I bought an Aiwa NSX V-20 at a yard sale for $5.00 with speakers. It looked pretty good but when I got home the cd player didn't work. Looked like the plastic on the cd unit was warped or melted some. But everything else worked good so I hooked it up to a pair of huge BSR 5 way speakers that a friend gave me and it sounded damn good. Those 15 inchers really put out the bass. Surprised the heck out of me. I set it up in the garage and it shakes the walls pretty good. Can't beat the price either.
I worked on a portable AIWA combo unit where the CD player didn't work, just like yours. I thought it was a goner, until I checked the power supply. Sure enough, it was low. It was a bad resistor. Once I fixed that, the CD player came back to life. The whole thing sounded good too!
A new laser unit for this systems now its really cheap, about 7€, with a new one and new belts for cassettes that systems works fine again, the sound for its price is really good, it has powerful bass and good sound...
Damn, now I go to the garbage collection room of my apartment complex every night to see if there's any audio equipment or cassette tapes I can repair and enjoy ! Thanks a lot DC.
Well...a real honest to god tear down! Nothing left of it. Nice job. That display reminded me of a Frisky Tom game my friend used to have. It really takes me back to those days.
I have this exact model, got it for free from my neighbor. Indeed it is cheaply built but I absolutely love it, discs don't work but I mainly use it for it's auxiliary to play records.
For some reason, the audio on this video is out of phase... I recorded a sample of it into my audio editor and flipped the phase of one of the channels, and then it sounds correct.
+vwestlife I have a cheap Zotech headphones when they are new they come with the sound like this. Out of phase. I open the left earphone and the wires are soldered in the wrong positions. + with - and - with + :-D I fixed and they are ok now. A brand new headphones with bad soldered wires!
I have an NSX-SZ42. It is indeed cheap, but for its size it sounds amazing and for an alarm clock to wake me up using a cassette tape (or analogue cable FM radio) it is more than good enough. Actually I'd rather spend 30€ on one of these than 200€ on some bluetooth speaker, man I hate these things. I actually went through the trouble of disassembling the cassette mechanism and replace all 5 belts with brand new industrial round belts just for them to last nearly forever. I am probably the only person willing to do that to such a cheap old system. On the one hand because I always wanted one of these systems when I was a kid and 2ndly because I want to keep this thing my alarm clock
I had an aiwa system which was almost identical to this one. I salvaged the transformer and made a two-way active system. It's very convenient that it has two dual secondary windings and a single 4.5V winding for logic controllers. Not much power, but great for small speakers.
I got 2 aiwa systems, same kinda build like that. One that works very sometime-ish, and one that's main purpose is to play tuner and auxiliary. Those stuff sold like freshly baked bread here in Trinidad & Tobago, but people resorted to SONY, JVC and other brands not too long after.....
Some of the Aiwa all in ones are very good, the NSX 77X range for example. The tape decks and CD will break but the sound is usually very nice if you use it as a large amplifier.
I agree, my system is only rated at around 24 watts rms per channel, yet ithas Big Bass Reflex speakers and can certainly kick some sound out withoutany noticeable distortion. And yes, the tape decks have long since give upthe ghost, but the cd, radio and turntable work just fine.
Wow! I had a couple of aiwa stereos in Jr. high and high school. One had a 7 disc CD changer and the other had a 3 disc changer and a mini disc player although the volume control on that second one was messed up and was super hard to turn down without the remote. Those things were the stuff back in the day. I have no idea what models they were, but it would be interesting to find a digital user guide somewhere. My homepod is the best sounding speaker I've had since those all-in-one systems in the late 90s. My how far we've come! Thanks for the blast from the past...
The motor in my all in one system's tape player also has the same exact noise. I had to replace both drive belts on mine. It works well. The old belts were the consistency of bubblegum and one of them was broken... oh, did I mention I got the CD player working by taking the top panel off and cleaning the laser pickup with rubbing alcohol and a q tip, which is a little stick with cotton on the end?
These Aiwa stereo systems from the late 90's and early 2000's aren't too bad actually (for the price), I've got one from 1999 and keeps working well, I haven't used the CD player all that much though on it, mostly the cassette deck and radio (and yes the belts have had to be replaced) but since that replacement it has been super super reliable.
+Sony Trinitron I have a one I bought in early 2000's and it looks and plays cd's very well, but the twin tape decks areno longer working. You say you had your drive belts replaced, where did you get replacement belts from?
+Sony Trinitron Yeah, but I live in the UK, and when something breaks down, they simply throw it away for somecheap Chinese rubbish. This is a Quality system that I plan on keeping until something major goes wrong.However stores over here like Tandy or Radio Shack in the US are no longer trading here, so parts are reallythin on the ground. I do have some technical know how, and have fixed many things over the years, its just likeI said, parts are hard to come by these days, especially for older systems like mine. You are obviously from theUS where such stores still exist.
Gary Dunn I'm actually in New Zealand! I'm just lucky that I know a guy who works at a shop that repairs/sells electronics and also this shop is a electronics drop off point pretty much that he saves some to sell and scraps the rest, I'm also a person who is against the system of a more throwaway society and prefer older higher quality items to be repaired which is good as he managed to find a exact oven as mine for recycling when mine needed a new switch and simmerstat, he also managed to get me a old National branded TV from 1983 which works fine and wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.
