I've been tinkering with electronics for many years and always disassemble broken things. I never knew that something so complicated could be stripped down so thoroughly and successfully repaired and work like new. I learned so many things, like taking apart a relay and cleaning the contacts. I have a cheap GRACE TAPE2USB II that won't play and when I looked inside didn't find anything obviously. Now I'm ready to go back in and take another look. I'm subscribing and I look forward to watching more episodes. (Oh by gosh, 233 prior to this one)
Your tip about the flashlight for finding small parts can be aided with the tip to put your eyes on the same level as the flashlight, so get your head flat on the ground. And... I have learned over the years, when some part jumps, like a spring or a knob, FREEZE. Do not blink your eyes, do not turn your head, and keep exactly looking where your eyes were when it jumped. That way your ears and eyes have the best chance to observe where it lands.
Amazing Video. I just bought a HK400xm and looks like a lot of the same parts, So this Video will help to redo mine, Mine worked for about a 10 minutes. I wiggle the connector CN55 (worked , then did not work) I found a some hair line cracks (Connector to solder traces) w the CN55 connector for Motor and Sol's The connector was loose and wiggled which caused it. I glues the socket in and I had to fix it be install jumpers from the socket to the traces or component but I did 2- first and then it worked than the brake did not work and added another jumpers (ended up almost all of them) Also had to temporarily replace the caption motor The original which kept turning off and was running at slow speeds , I took it apart and cleaned it then put it back together and than it had one speed to "FAST" (will have to fix it w new parts later) Thanks for the TIRE Information 2x-8mmx1.5mmx1.5mm and 1x-9mmx1.5mm x1.5mm I looked online and there's no information about it and some bad hacks.
Very nice work on a great cassette deck. Patience and your ability to improvise has saved a great many pieces of vintage equipment; thank you for your time.
Lovely job, Trevor. But, I hope you don't mind me mentioning that I noticed there was a lot of side to side movement with that pinch-wheel. I don't think it's the correct one, the way it is; the wow and flutter will be terrible and it will damage the tapes by pulling them to one side. New wheels are available for this model, I'm sure. Thanks for sharing.
I take small parts like the brass washers and put them in 99% ipa and just like you put it in a bottle and throw the bottle in the ultrasonic cleaner. The waves pass through the bottle. I do the same thing with carburetor jets in carb clean. Dr. CASSETTE, recommends ammonia based window clean for pinch rollers and belt cleaning as it is safer / easier on the rubber and prevents it from drying out.
I've heard of the same trick with gasoline inside of a plastic peanut butter jar. The US passes right through the jar and gasoline is reported to be the best solvent one could use in a US cleaner
Great job Trevor! If you are interested in getting calibration tapes, I recommend GennLab tapes. They have a variety of reproduction tapes including TEAC tapes and they ship to Canada. I have a bunch of them and they seem to be very good quality. One tip that I suggest is to replace the tape chamber lamp while you have that entire assembly apart. I realize that the lamp was working but when you consider the number of hours on it, it is cheap insurance to replace it at that time.
@@Veedthetg You can record an accurate tone from an app but the problem will be that you still won't be able to tell if your machine is playing it properly. For example, if you are checking the tape speed and the tone is set to 333Hz and you monitor it with a frequency counter at 333Hz, it can look like it is good. If you then move the tape to another machine and play it back, what if the results are off? Then there would be confusion about which machine is not accurate (perhaps both). At this point you would lose your point of reference because now there is a measurable difference and you have not proved that the first machine was running at the correct speed. Now imagine this again for other tests: azimuth, frequency response, etc. The professional calibration tapes are made on special equipment in laboratories and meet certain standards. They are expensive but are invaluable if you are repairing/restoring multiple tape decks or reel-to-reel tape machines.
Wow, 1980!, and I thought it was more modern! Still the ICs have helped to remove a lot of excessive ccts and wires. It's a game swings and roundabouts - easier to work on, but are some of the ICs proprietary? That can be a problem.
This has got to be one of the best video on Cassette deck repair. This guy approach and attitude is great. New comer here and i just subscribe to the channel. One question though, are you accepting repairs from outside your country Canada? If not why not. I live here in the states the country below you...lol.😊
My local clients keep me busy with a 2 month wait list. I'd love to help everyone that needs it but I would be buried in repairs. This is a retirement hobby for me, not a full time job
Another fine video. I have a question about one of your prior repairs. The Yamaha CA-1010. I have a 2010 that sometimes makes a loud obnoxious screech. Do you think it could be the preamp coupling switch on the back?
