Panasonic RX-ED55 Cassette Decks Needed New Belts - Fiddly Job! Was it worth the effort?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ก.ค. 2024
- My latest Charity Shop find - a Panasonic RX-ED55 Boombox.
This caught my eye because the cassette decks looked decent - full logic control, auto reverse, music search, and recording support for Type I and Type II tapes (Type IV playback only).
Was it actually worth the effort of replacing the belts? I'll leave you to decide!
I don't own a Wow & Flutter Meter, but here's a link to a 3KHz Test Tone being played back from cassette on the ED55, for those who have suitable equipment to measure the wow and flutter:
• Panasonic RX ED55 3KHz...
00:00 - Preamble
02:00 - Disassembly
07:50 - Gaining Access to the Cassette Mechanisms
12:15 - Fitting the Winding (reel drive) belt to Deck 1
16:23 - Fitting the Winding belt to Deck 2
18:37 - Fitting the Capstan belts for both decks
20:14 - Reassembly
24:35 - First Test before fitting all cabinet screws
27:51 - Retest after cleaning capstans and pinch rollers
29:16 - Conclusion - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Nice
You made a very useful video. Thank you. My cassette cover won't open. What do you think could be the problem?
The larger belt on the side where motor is might still have ended up crooked. Either way great job on this. Ticking in the background made it sound like you're working on a time bomb :). Oh and it'd probably be a good idea to calibrate tape speed after fitting new belts.
Now you come to mention it, and looking at the video in detail, I think you may be right - there was still a twist in that belt! I don't have the machine any more as I didn't really have any use for it and it would have just sat on a shelf doing nothing, so passed it on to someone else who can get some enjoyment from it. Unfortunately, as a hobbyist on a tight budget, I don't possess the necessary equipment to calibrate the tape speed, but it sounded about right to me. (The time bomb is a future project.)
@@timf-tinkering The only real cost in tape speed calibration is obtaining a decent test tape. Other than that you need a screwdriver and either a PC (WowFlutterMeter free software) or a smartphone (I use Spectroid).