I have found quite a few of these systems within the last 10yrs or so. What I like about finding these all-in-one units is that they usually have a beefy transformer, big heat sink, small fans, and amplifier modules (ex: stk-xxxx series, National Semiconductor, etc) so you could re-purpose those amps IC's and discrete components and use them in your own powered subwoofer for example.I even found volume potentiometers from Alps, a high quality, multi-turn component (and not $5) Cool video
That laser dust cover was supposed to close when the optical pickup was positioned in middle because CDs are read from the middle (where the spindle is located) out, so the pickup parks there when not in use. This dust cover seems not to be functioning due to a small snapped piece of plastic. I could not see the piece of plastic in this video, but I do know how it works through looking inside my similar unit.
The units with the main board on the side in the right side of the unit are better. At least, those have a metal bottom, and the transformer is mounted to it. Mine has the same tape player, (replaced the belts in mine, and it works.) and a slightly different 3cd changer. My CD player works better, but the discs skip and get stuck. The problem in my CD player? Broken gear. I also have the American version with the AM and FM radio, that’s compatible with 120 volt mains. My plastic front panel is just as cheap though, and has a crack in it. It has a similar transistor amplifier Before that, I had an older black unit with the auto reverse tape player. It had an STK-type amplifier circuit from Sanyo. It had electronic tape player controls, powered by solenoids. It had a different display with an EQ. It was the same layout other than that, but had a slightly larger transformer, and the sides and rear were metal. The tape player also worked, but the CD player had the problem your has, it just clicked and the disc did not spin.
I had a similar one but mine had an optical audio input. I bought it in 2002 and it lasted until 2012. Went with me when I moved out of my parents and 3 moves on between. Not the best but better than nothing.
I have the later model with full sized turntable, and everything is working apart from the twin tape decks which began to runslowly, then stopped altogether. I think the drive belt has come of the pulley wheels, but it loos like too much of a job takingthe outer casing off to get to it, and then if it needs new belt what chance do I have of finding a new one. I don't play tapesmuch anymore, and it sounds great from the cd player, so I suppose I'll just leave well alone.
Kss-213f laser. It is indeed a Sony. This model laser sounded decent but they often stopped working. Kind of like the dying one in my aiwa, which you have to constantly bang on the unit to get it to work on the first song. Somehow, all the other songs play.
You are right. Color is the same, but model is different. Aiwa CD Players (tray) fails some years after. Always happens the tray opens by itself, may be the belts. There´s a device called "rotary encoder" that must be cleaned and aligned.-
Aiwa used this exact same CD player in all of their models, except the color and some minor arrangements in the back such as the older ones with the led lights and window in back. Only the newer ones have the dust cover on the pickup, other than that the cd changers are the same, although they seem to have made 2 different sizes, this one seems to be the same thing crammed in a smaller space.
my aiwa mini component wouldnt power up. just a stand by led lighting but it won't turn on completely. what seem to be the trouble? hoping for an answer and thank you.
I had this many years ago. It's the same exact model but with added VCD and MP3 capability. The speakers are complete rubbish. Despite its size, it only uses a single 4 inch full range driver each. I upgraded to better speakers later on but the built-in amp was just too weak. I ended up selling the thing cheap and got myself a proper separates.
Hi Doccassette, I fixed one of these about 4 months ago and mine had the same problems, the disk would not spin but every thing else worked hunky dory all ti was id the lens unit sits on rubbers with a screw through the middle well 2 of the rubbers had perished and split and this makes the lens unit and disk to lean cock eyed, andway a couple of rubber grommets later and all the drive was restored to the disk and played my nat king cole disk perfectly obviously i serviced the heads and lenses and cleaned the fluorescent display
Hi Paul Brace, sounds exactly like the issues with my Aiwa NSX-SZ50. Cd player unit seems to be sitting coc eyed as well because any discs in the player rub when they spin, what are the correct rubber gromets to get to fix this? Also my vacuum display either doesn't display at all or if it does flickers on and off and display is not clear, it's pretty muddled, how does one fix the vacuum display? Many thanks in advance for your help 😀
Proper cheapy crap. I remember when people bought and owned these. Usually I'm sad/surprised at much of the stuff people have thrown away but in this case, it's hardly surprising....
What a pitty for this mini system ... i tought you will repair it ...i would love to see those electronics repaired as this is one of the most interesting electronics to me
@@DrCassette Dachte ich früher auch. Aber es gibt auch echt gute. Mit mehr Leistung. Ich besitze so ein Teil von JVC. UX-P5R heißt das. Das Ding klingt mit vernünftigen Lautsprechern echt gut. Die mitgelieferten waren allerdings Schrott. Aber ich war erstaunt über den Klang mit höherwertigen Lautsprechern. Da kommen saubere zweimal 40 Watt sinus an 6 Ohm raus. Das ist schon okay für so einen Zwerg, finde ich. Würde mich über deine Meinung dazu freuen, wenn Dir mal so eine Minianlage über den Weg laufen sollte.
