This cassette deck repair should give you pause ⏸️

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  • @vwestlife
    @vwestlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    I forgot to mention, if the parts of your pause button mechanism are missing or broken, you can transplant them from almost any cassette recorder with a Tanashin-style mechanism -- even new ones made today -- since the design has been pretty much standardized since the 1980s. But even with a new cap installed, you'll still need to glue it in place to keep it from popping off again.

    • @TheyreStillOutThere
      @TheyreStillOutThere 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      That is a great tip for those of us who buy this junk and like to fix it for fun/torture ourselves. I didn’t know that you could farm parts off new ones.

    • @_lun4r_
      @_lun4r_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ah, the elusive pinned comment on the VWestlife channel.
      Love it.

    • @RealEpikCartfrenYT
      @RealEpikCartfrenYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheyreStillOutThere you can farm parts from new ones, but i don't recommend it because the build quality of today's players is generally lower compared to before, unless we are talking about "professional" decks.

    • @theotherchannel2279
      @theotherchannel2279 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I was looking at the flywheel and thinking that has to give out some very bad wow and flutter!

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@theotherchannel2279 Yeah, the flywheel on the playback-only deck is rather wobbly. The one on the recording deck is better.

  • @blindlemon9
    @blindlemon9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    Watching VWestlife repairing audio equipment is kind of like watching a micro-surgeon operating on someone. I could not do it, but it’s fun to watch.

    • @RealEpikCartfrenYT
      @RealEpikCartfrenYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I actually learned quite a bit about cassett decks and repairing them just by watching his videos. His videos are super detailed and have everything I need to know

  • @brenthooton3412
    @brenthooton3412 2 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    That system is pretty sweet. I remember being a kid in the 80s and drooling over systems like that in the Sears or Radio Shack catalogue. A better turntable! Two tape decks with high-speed dubbing! A radio with a digital tuner! A CD player input! A balance fader! A 5-band graphic equalizer!! I can still smell the ink and the paper they used to print the catalogue.

  • @vintageMIDI
    @vintageMIDI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    Dude: your videos are fantastic. Keeping these Japanese electronics going is a noble cause. The tape era was a marvelous time in engineering. Keep going!

  • @denispoirier19
    @denispoirier19 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Who knew that after 41 years I would finally learn what the beat cut switch actually does! Great video as always!

    • @lewis72
      @lewis72 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Same here !
      I know that there's a similar utility for record of records/LPs, where it removes the low frequencies that can't be heard but I think that that's called a Rumble Filter.
      I've just looked, my Yamaha amp has a "Subsonic Filter", which is what I thought that a Beat Cut may have been.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Apparently the tape deck’s bias oscillator (used during recording) can cause interference with the AM signal. That’s where that whistle comes from.
      Why only AM? Limitations of analog electronics, I guess.

    • @GaryKeepItSimple
      @GaryKeepItSimple 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@lawrencedoliveiro9104 I have made a video bassed on your question. th-cam.com/video/6QpeMk70bPY/w-d-xo.html

  • @Seiskid
    @Seiskid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I repaired one of these found on hard rubbish to kill time during covid lockdowns. It had electronic faults with the tuner but was able to figure it out and repair it all without any circuit diagrams which I couldn't find online. At the end I was surprised how nice it all sounded. Even the decks were better than I expected. W&F - insufferable with later tanashin knock offs - was actually quite good on this system. I gave it away to friends children when I was done. It was nice fixing up something that was written off as trash and sending it off to a new life.

  • @HandyAndyTechTips
    @HandyAndyTechTips 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The original video that you made about this stereo (back in 2010) was one of the first TH-cam videos I ever watched. I must have been about 13. It's great to see it featured again!

  • @manneroo
    @manneroo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is something so relaxing about your videos. Thank you for being you.

  • @life5161
    @life5161 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    The pencil ✏️ pointer is my favorite. It appears in quite a few of your videos. 1980's stereos were so beautiful, now most people use a single mono Bluetooth speaker. 🤦 Not us!!!

  • @999thenewman
    @999thenewman 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This whole repair video was about shafts, tips and thick glue. It involved prying apart small gaps, pushing buttons and playing with tape just to get Rick Rolled at double speed. Well done.

