I still watch long videos because of how interesting they are too. PMSL!
you all probably dont care at all but does any of you know a way to log back into an Instagram account?
I somehow lost the account password. I love any tips you can offer me!
@Jedidiah August Instablaster =)
I wish I would still have my first Walkman, what a beauty it was 😢
I think I was about 7 years old, it was like a dream
Easiest fix I've had from eBay (true story) is someone sold 4 different Game Boys, all faulty.
They had simply put batteries in the wrong way around.
If the belt on any piece of equipment is slipping because its stretched ad is in otherwise good shape, boil it in water for
5 - 10 minutes to get it back into shape again.
I heard this trick from an old timer many years ago and it definitely works!
Great vids bye the way!
Nice trick...
actually love these walkmans! There so fascinating and all the engineering that went in it. Thanks for all the vids Vince still loving them as always
I think i am getting addicted to this guy's videos!
I have a similar model (WM-FX193) and it had a similar issue. The belt was slipped out. The video helped me a lot on how to open up the walkman, what to keep in mind when changing the belt and how to maintain the device.
Now I can enjoy my old cassettes again :).
Thanks a lot for doing these repairs!
Don't do quick versions any more. We enjoy you figuring things out. It helps me in my process of trouble shooting. I disassembled an electric started for a snow blower yesterday. Like you, I had to talk my way through the process. I was able to disassemble, remove the rust and clean the starter shaft so the gear would work properly. All in all it saved me over a hundred dollars to replace the starter.
Hi Vince. I ran a company called Teletape in London. Sony found out that grease was prone to hardening and as time went on they started making plastic gears out of a type of plastic that they told me was self lubricating I don't know if they put something like PTFE in it which might count for it not gluing but in general grease became a no no apart for light oil in motor bearings. I am enjoying your videos. Many thanks, it's nice to see young people taking an interest in technology from my era.
Jeremy Travis Teletape Marble Arch London
I need more of these walkman fixes in my life
Using a wider rectangular belt can cause unnecessary friction against the sides of the pulley which can cause the belt to stretch and then slip. If you continue to do repairs like this, you might want to look into buying oring cord in small diameters. You can cut it to length with diagonal cuts at both ends, and then bond the ends together with a tiny bit of superglue.
I use this method for repairing belts for turntables, tape players and other things that you can't get original belts for.
The round profile fits easily into pulley grooves, and doesn't create other than normal friction against the pulley sides.
Good day to you Vince, the way you are approaching to understand the problem step by step, that's what I like most on your channel! Here you have my sub. Thank you!
Very detailed work layer by layer finding prob n Sol, hard work will always earn you success.
Hopped on this morning to watch, oh boy, You did NOT dissapoint @MyMateVince, was kicking myself for not opening it when I saw the belt at the start, then the rest of the issues cropped up, at that point, for me, it would have gone in the bin, so I am really pleased it made it's way to you and that you revived it :)
Thank you Mike, I thought it was going to be a really easy belt change but oh noooo!!!! Glad I worked the mechanism out a bit more, so hopefully it will help with future fixes. I think this was one of the last Walkman's to be made as well so quite a modern one :-) BTW I have just been working on the Xbox One controller that you sent over!!!!!! ;-)
Yay MORE Walkman Videos! Love the older gadget repairs from the 80s and 90s Vince, Like Discman / Walkman / Maybe even a 2DS or 3DS Repair from the 2010s
Keep the hard work Vince ...
Hi Vince, yet again another great video my friend.
I got a WM-EX190 off Ebay practically given away as not working in pretty good aesthetical condition as a hobby fix. It was just a case of clean off residue from a leaky battery that didn't cause any real damage, and change the belt, and the walkman works great now.
Sometimes you can find these "quick" fix jobs that are good to do just for the fun of it. I ordered the proper size belt for it rather than going with a cheap assortment bag, so that put up the price of the repair a little, but I emjoy3d spending the time bringing back to life a walkman that woild otherwise be thrown out as not worth fixing as it's so low end.
Excellent fix
Whenever you replace the belt in any tape mechanism, always make sure it is not twisted to ensure the maximum smooth operation. Those mechanisms are most common Sony Walkman ones so if you know them well you can fix almost any tape Walkman.
Awesome my mate Vance video as always 👍🏻❤️
Love these videos!!