My father has a system similar to this in his office: pichost.name/images/2015/09/06/_86.jpg but the speakers have two little light bars where the 'front surround' letters are on this model on the picture that light up in red and green when surround is turned on. We've had it for a long time now, actually for as long as i remember, even my parents had it before i was born. It's still going on strong except a slight issue with the changer mechanism. It's turned on every day as my father goes to work and then turned off when he leaves.
i have a cheap aiwa system like this but different model number. mine stopped working and noticed is was a blown fuse. how do i determine what replacement fuse to use. i know it is a 2A 250V fuse but how do i tell if it is a slow or fast blow fuse? what markings on the fuse or PCB on the system should i look for to tell what kind? thanks for any info
Mine has the same ( or similar ) transistors. The amp however is not made entirely of surface mount parts, but a mix of through-hole and surface mount. The better ones use a larger transformer, an STK type amplifier IC, a higher end tape player with 2 flywheels per side and not totally mechanical buttons. The play, ff, and rw, seemed to be driven by a single solenoid. The pause probably did the same thing as the stop button.
DrCassette they most likely are. It was an auto reverse deck, and the belts were surprisingly good! The motor was also larger and had some kind of grounding if I remember correctly.
DrCassette it was auto reverse. There were indeed 2 flywheels per side. It all makes sense that one flywheel moved in the opposite direction of the other.
I have TWO different Aiwa shelf systems in mint condition cosmetically but sound comes from ONE speaker only. Sound is very faint out of the non working side. My question are these WORTH fixing? Can I get the part I need and do it myself?
I've fixed quite a few Aiwa systems in the past, and most of them had a discrete output stage, it was pretty common. And yeah, CD player failures were a common thing, those Sony lasers were crap.
I got one for free at a yard sale a few weeks back looks like either the cap or resistor burnt at the power supply stage of the board. I had it working for a while but now the relay just clicks and the protect light is illuminated even without speakers connected. From my info am i on the right track?
Fact: when you select the Video on the function selection (Applies to some Aiwa units) when you hold the Video/Aux then press power button it replace from 3 different names. Video > Aux > TV and so on.
Cheap and nasty sums this up. Not even the usual metal washer stuck to those plastic "flywheels". Am astonished they used discreet transistors mind ! Those motors are truly dire LOL.
+River Huntingdon Aah, plastic flywheels! Is that why my double tape decks have stopped playing? I can hear the motor running, but the spoolsare not turning, not even the rubber capstan wheel or spindle.
@@garydunn3037 Replace motor belts and it will work again, i have a NSX-SZ20 y replaced cassette belts, i cleaned cassette heads and i cleaned laser lent and it works as new with a fantastic and powerful sound and the bass on this systems is really awesome
Why was the disk tray not working though? I am trying to repair a aiwa nsx r50 and it makes a really loud buzzing noise and the tray itself comes out randomly but also comes out and in when i press the eject button.
I accidentally made this problem happen on mine. The gears were not aligned properly. The gears have to connect to each other with very certain teeth. Spent nearly an hour fixing mine.
I have a so-called RCA (So-called because the real RCA is long gone) all- in-one unit down in my basement that is laid out and built very similarly to this. I never liked the sound, too harsh. I now have a complete TEAC system from the mid '80s that I purchased a piece at a time from the local Goodwill that sounds better, although it is not really the best either. Too cheap to purchase a good system, so I will just keep checking the local Goodwill every few days until someone throws away a really nice system that needs some work.
Once it's unplugged from the wall it's not going to shock you anymore. All that could happen is a spark when you, for example with a tool, short out a capacitor that still has a charge in it. You could unplug it from the wall while it's turned on, or wait over night if you want to be extra sure.
it does but no rds and you can set like 30 station for all the bands, am reception is also perfect but if you put the antenna near to the system it will pick interference
Aux input probably also works, and after all, many of us have moved from CDs and tapes to streaming services such as Spotify or Apple Music. I do agree, I love the cd and tape functionality.
I've seen these before, they're super crappy but I kinda like the look of them, if there was a really nice CD/cassette player that looked like this I would totally buy it.
Make sure the speaker impedance matches the rating that should be listed on the back of the system. If the speaker impedance is lower than what the amplifier is rated for, that could be a reason why it keeps cutting out.
Uh, I say go buy a real stereo system like a Yamaha, Denon or Pioneer with awesome Polk & JBL speakers like I did. It will blow this pile of junk out of the water. Why listen to crap when you can listen to greatness.
All in one systems are not worth repairing, nor are they really designed to be taken apart. I would throw it away and buy some nice seperates by a respected brand like Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer, Marantz or Yamaha. With seperate components not only do they sound better but seperate components are easier to fix and if one component can't be fixed you don't have to replace the whole system.
I have a Aiwa Xr -m101 micro system.i changed the tape belt,then blew the inside works with a can of air duster,unknown to me it came out liquid,the machine now doesn’t work.ive checked the plug fuse it’s ok,But are there any other fuses hidden inside!i It’s all open at present time while I try get info on it.Anybody have any id3a if there are fuses inside ,thanks
my girlfriend just brought this over to my house for my garage. this player hasn't been used in years and I'm unable to turn it on. when using a multimeter I have power to both boards. I'm at a loss for what to do next.