  • @ACBMemphis
    @ACBMemphis 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Thanks for the demo of "beat cut" - my 1980s Sanyo boombox had a switch labeled just that, and I always wondered what it did! Never listened to AM radio and the manual was vague so I just left it alone...

    • @RealEpikCartfrenYT
      @RealEpikCartfrenYT 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It can also be used to distinguish devices with DC bias recording from devices with AC bias recording, as DC bias recorders do not need a beat cut switch

  • @jimb032
    @jimb032 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Omg...the 80s called and want that back now that you fixed it! 🤣

  • @8_Bit
    @8_Bit 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That's a great looking system in an '80s way; the red and blue makes it much more interesting than a typical deck, but it's not totally over the top.

  • @VectraQS
    @VectraQS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Man, this is the second time in two days I have been Rickrolled.
    Gotta love the plastic components disintegrating in cassette decks. Panasonic has a portable model (RX-S28 if I recall, from 1985) where a crucial component in the autoreverse mechanism always breaks, and it’s impossible to repair. I ended up throwing mine out, though maybe I should have tried a different kind of glue.

    • @TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom
      @TheGreenDoggoOfWisdom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks for the rick roll warning lol

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What glue did you use?

    • @octapesarini
      @octapesarini 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Always Panasonic and Technics (they're the same lol), I have a RS-TR333 which needs the gear for autoreverse and a new microcomputer (impossible to repair lol)

    • @macdaniel6029
      @macdaniel6029 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@octapesarini Try a C64 :D

    • @Preinstallable
      @Preinstallable 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A rickroll a day keeps the doctor away

  • @stereophonicstuff
    @stereophonicstuff 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I remember seeing that Sanyo stereo in many of your older videos; I never knew the cassette player didn’t work. It’s nice to see you were able to fix it. I’ve also had good luck using regular glue for repairs like this. Almost every time someone has recommended super glue, I’ve had better luck using regular glue. I’ve found super glue to be too inflexible and the repair usually doesn’t last, whereas regular old glue has just enough give to it.

  • @rodrigobelinchon2982
    @rodrigobelinchon2982 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    At first this system looked kinda cheap to me, but it is clearly a good quality system .In my opinion , Sanyo never was as exciting as Sony because of Sony's amazing graphic designers , but I have here a few Sanyo products, and they never disappoint , great audio quality and robust construction.
    Nice to see this fine system has an owner that appreciates its beauty !

    • @UHF43
      @UHF43 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sanyo today is underrated and sometimes overlooked, but they made pretty decent boomboxes in the day.

  • @stanleycostello718
    @stanleycostello718 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That is a pretty cool deck. Red, blue, white, silver, black. Take me back to the '80s!

  • @rod-bits-and-pieces
    @rod-bits-and-pieces 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That’s a really nice looking system. One of their better designs before they started to get really cheap and nasty looking and lost all the cassette features. Nice clean recording too, always was dubious of auto record levels for either being to quiet or you can actually hear it trying to adjust to its optimum level at the start of playback. Good job getting it working again. Must be a good few years you’ve had that now.

  • @Recordology
    @Recordology 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great job with clear closeup videography

  • @jameshogg11
    @jameshogg11 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I don't know a lot about tapes, but I was pleasantly surprised how good that one at the end sounded!

  • @JonGallon
    @JonGallon 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This stereo reminds me of my late grandfather, he had this exact model and it sounds nice overall. I never managed to get this one for myself, he gave it for someone else but he gave me its speakers, which I still own to this day but with some modifications.

  • @johnbedell2376
    @johnbedell2376 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for making this video.
    I have a Fisher cassette deck from the early 80’s where the pause key will not latch into place.
    This video has given me some confidence to attempt a repair.
    Thank you again.

  • @100Underscores
    @100Underscores 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The high quality stock audio dubbed on to cassette sounds really, really nice

  • @spatsbear
    @spatsbear 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I've had this happen on several Tanashin mechanisms... although in my case, it didn't stop the flywheel, but made a horrible rubbing sound. And the same part is used apparently on all Tanashin types, including the full auto stop variants.
    I also found on press-fit parts that you would need to take apart to service later at any point (instead of gluing), put LocTite blue on it. Let it cure and it's good to go. Had to do that on a press fit reel assembly with a clutch that kept wanting to pop apart on an early 80s soft touch tape transport.