I have 2 of that model, one boxed, I bought it around 2009 , it was one of if not the last model made by Sony and it's very cheaply made compared to Sony's classic models, the receipt says £14.99 from Argos, great vid , looking forward to the rest of the Walkman, discman fixes
I remember the quality went right down the tubes on those as time went on. I bought one a few years after they came out and used it all the time. It was probably the best unit ever. Top quality for sure. After I broke it on accident I got a replacement and that one was garbage. In just a few years they went from top grade to trash.
Vince, I was thinking come Xmas time you can pre-break the kids presents then spend Xmas day fixing them up hehe Have a Vince Xmas special, I am sure the nippers won't mind as it is for a good cause ;)
I just did one of these and the belt was like chewing gum, i was able to stretch it out to 5x its usual size with minimal force. Cheers for this. Now i need to find a replacement belt.
im getting a sony walkman myself so this helps me (not exact model)
great video
It's the walkman series!!! The walkman series is back!!! And my popcorn is not ready!!! Oh wait, there's a pause button. Crisis averted.
Your the best youtuber
Aw, I don’t know why but I read the title as “gaming Walkman” 😂
Still, keep up the good work fella!
Walkmans are the only thing that remind me Sony used to be a good company, I tend to think of them as a company that just sabotages it's own products constantly now.
Vince, not only do you share a name with my father but you're quite logical & you possess natural ingenuity, just like me pappy! Lol. Anyway, thanks for the vids . Be well my friend
Fourth!!! =D Great job! Regards that head - try a bit of plastx on it! That might help get that mark off the top part of it? Smaller gear = more speed, larger gear will rotate slower! Having said that - it depends on which way around you look at it. A small gear connected to a small gear of samesize = 1 to 1. But if you connected that small gear to a large gear, the large gear rotates a lot slower as it has more teeth.
@Dora the explorer Don't put yourself down like that. I'm sure your mommy loves you.
Cheers Chris :-)
Thank you lol! Enjoyed that one again! It's hard to believe how interesting the faults are on these! You expect thema all to just have a bad belt but they surprise time and again!!!
@@GadgetUK164 I was sure it was going to be just a belt on this one. Felt good when I finally worked out why the gear was skipping 👍
Was going to mention this. Looking at it, it looks like for playing, the gears are the same size, so 1:1, which means the motor speed is at normal for playing, the big gear and little gear means that the motor gets sped up (possibly by a speed of 4:1) for fast forwarding and rewinding, compared to what Vince thought where the motor gets slowed down for playing and is at normal speed for FF/RW.
Plus, I think that the white gear that moves up and down, not only changes the speed, but changes the direction, because the fast forward and rewind turn in opposite directions but the motor still moves in the same direction. Also, I think that gear is the reason that the pegs that make the tape move though the cassette (forget there name) engage and disengage, fast forward and play use the right peg and rewind uses the left peg. Hope this info helps
No rewind or fast forward! Hold me beer I'll get me bic out... Spent most of my youth spinning cassettes on end of me pen! 😂
Would you mind recording in mono? It would be perfect if my right ear felt useful as well!!
Either way, thank you for all your videos so far!
That's a really cheap cassette you are using. I'd advice to use a TDK D90 or something along them lines. Great vid by the way!
This isn't just a rather modern walkman. It's in fact the very last cassette Walkman Sony ever made! It was being manufactured from 2004 all the way to 2010.
1up Gameing is very nice, cool video :)
"This could be a nice quick 10 minute fix"...Not on this channel sunshine lol! Good video Vince, I just wonder how many of these things have been chucked into landfill because of small faults...by the way, have you fixed a Sony discman yet? If not, might be a good video!
Suksess! 🥰
I buy broken Original Xbox consoles all the time. Most the time it's just a belt replacement for the disk drive and it works perfectly.
Incredibly interesting video. What size of belt did you use? The original Sony belts are only 0,5 mm but it looks you have used a slightly more thick belt?
Any advice for a stripped screw on the pcb board of an wm-fx 453?
Just a few days ago I attempted to fix a Panasonic shockwave RQ-SW20. It had a broken belt and took me a while to replace and when i did replace it there was finally sound after more than 5 years of it being broken. But the sound was slow and distorted. I spent a total of about 7 hours with little progress and then i got stuck, I gave up. Needs new belt, I think the reader might not be good. No info on it either do it makes it a lot more difficult for me to work on.