I have an aiwa sterio with 3 's changer plus two decks for cassettes it also has a radio idk if the tape system works perfectly for recording on a cassette cuz I'm only 15 yrs old and I have a couple of tapes
Geesh! That sure is one ugly unit! That's got to be the cheapest Aiwa system I've ever seen! Some of their early 2000's systems were rather crap. Right around the time Sony bought them out. They did make some rather desirable inits from that time frame however. Definitely NOTHING like that nice Aiwa tape deck you did a video of years ago, or perhaps any of their vintage 1980's- early 90's electronics.
+mraiwa1000 Well, I have the later version complete with record turntable.I bought it back in early 2000's and it still sounds great. Although the tapedecks have now stopped working, but who needs tapes in this modern age?
I have an expensive modular Akai from 1991 with a lot of functions(High Speed Dubbing, Dolby NR, a lot of equalizations, PLL, Autoreverse, etc...) but when i opened it my eyes saw plastic everywhere too, gears of plastic, bulb lamps in the vumeters when for an expensive system in 1991 led exists, rubber belts on cassette decks..., Aiwa is a cheap system, for me surprise was better when i see the interior of my expensive Akai system form 1991, terrible system quality for its price...
@@DrCassette I have a lot of audio systems, one of them its an expensive Akai modular system from 1991 with a lot of functions, i opened it cos cassette deck stopped to work and for my surprise for its expensive price this system has plastic gears, rubber belts on cassette motors... Aiwa at least is a cheap system but find same type of materials inside an expensive modular Akai system from 1991 i only could say OMG when i opened it...
i have seen crapy production and ancient cheap design. But this has been optimized down to low-end from the design on, cutting the BOM even where not possible... But the amp design: See cheap switching PSUs: the real chep ones do not use an IC, but are completly discrete...
@@DrCassette bigger units from this time are most definitely worth repairing. They can be super cool and good sounding. I recently found a free aira CX-NA707 And repaired the cd player belts and now it works great! solid quality from the time. I also have an Aiwa XH-A1000 and that thing is a monster!
Quite an ugly looking system and the bubblegum blue looks grim ( I hope fake silver and bubblegum blue never makes a comeback ). And the cassette deck is no different to that in a generic brand system. I think most of these combo systems were only designed with an average lifespan of 5-7 years and designed to be chucked as soon as it breaks. This one definitely deserved to be ripped apart. By 2002 and 2003 most of these all in one systems from that time were garbage to be honest.
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I bought an Aiwa NSX V-20 at a yard sale for $5.00 with speakers. It looked pretty good but when I got home the cd player didn't work. Looked like the plastic on the cd unit was warped or melted some. But everything else worked good so I hooked it up to a pair of huge BSR 5 way speakers that a friend gave me and it sounded damn good. Those 15 inchers really put out the bass. Surprised the heck out of me. I set it up in the garage and it shakes the walls pretty good. Can't beat the price either.
I worked on a portable AIWA combo unit where the CD player didn't work, just like yours. I thought it was a goner, until I checked the power supply. Sure enough, it was low. It was a bad resistor. Once I fixed that, the CD player came back to life. The whole thing sounded good too!
A new laser unit for this systems now its really cheap, about 7€, with a new one and new belts for cassettes that systems works fine again, the sound for its price is really good, it has powerful bass and good sound...
Damn, now I go to the garbage collection room of my apartment complex every night to see if there's any audio equipment or cassette tapes I can repair and enjoy !
Thanks a lot DC.
Well...a real honest to god tear down! Nothing left of it. Nice job.
That display reminded me of a Frisky Tom game my friend used to have. It really takes me back to those days.
I have this exact model, got it for free from my neighbor. Indeed it is cheaply built but I absolutely love it, discs don't work but I mainly use it for it's auxiliary to play records.
For some reason, the audio on this video is out of phase... I recorded a sample of it into my audio editor and flipped the phase of one of the channels, and then it sounds correct.
+vwestlife This was recorded on my phone. I have no idea why it did that. I won't be using it for TH-cam videos anymore.
+vwestlife I have a cheap Zotech headphones when they are new they come with the sound like this. Out of phase. I open the left earphone and the wires are soldered in the wrong positions. + with - and - with + :-D I fixed and they are ok now. A brand new headphones with bad soldered wires!
I have an NSX-SZ42. It is indeed cheap, but for its size it sounds amazing and for an alarm clock to wake me up using a cassette tape (or analogue cable FM radio) it is more than good enough.
Actually I'd rather spend 30€ on one of these than 200€ on some bluetooth speaker, man I hate these things.
I actually went through the trouble of disassembling the cassette mechanism and replace all 5 belts with brand new industrial round belts just for them to last nearly forever. I am probably the only person willing to do that to such a cheap old system.
On the one hand because I always wanted one of these systems when I was a kid and 2ndly because I want to keep this thing my alarm clock
love your videos and knowledge
I had an aiwa system which was almost identical to this one. I salvaged the transformer and made a two-way active system. It's very convenient that it has two dual secondary windings and a single 4.5V winding for logic controllers. Not much power, but great for small speakers.
I got 2 aiwa systems, same kinda build like that. One that works very sometime-ish, and one that's main purpose is to play tuner and auxiliary. Those stuff sold like freshly baked bread here in Trinidad & Tobago, but people resorted to SONY, JVC and other brands not too long after.....
Some of the Aiwa all in ones are very good, the NSX 77X range for example. The tape decks and CD will break but the sound is usually very nice if you use it as a large amplifier.