  • @SuperTamaru
    @SuperTamaru 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That stereo system is positively *gorgeous*. Very much the aesthetic before my time. And something I'd just like to have for myself in my livingroom.

  • @Nickword1
    @Nickword1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love the colors on that thing!!

  • @DreQueary
    @DreQueary 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I just want to say i love how you've kept these videos so simple all these years. I binge-watch regularly. 😅

  • @manuelramospaton8000
    @manuelramospaton8000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Man that guitar lick in the end

  • @topher6_9
    @topher6_9 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love your videos. Thank you for posting.

  • @haroldalexis4200
    @haroldalexis4200 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent repair . I didn't realize that Sanyo had Stereo systems like this. I enjoy watching you repair your unit awesome.

  • @m2esectr
    @m2esectr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is what had happened with both decks on my Emerson CTR-965 boombox, but right now the caps are out and the pause buttons are not working. Thanks for showing me the way to re-install those caps and make the pause buttons work again

  • @yehor25
    @yehor25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's always a great time when VWestlife posts a video 😁

  • @chazz1115
    @chazz1115 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love all you're cassette decks. Ive got a 1985 technics and thats absolutely fantastic

  • @verastaki
    @verastaki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm so familiar with this Tanishan based tape mechanism. I know everything about it since I was a teenager & fixing Stereo Cassette Tape Systems. Over the years, I know every detail about it. I know exactly what each part in this Tanishan mechanism does and no problem for me fixing such tape mechanisms. In a way, it's good that this Tanishan based Mechanism is still around today. I so recognize that Brown AC Bias Erase Head. I'm surprised it's being used in this Tanishan mechanism. This Brown AC Bias Erase Head is perfect for Erasing CrO2 Type II & Metal, Type IV Tapes. Something that a permanent erase magnet could never do, even with Normal LN Type I IEC I Tapes, where I could still hear what was taped over. White AC Bias Erase Heads are just as good at Erasing All types of Tapes. Gray AC Bias Erase Heads are even better, But nowadays, when it comes to recording & Erasing, you will only find Black AC Bias Erase Heads - Mainly in today's Full-Logic Selinoid Driven Computer-Controlled Tape Drives. Those Black AC Erase Heads are much better than Permanent Erase Magnets, but still, they do have trouble Erasing CrO2 Chrome Hi-Bias Type II & Metal Type IV Tapes.

  • @ugzz
    @ugzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Funny how we learn these lessons.. I literally just used superglue on a battery terminal TWO days ago.. and it seeped down through the plastic and covered the metal tabs blocking the connection. This was in an ancient laptop that took forever to disassemble. Yep, of course I put it back together thinking it was fixed, and yep, of course I had to tear it down again to figure out my mistake.. I used a tiny dab from a glue gun for my fix, but this one is a bit smaller, standard glue VWestlife used was definitely the call! Great video! Great Repair! *and great video title :)

  • @felidiusz
    @felidiusz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Its either exactly same model or very similar that my older brother had in early nineties in Poland. It sounded decently, however if you put cheap casette into it, you could ended up with a tape eaten by the mechanism, so it kept me on my toes. Man, good memories!

  • @TechGorilla1987
    @TechGorilla1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @4:48 - I hope you didn't lose that black plastic spacer in the shot. Great camera work on this video, my friend. Extremely detailed.

  • @cjpwolf2436
    @cjpwolf2436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great video that you got that Sanyo Home Stereo System. I have kinda the same problem with mine where the cassette deck when pressed play it slows down and the only way to make it stop doing it was to press the pause button a little inch. This was a Singing Machine [Model SMG-199] with a Tanashin stereo head mechanism.

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hope you fix it mate

  • @ItsRyukin
    @ItsRyukin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    11:49
    When you hit that play button, You even rick-rolled me at high speed. 😅
    (0.5x is the original speed)

  • @electronicwaves
    @electronicwaves 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love to watch videos like this! Thank you!