Didn’t try to clean the reader so I’ll check soon. It belongs to my mom and she was going to throw it out since it didn’t work, only the radio and it’s been with her for years and it’s memories so I rather have it fixed so she can still hold on to it. I can’t find another belt for it though, I had to use a tape recorder belt to get it to work.
I need a tutorial on how to fix my 8 track. I need that new Beach Boys cd.
I love your vids bro
If that walkman did come out in 2006, I'm surprised they continued to sell dedicated tape players that late.
Do tapes have a community?
U know like floppydisks
The belts always turned out to be the problem with those. The hardest part is finding a proper belt that works. I see some places sell you a bag of mixed size belts so you can sort through them and find one that might work. It's too bad someone couldnt have invented a system that replaced the bloody belt system. It was always the issue with those and the cheaper record players.
If the tape is tight, bash it against the palm of your hands on both sides, that can loosen it a bit....
What happened to the Walkman series
It cassette is very old. I have already seen that old tapes force the tape mechanisms. That walkman is not faulty. Only that tape is old and stuck.
you're right, i ruined two of my devices with old tapes. These tapes weigh on the mechanism, and the plastic gears that are no longer resistant as before, crack or break some teeth. Now I'm looking for two gears for these two devices, a sharp boombox with MD - CD - Cassette and a Walkman WM-FX777
Why does the quality of Walkmans look really cheap compared to the 80's? I know it's more cost effective but such a shame. PS I sent you an email regarding Astro Wars :)
Me just start watching. Just belt issue... over 40 minutes video... Hmmmmm...
Edit: greetings from Poland :))))
2006? I had a psp at that time who was even using walkmans still?
It was the last instances of tape use before cd’s and mp3
@@Tokaisho1 2006 just seems crazy that they were making these walkman cassette players without fm radio too last one i had was in like the 90's then the portable cd player and non skip tech was the super popular device.
One wasn’t spinning
hello, so recently i got a unisef tu-1 walkman (its a tpsl 2 bootleg) and i've noticed that whenever i put the batteries on i could hear the motor spinning but then 4 seconds later it just shuts off immediately, then when i played it again it just keep doing the same thing, maybe anyone knows the solution? i suspect the wire connecting to the motor might be broken or somewhat but i didnt see any problem, thankyou have a good day
Return of the Walkmwn - who needs Dr. Who.
BTW the 'rust' is probably just iron oxide shed off from the cassettes.
2006 was 13 years ago. Yeah i know right
We're all getting old
Why have the rubber bands been renamed to belt? 🤔
I did a repair on this a few years back but failed cos I broke the orange ribbon 😭😭
hey vince i got a elgato capture card thats not being recognized buy my computer i was wondering if i could send it to you and maybe you do a video on fixing a game capture card. it would be a interesting video im not sure why my compute rp.m me if you would be interested and i would love to get it working agian and i have tried using it on 2 other computers in the house still nothing hope to here from yea love your videos
put the band in hot watter
Vince when are u gonna mod a xbox 360?
omg the tape is tight
Oil of Olay
That’s not rust on the tape head - that’s actually the tape’s iron oxide (ok, technically “rust”) wearing onto the head
Rewind is not working... Yay! :D
Чем этот Американец чистить головку ?
I wonder if the ebay seller was a Mr T Moan who seeds the auction marketplace with annoying duds to catch out the unwary?
The only thing that sucked worse than cassette tapes would have to be 8 track tapes
"There we go, fixed it"
*checks vid runtime, 30 mins to go
Dis gonna get good.....
NOPE!!!.. I would say the head didn't have rust on it, but rather the remains of suicide Err-Cigarette's residue from a smoker, Nah... Just kidding!!! It's definitely rust, rust left on the head from the use of cheap Cassettes..
These models are very tricky to work on and the older ones are even trickier. If you don't know what your doing I would suggest you leave it to a professional. The cost would be about the price of a serviced Walkman on eBay. It might be even better to buy one of the serviced units from a reputable educated seller. I have repaired hundreds of these. It took me a long time and a lot of patience to fix these when I started many years ago.
That is no walkman, that is what they call an egg... when you want to fix a walkman try to fix a wm-7
I didn't like it when you went into a good toy and broke parts of it. Don't break good things for the sake of content, Other than that you rock👍
Needs to be demagnetized
OMG I had this walkman.. Bunch of Pakistani's stole it off me on the bus tho :(