I agree, my system is only rated at around 24 watts rms per channel, yet ithas Big Bass Reflex speakers and can certainly kick some sound out withoutany noticeable distortion. And yes, the tape decks have long since give upthe ghost, but the cd, radio and turntable work just fine.
Wow! I had a couple of aiwa stereos in Jr. high and high school. One had a 7 disc CD changer and the other had a 3 disc changer and a mini disc player although the volume control on that second one was messed up and was super hard to turn down without the remote. Those things were the stuff back in the day. I have no idea what models they were, but it would be interesting to find a digital user guide somewhere. My homepod is the best sounding speaker I've had since those all-in-one systems in the late 90s. My how far we've come! Thanks for the blast from the past...
7 disc cd changer wtf
The motor in my all in one system's tape player also has the same exact noise. I had to replace both drive belts on mine. It works well. The old belts were the consistency of bubblegum and one of them was broken... oh, did I mention I got the CD player working by taking the top panel off and cleaning the laser pickup with rubbing alcohol and a q tip, which is a little stick with cotton on the end?
What size belts would I need for the cassette deck(s) & the CD player?
These Aiwa stereo systems from the late 90's and early 2000's aren't too bad actually (for the price), I've got one from 1999 and keeps working well, I haven't used the CD player all that much though on it, mostly the cassette deck and radio (and yes the belts have had to be replaced) but since that replacement it has been super super reliable.
+Sony Trinitron This one isn't a good example. Their early 2000's high end systems were definitely something to brag about!
+Sony Trinitron I have a one I bought in early 2000's and it looks and plays cd's very well, but the twin tape decks areno longer working. You say you had your drive belts replaced, where did you get replacement belts from?
Gary Dunn I know someone who repairs tape recorders and similar, he has a container full of them and I looked through the lot for one that matched
+Sony Trinitron Yeah, but I live in the UK, and when something breaks down, they simply throw it away for somecheap Chinese rubbish. This is a Quality system that I plan on keeping until something major goes wrong.However stores over here like Tandy or Radio Shack in the US are no longer trading here, so parts are reallythin on the ground. I do have some technical know how, and have fixed many things over the years, its just likeI said, parts are hard to come by these days, especially for older systems like mine. You are obviously from theUS where such stores still exist.
Gary Dunn I'm actually in New Zealand! I'm just lucky that I know a guy who works at a shop that repairs/sells electronics and also this shop is a electronics drop off point pretty much that he saves some to sell and scraps the rest, I'm also a person who is against the system of a more throwaway society and prefer older higher quality items to be repaired which is good as he managed to find a exact oven as mine for recycling when mine needed a new switch and simmerstat, he also managed to get me a old National branded TV from 1983 which works fine and wouldn't trade it for anything else in the world.
I have found quite a few of these systems within the last 10yrs or so. What I like about finding these all-in-one units is that they usually have a beefy transformer, big heat sink, small fans, and amplifier modules (ex: stk-xxxx series, National Semiconductor, etc) so you could re-purpose those amps IC's and discrete components and use them in your own powered subwoofer for example.I even found volume potentiometers from Alps, a high quality, multi-turn component (and not $5) Cool video
I had one similar to this but I think it was a bit newer the buttons went and it wouldn't always respond. thanks for the video
That laser dust cover was supposed to close when the optical pickup was positioned in middle because CDs are read from the middle (where the spindle is located) out, so the pickup parks there when not in use. This dust cover seems not to be functioning due to a small snapped piece of plastic. I could not see the piece of plastic in this video, but I do know how it works through looking inside my similar unit.
The units with the main board on the side in the right side of the unit are better. At least, those have a metal bottom, and the transformer is mounted to it. Mine has the same tape player, (replaced the belts in mine, and it works.) and a slightly different 3cd changer. My CD player works better, but the discs skip and get stuck. The problem in my CD player? Broken gear. I also have the American version with the AM and FM radio, that’s compatible with 120 volt mains. My plastic front panel is just as cheap though, and has a crack in it. It has a similar transistor amplifier Before that, I had an older black unit with the auto reverse tape player. It had an STK-type amplifier circuit from Sanyo. It had electronic tape player controls, powered by solenoids. It had a different display with an EQ. It was the same layout other than that, but had a slightly larger transformer, and the sides and rear were metal. The tape player also worked, but the CD player had the problem your has, it just clicked and the disc did not spin.
I had a similar one but mine had an optical audio input. I bought it in 2002 and it lasted until 2012. Went with me when I moved out of my parents and 3 moves on between. Not the best but better than nothing.
Jose Jimenez what happened to it in 2012 then?
I have the later model with full sized turntable, and everything is working apart from the twin tape decks which began to runslowly, then stopped altogether. I think the drive belt has come of the pulley wheels, but it loos like too much of a job takingthe outer casing off to get to it, and then if it needs new belt what chance do I have of finding a new one. I don't play tapesmuch anymore, and it sounds great from the cd player, so I suppose I'll just leave well alone.
good video thanks
Using my aiwa right now.
I have a system just like that one everything works I turn the volume Up numbers go up but no sound. Thank You
Kss-213f laser. It is indeed a Sony. This model laser sounded decent but they often stopped working. Kind of like the dying one in my aiwa, which you have to constantly bang on the unit to get it to work on the first song. Somehow, all the other songs play.