  • @randyharrigan4790
    @randyharrigan4790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i had the same issue with a cheap sanyo plasticy dual deck a few years ago, could never figure out how to get the plastic piece not to touch the flywheel, thank you for this 👍

  • @ashleycox432
    @ashleycox432 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'd be interested to see a video showing your entire collection of audio equipment. I'm curious to see what you still have, and the systems / components that never made it into videos.

  • @C3S6Films
    @C3S6Films 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i'm glad you rickrolled me at 2x the speed. i also liked the backtraxx song at the end!

  • @dean828
    @dean828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1986 Stereo Cassette System... one can only guess how many times that "Rock Me Amadeus" by Falco and "Let's Go All The Way" by Sly Fox was played, rewound, and paused on this unit... :)

    • @nickwallette6201
      @nickwallette6201 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep. Just looking at it, I can almost hear: "Take.. these broken wings.. and learn to fly again.. learn to live and love so free.."

  • @ghiagoo
    @ghiagoo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for this video. Will come in very handy, as I have a couple tape decks that aren’t working properly

  • @Petertronic
    @Petertronic 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice repair! I dealt with 100's of those split washers when I was a service engineer. Fun times.

  • @HavocSun
    @HavocSun 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So you act as if this was just a simple fix, maybe the way your mind works it was. To me that was a full on electrical technician top of the line repair! These combo decks have such great memories for me. My mothers that she used to listen to all the time is in storage. It has a multitude of problems I will one day fix. But for now I have more important things to attend to. Like this ranch I just bought which caught on fire. Before I can even move in no less. So I am busy figuring out a way to make trusses with today's codes for a ranch that was built in the early 70's. I don't even think they went buy any codes, since the trusses are built with 2" X 2"! Should make for a great video!

  • @AMDRADEONRUBY
    @AMDRADEONRUBY 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really a nice tape deck love tape sound too of course your voice help alot too for keeping me focus . Nice video

  • @ArthurJS123
    @ArthurJS123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That very same Sanyo was my college stereo system. Perfect dorm room beater system.

  • @helperguy1360
    @helperguy1360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I just love your videos and always look forward to new ones. Main reason I recently subscribe to TH-cam.

  • @thatpersonwithamlpiconwhos2861
    @thatpersonwithamlpiconwhos2861 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love how the entire thing looks like the top part of a Sega MasterSystem.

  • @manilavinyl5680
    @manilavinyl5680 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    that last music sounds great!

  • @thevacdude
    @thevacdude 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for the video, Kevin.

  • @RPKGameVids
    @RPKGameVids 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Really nice looking system.

  • @kirkmooneyham
    @kirkmooneyham 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If that split washer is metal, you could use some needle-nose pliers to carefully squeeze it and close that gap. Congrats on the repair. System sounds pretty good for an all-in-one.

    • @UHF43
      @UHF43 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm afraid it's plastic.

  • @jacobsgarage1458
    @jacobsgarage1458 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Back when this stereo was new it was low tier and today it’s better than what most people have 😂😂😂

  • @albertmorel2771
    @albertmorel2771 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Your videos always are delightful. Thank you for taking the time to share with us. I have a vintage Dwight D. CB radio that my local radio shop will not fix. I am pretty sure it is transmitting good. Just for the nostalgia factor I would really love to get the clock working properly. I can hear the motor sometime and on occasion it seems to want to move but I lack the knowledge to fix it and the cb shop told me that that could not fix it due to lack of parts. I inspected it and all the parts look intact. I have never seen one of these with the clock actually working properly. I had one years ago around 1989 or 1990. It was President Dwight D. Cb radio and it was in even worse off condition than this one. I recently obtained one in better shape than my original and I wish I could get it working since it looks so retro and 70's style. Any suggestions?

  • @macktheinterloper
    @macktheinterloper 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh I remember this deck! Wasn't it a part of one of those cabinet sets with a turntable? Pretty sure one of my friends had the full setup. And now I just looked at the thumbnail and yeah... lol

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes, it does have a turntable on top, and I have the matching cabinet/rack for it.