Buy a new KSS-213f laser today is really cheap, only about 7€...
If my memory is OK....a friend got this new in 2000. Still works perfectly.
The matching speakers say "BI Wiring"
Then this system and your friend's system are not the same. This unit does not support Bi Wiring.
You are right. Color is the same, but model is different.
Aiwa CD Players (tray) fails some years after. Always happens the tray opens by itself, may be the belts.
There´s a device called "rotary encoder" that must be cleaned and aligned.-
Old Aiwa...cool
I got one of those bout 16 years ago, I connected something to it and it went on standby mode then wouldn't turn on after that.
Aiwa used this exact same CD player in all of their models, except the color and some minor arrangements in the back such as the older ones with the led lights and window in back. Only the newer ones have the dust cover on the pickup, other than that the cd changers are the same, although they seem to have made 2 different sizes, this one seems to be the same thing crammed in a smaller space.
I think the laser pickup systems in these were made by Sony.
DrCassette it is indeed a Sony pickup and mechanism. The control board and cd platter were custom aiwa parts on mine.
my aiwa mini component wouldnt power up. just a stand by led lighting but it won't turn on completely. what seem to be the trouble? hoping for an answer and thank you.
Most likely a problem in the power supply. Bad capacitors maybe.
I had this many years ago. It's the same exact model but with added VCD and MP3 capability. The speakers are complete rubbish. Despite its size, it only uses a single 4 inch full range driver each. I upgraded to better speakers later on but the built-in amp was just too weak. I ended up selling the thing cheap and got myself a proper separates.
Hi Doccassette, I fixed one of these about 4 months ago and mine had the same problems, the disk would not spin but every thing else worked hunky dory all ti was id the lens unit sits on rubbers with a screw through the middle well 2 of the rubbers had perished and split and this makes the lens unit and disk to lean cock eyed, andway a couple of rubber grommets later and all the drive was restored to the disk and played my nat king cole disk perfectly obviously i serviced the heads and lenses and cleaned the fluorescent display
Hi Paul Brace, sounds exactly like the issues with my Aiwa NSX-SZ50. Cd player unit seems to be sitting coc eyed as well because any discs in the player rub when they spin, what are the correct rubber gromets to get to fix this? Also my vacuum display either doesn't display at all or if it does flickers on and off and display is not clear, it's pretty muddled, how does one fix the vacuum display? Many thanks in advance for your help 😀
How do you fix or clean the flourescent display?
Proper cheapy crap. I remember when people bought and owned these. Usually I'm sad/surprised at much of the stuff people have thrown away but in this case, it's hardly surprising....
The built in amplifier for subwoofer is in this main deck or the subwoofer Box ?
The amplifier is inside the stereo system. There are no active electronics inside the speakers.
I have a AIWA CX-ZHT63U Home stereo system . The display doesnt work all. Cant tell what station im on or set any functions. Any suggestions? Thanks
If it's a vacuum flourescent display you could try to resolder it to the board.
question where do you get the belts for these Aiwa systems ?
I just used the closest sized belt I could find. It works like new.
What a pitty for this mini system ... i tought you will repair it ...i would love to see those electronics repaired as this is one of the most interesting electronics to me
Sorry, audio systems like this are trash to me.
@@DrCassette Dachte ich früher auch. Aber es gibt auch echt gute. Mit mehr Leistung. Ich besitze so ein Teil von JVC. UX-P5R heißt das. Das Ding klingt mit vernünftigen Lautsprechern echt gut. Die mitgelieferten waren allerdings Schrott. Aber ich war erstaunt über den Klang mit höherwertigen Lautsprechern. Da kommen saubere zweimal 40 Watt sinus an 6 Ohm raus. Das ist schon okay für so einen Zwerg, finde ich. Würde mich über deine Meinung dazu freuen, wenn Dir mal so eine Minianlage über den Weg laufen sollte.
My father has a system similar to this in his office:
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but the speakers have two little light bars where the 'front surround' letters are on this model on the picture that light up in red and green when surround is turned on. We've had it for a long time now, actually for as long as i remember, even my parents had it before i was born. It's still going on strong except a slight issue with the changer mechanism. It's turned on every day as my father goes to work and then turned off when he leaves.
i have a cheap aiwa system like this but different model number. mine stopped working and noticed is was a blown fuse. how do i determine what replacement fuse to use. i know it is a 2A 250V fuse but how do i tell if it is a slow or fast blow fuse? what markings on the fuse or PCB on the system should i look for to tell what kind? thanks for any info
These fuses generally are slow blow. Fast blow is mostly for special applications.
Mine has the same ( or similar ) transistors. The amp however is not made entirely of surface mount parts, but a mix of through-hole and surface mount. The better ones use a larger transformer, an STK type amplifier IC, a higher end tape player with 2 flywheels per side and not totally mechanical buttons. The play, ff, and rw, seemed to be driven by a single solenoid. The pause probably did the same thing as the stop button.
Are the 2 flywheels per side for the Autoreverse functionality?
DrCassette they most likely are. It was an auto reverse deck, and the belts were surprisingly good! The motor was also larger and had some kind of grounding if I remember correctly.