  • @Aaron-iz3hk
    @Aaron-iz3hk 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I passed one of these up at our local Goodwill in Wisconsin just the other day. They wanted $26 for it, cassette decks not working. Fun to see a video about it. EDIT: Thank for these videos. I have been working a few of those same mechanism and fighting that split washer was difficult. I thought I was doing something wrong or didn't know a trick.. Glad to see I was doing it the same way. I just lack your very steady hands.

  • @TRONMAGNUM2099
    @TRONMAGNUM2099 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wish they still made the all in one type stereo systems. I'll look at ebay and try to find one now that you showed how to repair the tape deck.

  • @pomonabill220
    @pomonabill220 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great fix!
    Boy, they sure try and make these systems look fantastic! All the lettering and graphics and lines and arrows and.....
    Makes it kind look cheap though.

    • @EclectikTronik
      @EclectikTronik 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Alan Sugar (who thought of the all-in-one tower systems) always said that his aim in filling the panels with that stuff was to create a 'mug's eyeful' - i.e. something that would stand out in a shop to the average non-specialist punter. Any gimmick was fair game it it meant more sales!

  • @HiFisquarepants
    @HiFisquarepants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for the video 🙂👍

  • @robertleeluben
    @robertleeluben 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Good job, brother. Must have been quite a shock when you found the belts fully intact.

  • @twocvbloke
    @twocvbloke 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I think my mother used to have such a system in the early 90s, complete with the original speakers, long gone now of course...

  • @Woodys_Wisdom
    @Woodys_Wisdom 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Wow I had the same exact problem in a Soundesign 4742 dual cassette boombox. The way the broken stoppers rested against the capstan flywheel made it at first appear to an untrained eye like that was how they were meant to be. Definitely wasn't and I superglued both stoppers back down.

  • @CARLiCON
    @CARLiCON 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    BTW that Backtrakz blues song sounds great on cassette!

  • @nickfrench7372
    @nickfrench7372 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I had a stereo cassette unit similar to this set with the same problem with the pause button.
    I had super glue gel type,,,which happened to b the same type of glue that you had used,,,and it had done the trick,,,and the pause button worked as it should.
    Of course it was fiddly getting that capstan split washer out to remove capstan to get to the pause button mechanism.

  • @diagnostuck9877
    @diagnostuck9877 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That video title… 😗👌

  • @rager1969
    @rager1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I bought my first "HiFi" rack system in March 1986 at Target. It was a Sanyo, but it must have been a lower grade than this because it looked a little different and I don't believe I could play/record Metal, but I think it had a Chrome setting for record. I paid $400 for the system and paid an additional $200 for the matching CD player.

    • @rager1969
      @rager1969 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      On second thought, mine may have been considered a higher end system, since they were individual matched components (using proprietary pin connectors to pass audio rather than RCA) rather than an all-in-one psuedo rack unit like yours.

  • @theposguy1435
    @theposguy1435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got that radio when I turned 7 for Christmas

  • @UHF43
    @UHF43 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    It's worth mentioning that each cassette deck has its own motor.

  • @milkman3281
    @milkman3281 ปีที่แล้ว

    Awesome video! This exact thing happened to my cassette player and this video helped me fix it

  • @orangejjay
    @orangejjay 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man. That thing looks like my mom's Fisher setup from back in the day.

  • @janedoe6350
    @janedoe6350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I have had this happen on a deck but the collar didn't act as a brake. It just rubbed on the flywheel and made a shuffling sound. That type of mechanism is noisy anyway due to the plastic cogs. But its even noisier with the pause collar rubbing. I used superglue gel but it worked fine. Easy fix once you know.

  • @Kylefassbinderful
    @Kylefassbinderful ปีที่แล้ว

    I really loved that style with the bold colors and the digital radio display. I had something similar as a kid, it was a Fisher but I don't remember the model number.

  • @doctorwhofan6340
    @doctorwhofan6340 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    11:50 you rick rolled us at 2x speed! I cought that my dude!!😂

  • @misterrocks3035
    @misterrocks3035 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The look of this system is very similar to a TEAC component Hi-Fi my Grandparents had many years ago.
    In my youth I had a little TEAC three-function system where the pause button on the tape deck needed to be held about halfway, or the auto-stop would trigger. It's really interesting to learn all these years later that the mechanism of most cheaper cassette decks has been the same for decades.