If the decks feature Autoreverse they have to have two flywheels per deck.
DrCassette it was auto reverse. There were indeed 2 flywheels per side. It all makes sense that one flywheel moved in the opposite direction of the other.
The newer one that I have now is more like this one without the auto reverse, mechanical buttons with no paint on them.
I have TWO different Aiwa shelf systems in mint condition cosmetically but sound comes from ONE speaker only. Sound is very faint out of the non working side. My question are these WORTH fixing? Can I get the part I need and do it myself?
These things are not worth repairing.
thanks! In the recycler they go!
I've fixed quite a few Aiwa systems in the past, and most of them had a discrete output stage, it was pretty common.
And yeah, CD player failures were a common thing, those Sony lasers were crap.
I got one for free at a yard sale a few weeks back looks like either the cap or resistor burnt at the power supply stage of the board. I had it working for a while but now the relay just clicks and the protect light is illuminated even without speakers connected. From my info am i on the right track?
Fact: when you select the Video on the function selection (Applies to some Aiwa units) when you hold the Video/Aux then press power button it replace from 3 different names. Video > Aux > TV and so on.
+johnpaul bautista Interesting.
Your correct, it actually works!
Cheap and nasty sums this up. Not even the usual metal washer stuck to those plastic "flywheels". Am astonished they used discreet transistors mind ! Those motors are truly dire LOL.
+River Huntingdon Aah, plastic flywheels! Is that why my double tape decks have stopped playing? I can hear the motor running, but the spoolsare not turning, not even the rubber capstan wheel or spindle.
@@garydunn3037 Replace motor belts and it will work again, i have a NSX-SZ20 y replaced cassette belts, i cleaned cassette heads and i cleaned laser lent and it works as new with a fantastic and powerful sound and the bass on this systems is really awesome
omg that stereo brings back memories... do you have a samsung MAX-440?
No, and I really don't think I ever will.
i use a samsung MAX-440 it sounds amazing. the speakers had foam rot though so i made new ones.dctechnica
Why was the disk tray not working though? I am trying to repair a aiwa nsx r50 and it makes a really loud buzzing noise and the tray itself comes out randomly but also comes out and in when i press the eject button.
Could be a bad belt on the drive motor of the tray, or a bad contact in the limiting sensor switches of the tray.
I accidentally made this problem happen on mine. The gears were not aligned properly. The gears have to connect to each other with very certain teeth. Spent nearly an hour fixing mine.
how can i put the cassette in my aiwa xrr-m25 i mean i know where but i
don't know how to make it start playinf anyone help me pls?
what kind of headphone jack do those use? is it a 6.3 or 6.5?
This uses a 6.3 mm headphone jack. There are no 6.5 mm jacks. Maybe you mean a 3.5 mm jack.
I have a so-called RCA (So-called because the real RCA is long gone) all- in-one unit down in my basement that is laid out and built very similarly to this. I never liked the sound, too harsh. I now have a complete TEAC system from the mid '80s that I purchased a piece at a time from the local Goodwill that sounds better, although it is not really the best either. Too cheap to purchase a good system, so I will just keep checking the local Goodwill every few days until someone throws away a really nice system that needs some work.
+capriracer351 Those basic all in one systems were never designed to sound great, they had to be cheap and fancy mass production stuff.
Mine was plugged in and I want to take it apart will I get shocked? Do I have to wait
Once it's unplugged from the wall it's not going to shock you anymore. All that could happen is a spark when you, for example with a tool, short out a capacitor that still has a charge in it. You could unplug it from the wall while it's turned on, or wait over night if you want to be extra sure.
Just looking at it, the tuner probably works great.
The tuner alone however is pretty useless.
it does but no rds and you can set like 30 station for all the bands, am reception is also perfect but if you put the antenna near to the system it will pick interference
Aux input probably also works, and after all, many of us have moved from CDs and tapes to streaming services such as Spotify or Apple Music. I do agree, I love the cd and tape functionality.
I've seen these before, they're super crappy but I kinda like the look of them, if there was a really nice CD/cassette player that looked like this I would totally buy it.
This type of design was everywhere back in the 2000s.
one of my friend has an identical stereo
Hope I can get a response. Have same 1 u have, volume when turned over 17 cuts all the way of??🤔 No power
Seems like some protection circuit is cutting it off. Are you using the system with its original speakers?
@@DrCassette no, but any speaker I hook up to it. Cuts completely of
Make sure the speaker impedance matches the rating that should be listed on the back of the system. If the speaker impedance is lower than what the amplifier is rated for, that could be a reason why it keeps cutting out.
They used a decent Omron relay
+Andrew Littleboy Which is now in the parts bin ready for use in something better.
I have an AIWA similar to this not working well like this too. Someday I will fix it.
+Helderhugo Do you really think that would be worth it?
I don't know. It is in the storeroom for a couple of years.
Uh, I say go buy a real stereo system like a Yamaha, Denon or Pioneer with awesome Polk & JBL speakers like I did. It will blow this pile of junk out of the water. Why listen to crap when you can listen to greatness.
All in one systems are not worth repairing, nor are they really designed to be taken apart. I would throw
it away and buy some nice seperates by a respected brand like Denon, Onkyo, Pioneer, Marantz or Yamaha.