    • @brentfisher902
      @brentfisher902 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Age Test: If you knew what happens when you hold the pause button down halfway while playing a tape...

  • @TravisTev
    @TravisTev ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The styling of this unit looks kind of like one I saw as a kid, I think, though I doubt it was the same one. Funny enough, it had a pause button failure that resulted in the take-up reel stopping but the pinch roller remaining engaged, turning the pause button into an on-demand “eat tape” button.

  • @scotthullinger4684
    @scotthullinger4684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Considering how mechanically complex they are, and how expensive a good one is, well ... it's amazing that tape decks were even manufactured and sold at all.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you think audio decks are complex, look at a VCR.

    • @scotthullinger4684
      @scotthullinger4684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lawrencedoliveiro9104 - I dare say a basic tape deck is more complex, simply because the parts are smaller, and it's not as easy to manufacture small precision parts with great care and accuracy.

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      A VCR threading mechanism needs a state machine, with precisely-choreographed actions occurring at the correct time.

    • @scotthullinger4684
      @scotthullinger4684 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@lawrencedoliveiro9104 - That sentence could describe a huge number of machines.
      So why is it such a big deal with a VCR in particular? OH, and a "state machine"? What's that mean?

    • @lawrencedoliveiro9104
      @lawrencedoliveiro9104 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scotthullinger4684 Go have a look at one.

  • @rednwhitecooper
    @rednwhitecooper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was waiting for that black washer to disappear down into them mechanism while you had the assembly up on its side and it was giving me a large amount of anxiety 😂

  • @DRDCC
    @DRDCC 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Great Video. We all learn from these.

  • @andygozzo72
    @andygozzo72 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    that pause 'issue' is very common on spectrum plus2's and amstrad cpc464 machines 😉

    • @andygozzo72
      @andygozzo72 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      in those, the collar splits, wonder if loctite screw/studlock would stick it?

  • @TechGorilla1987
    @TechGorilla1987 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    @5:17 - You need Scotch Weld PR Gel adhesive. It's super glue in a VERY viscous formula. They have a wide range of viscosity in the PR range. PR stands for Plastic/Rubber.

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks, but cheap regular glue works fine when you're not in a hurry for it to dry.

  • @codebeat4192
    @codebeat4192 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aaaaahhhh, 86, the year of quality and black, blue and red color scheme :-P Anyway, you don't have to take it apart, use an exacto knife to push it back. After this, bend some metal clip that fits on the side and push a little on that pause thingy. Use some glue (or a screw) to hold the clip in place. Problem fixed. There is another thing you need to take a look at, it is the white center transmission wheel with a black cap and a spring inside that is hold together the same way. This wheel is also a timebomb. In the past I had several mechanisms (for example the Tensai RTC-8310 TV boombox) with such kind of wheel and pop off all over the place. To avoid this, pop off carefully the cap, clean it with alcohol and put some glue on it at the center of the cap and push it in place. Now you are ready to rock ;-)

  • @supermasterPIK
    @supermasterPIK 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Back around 89 or so, there was a very similar Samsung "3 in 1", as they called. Had a built in CD player. Colors are similar and claims "Easy Control System", sliding volume, digital tuner with memory, etc.
    Model is SCM-7500 and there are some of them for sale on EBAY. And yes !! there are still some spare parts.

  • @HostiaRecords
    @HostiaRecords 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I change the video speed to 0.5 while you are dubbing that tape, 😁

  • @schmatzler
    @schmatzler 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Interesting. I've had a similar problem on my Hitachi TRK-3D8 boombox. I was able to fix the plastic peg with the baking soda+superglue trick (mine was cracked so it wasn't held in anymore). Put a lot of it onto the cracked peg and sanded it down just enough to not touch the flywheel anymore. Boom, done!
    MacGyvering electronics is fun.

  • @stevencarmack8454
    @stevencarmack8454 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I played the high speed dubbing part in .5x speed and got Rick-rolled!!

  • @vintageMIDI
    @vintageMIDI 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Slowed down the high speed dub section of the video to 50% playback on YT: RIck Astley Never Gonna Give You Up. Awesome!

  • @GaryKeepItSimple
    @GaryKeepItSimple 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any idea where to get the plastic Capstan retainer? I have a deck with one missing.

  • @brick6347
    @brick6347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video actually made me quite philosophical. Is the 20th century going to be a black hole of knowledge in the distant future? As the plastics in devices like this decay and break, how long will they last? Does anyone actually know? Did you know there are more Etruscan razors in existence than Roman ones, because the Etruscans used bronze and the Romans used steel so they've all long since rusted away. I can easily imagine an Edison cylinder record player made of wood, brass and iron outlasting an iPod! 2000 years from now, will Tin Pan Alley be the soundtrack to our generation because that's all that's left! Quite Silurian and unsettling!

    • @rodrigobelinchon2982
      @rodrigobelinchon2982 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I guess archeologists will have pictures and youtube videos

    • @brentfisher902
      @brentfisher902 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You should worry more about video games...some of the ROMs in arcade machines were encrypted, with the key stored in BATTERY backed RAM....

  • @JackMcSomeone
    @JackMcSomeone 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't believe you Rickrolled us at 11:46

  • @moviebod
    @moviebod 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That is so interesting about Chrome tapes not being supported for recording. Someone at Sanyo must have made a bad call and decided that Metal was going to replace Chrome. Or maybe they thought Chrome was metal, which technically in a general sense it is I guess? That Metal tape playback rocked. Where did you record it?

  • @verastaki
    @verastaki 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    My favorite era when music was on compact cassette tapes, and most attention was aimed towards both, tapes & machines that play/record them. Even Tanishan mechanisms seemed to be a bit more solid & sophisticated then, with detection sensors in place, better heads & especially actual AC Erase Heads. I watched over the years how these mechanisms changed, they started getting better & better with more features. Then they started to go back to the basics again. Today, Sony, Panasonic & Toshiba are probably the only decent machines left, with a proper tape speed, w.o.w and flutter, accurate frequency response for both, playback and recording. But I was always more into Full-Logic Selinoid Driven Tape Mechanisms than Tanishan's and other piano key type Tape Decks

  • @TurntableGuy
    @TurntableGuy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A little drop of oil in the capstan bushing works wonders.

  • @life5161
    @life5161 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That stereo is Pure beauty 😍 👌

  • @killaken2000
    @killaken2000 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    there are super glues that are thicker. Bob Smith Industries makes tons of glues and epoxies for all kinds of applications. though you are right in that unless you're going online or to a hobby shop off the shelf super glue is really thin. you can also buy Super glue (CA, Cyanoacrylate) accelerators that will drastically reduce the work time. anyway your way works fine so no issues there and I always enjoy your videos.

    • @elephystry
      @elephystry 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used Scotch super glue once and was surprised by how thick it was.

    • @rodrigobelinchon2982
      @rodrigobelinchon2982 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed , Loctite is thicker than the chinese stuff. and the package is designed to be easier to apply , although our host used the pro technique of using a pointy tool to apply it.

  • @rickduncan692
    @rickduncan692 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thanks for showing that! I'll keep that simple repair in mind if I ever come across it on a boombox! Hey an off topic question but would you ever consider purchasing and/or repairing an antique or vintage electric fan? I saw you commented on bbishoppcms fan video and I thought it'd be cool to see you try something like that sometime. Anyway just wondering thanks!

  • @AussieTVMusic
    @AussieTVMusic 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I use to think the Beat Cut switch was there to cut out any disco music.

    • @brentfisher902
      @brentfisher902 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      When I was a child I used to believe that the high speed dubbing mode is put there so you can switch it on when your batteries are dying, so you can hear the music at the normal speed for a little longer...

  • @albertocabezas282
    @albertocabezas282 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A friend bought a system like this one. A big set of speakers, turntable, radio, many different coloured lights but it was garbage. The deck part had a permanent magnet for erasing, no Dolby and no tape selector. The turntable sounded thin and cheap. But it was quite fun and looked nice.

    • @vwestlife
      @vwestlife  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      This one is much better than the average all-in-one system. See my original video about it.

    • @albertocabezas282
      @albertocabezas282 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vwestlife Yours is quite good.