With seperate components not only do they sound better but seperate components are easier to fix
and if one component can't be fixed you don't have to replace the whole system.
I have a Aiwa Xr -m101 micro system.i changed the tape belt,then blew the inside works with a can of air duster,unknown to me it came out liquid,the machine now doesn’t work.ive checked the plug fuse it’s ok,But are there any other fuses hidden inside!i It’s all open at present time while I try get info on it.Anybody have any id3a if there are fuses inside ,thanks
There should be fuses inside, probably near the transformer.
r.i.p aiwa
definitely rip
What year is this model?
around 2002-2003
my girlfriend just brought this over to my house for my garage. this player hasn't been used in years and I'm unable to turn it on. when using a multimeter I have power to both boards. I'm at a loss for what to do next.
+Ryan Martin
Just trash it. This thing is not worth any repair work.
I have an aiwa sterio with 3 's changer plus two decks for cassettes it also has a radio idk if the tape system works perfectly for recording on a cassette cuz I'm only 15 yrs old and I have a couple of tapes
Muito Top demais.
Can you make it so that I can comment on the silica gel video, I think I know why they change color
+Jeff and team The comments have been deactivated for a reason on that video.
DrCassette oh, well i think that they get clear because the water is iin them
Geesh! That sure is one ugly unit! That's got to be the cheapest Aiwa system I've ever seen! Some of their early 2000's systems were rather crap. Right around the time Sony bought them out.
They did make some rather desirable inits from that time frame however. Definitely NOTHING like that nice Aiwa tape deck you did a video of years ago, or perhaps any of their vintage 1980's- early 90's electronics.
+mraiwa1000 Well, I have the later version complete with record turntable.I bought it back in early 2000's and it still sounds great. Although the tapedecks have now stopped working, but who needs tapes in this modern age?
I have an expensive modular Akai from 1991 with a lot of functions(High Speed Dubbing, Dolby NR, a lot of equalizations, PLL, Autoreverse, etc...) but when i opened it my eyes saw plastic everywhere too, gears of plastic, bulb lamps in the vumeters when for an expensive system in 1991 led exists, rubber belts on cassette decks..., Aiwa is a cheap system, for me surprise was better when i see the interior of my expensive Akai system form 1991, terrible system quality for its price...
@@garydunn3037 I still use cassettes in 2020, and this channel is called DrCassette!
hi
l love those vfd display
+robot797 did you keep the vfd
+robot797 He said that that vfd display was worn out, so I guess he didn't keep it. He wouldn't have a use for it anyway.
even a worn out display has some life left
increse the hv by a few volts and it is bright enough again
+robot797 What on earth am I supposed to do with a crappy VFD that doesn't work right and is a totally custom part anyways?
make a clock out of it
drive it with an arduino to be a single line data screen
i can think of around 20 projects with crappy vfd's like that
I had something like that before made by durabrand. crappy.
Aiwa made the best stereo system doesn't matter what people says
Seems like you have never seen a REAL stereo system.
@@DrCassette I have a lot of audio systems, one of them its an expensive Akai modular system from 1991 with a lot of functions, i opened it cos cassette deck stopped to work and for my surprise for its expensive price this system has plastic gears, rubber belts on cassette motors... Aiwa at least is a cheap system but find same type of materials inside an expensive modular Akai system from 1991 i only could say OMG when i opened it...
@@tonyperez6573 Unfortunately by the 90s most cassette decks used lots of cheap plastic, including the very expensive ones...
Aiwa is good but this one is tarrable condition
why didn't you repair it
+Charlie fardoe
Because this type of equipment is trash straight out of the factory. Not worth any work.
It isn't trash aiwas are great because I used to own one
They are great because YOU used to own one. Great argument, very funny ;)
+DrCassette I would fix it if you still have it
This thing is exactly where it belongs: In the trash.
this is such a teribly cheapo design. i had to wash my eyes after watching the video... things that can't be unseen.
+rarbiart Can you imagine what I had to do to my hands after touching this thing? :D
i have seen crapy production and ancient cheap design.
But this has been optimized down to low-end from the design on, cutting the BOM even where not possible...
But the amp design: See cheap switching PSUs: the real chep ones do not use an IC, but are completly discrete...
Those Were all Garbage ! 1980's - 90's All in ones Aiwa , Magnavox , Phillips , Etc.
haha, 1 motor for 2 decks, WTF how cheap is that
it is not that cheap BUT the speaker the model comes with is just crap.
Horrible things these. I've seen dozens with virtually the same internals.
None of the CD players work.
It's either the belts or the laser that go bad on the CD players. Not worth any repairs, needless to say.
@@DrCassette bigger units from this time are most definitely worth repairing. They can be super cool and good sounding. I recently found a free aira CX-NA707 And repaired the cd player belts and now it works great! solid quality from the time. I also have an Aiwa XH-A1000 and that thing is a monster!
Quite an ugly looking system and the bubblegum blue looks grim ( I hope fake silver and bubblegum
blue never makes a comeback ). And the cassette deck is no different to that in a generic brand system.
I think most of these combo systems were only designed with an average lifespan of 5-7 years and
designed to be chucked as soon as it breaks. This one definitely deserved to be ripped apart. By 2002
and 2003 most of these all in one systems from that time were garbage to be honest.