Noises like that are usually feedback of some form. Dirty, flaky switches typically cut the signal in one channel or another and do not feedback. Possibly a internal problem with the tone circuits but it's really difficult to predict what's wrong without testing
Stereo deck so it has two of everything. The different tape formulations all have adjustments, dolby, calibration tone adjustments, etc. Like I said, there's a lot going on in there
I'm not commenting on this particular deck, but some decks are designed, produced, and out to sell only - litte thought gone into serviceability. These are a bit of a nightmare.
“Too” would be the correct spelling and grammar. Example: Your childish harassment has gone on TOO long. Your list of personal hang-ups is TOO long to comprehend. Life is too short to waste time on malcontents. Thinking of how lonely and dejected you are is too depressing.
What did you expect for a full cassette deck service, 5 minute video? There's a lot of moving parts and things that can go wrong in cassette decks... These longer videos are also a valuable resource for those looking to learn how to service things like the mechanism etc. If you don't like the length of a video, don't watch it! Nobody is forcing you.
I've been tinkering with electronics for many years and always disassemble broken things. I never knew that something so complicated could be stripped down so thoroughly and successfully repaired and work like new. I learned so many things, like taking apart a relay and cleaning the contacts. I have a cheap GRACE TAPE2USB II that won't play and when I looked inside didn't find anything obviously. Now I'm ready to go back in and take another look.
I'm subscribing and I look forward to watching more episodes. (Oh by gosh, 233 prior to this one)
Your tip about the flashlight for finding small parts can be aided with the tip to put your eyes on the same level as the flashlight, so get your head flat on the ground.
And... I have learned over the years, when some part jumps, like a spring or a knob, FREEZE. Do not blink your eyes, do not turn your head, and keep exactly looking where your eyes were when it jumped. That way your ears and eyes have the best chance to observe where it lands.
Amazing Video. I just bought a HK400xm and looks like a lot of the same parts, So this Video will help to redo mine,
Mine worked for about a 10 minutes.
I wiggle the connector CN55 (worked , then did not work)
I found a some hair line cracks (Connector to solder traces) w the CN55 connector for Motor and Sol's The connector was loose and wiggled which caused it. I glues the socket in and I had to fix it be install jumpers from the socket to the traces or component but I did 2- first and then it worked than the brake did not work and added another jumpers (ended up almost all of them)
Also had to temporarily replace the caption motor The original which kept turning off and was running at slow speeds , I took it apart and cleaned it then put it back together and than it had one speed to "FAST" (will have to fix it w new parts later)
Thanks for the TIRE Information 2x-8mmx1.5mmx1.5mm and 1x-9mmx1.5mm x1.5mm I looked online and there's no information about it and some bad hacks.
Wow! very Impressive work! I throughly enjoyed watching the whole video of this cassette repair. Well done!
Thanks
This video shows you how much work and effort went into fixing it.Perfect example of describing term Serviced.Well done Sir.
Very nice work on a great cassette deck. Patience and your ability to improvise has saved a great many pieces of vintage equipment; thank you for your time.
I enjoyed the whole video, not to long, thank you for the hard work!
So sad that some people always add a negative comment, very small minded!
Whatever, some people just love to focus on the negative. Thanks for your support
Very nice machine, and well worth restoring.
For cleaning, i use crc brake clean. Works great. Wear gloves and be carefull with what it's applied to. Good for metal components.
Lovely job, Trevor. But, I hope you don't mind me mentioning that I noticed there was a lot of side to side movement with that pinch-wheel. I don't think it's the correct one, the way it is; the wow and flutter will be terrible and it will damage the tapes by pulling them to one side. New wheels are available for this model, I'm sure. Thanks for sharing.
I did suspect the pinch roller when I did the azimuth alignment. It was original roller
I take small parts like the brass washers and put them in 99% ipa and just like you put it in a bottle and throw the bottle in the ultrasonic cleaner. The waves pass through the bottle. I do the same thing with carburetor jets in carb clean. Dr. CASSETTE, recommends ammonia based window clean for pinch rollers and belt cleaning as it is safer / easier on the rubber and prevents it from drying out.
I've heard of the same trick with gasoline inside of a plastic peanut butter jar. The US passes right through the jar and gasoline is reported to be the best solvent one could use in a US cleaner
Great job Trevor!
If you are interested in getting calibration tapes, I recommend GennLab tapes. They have a variety of reproduction tapes including TEAC tapes and they ship to Canada. I have a bunch of them and they seem to be very good quality.
One tip that I suggest is to replace the tape chamber lamp while you have that entire assembly apart. I realize that the lamp was working but when you consider the number of hours on it, it is cheap insurance to replace it at that time.
Could you make your own by recording a tone from an app?
@@Veedthetg You can record an accurate tone from an app but the problem will be that you still won't be able to tell if your machine is playing it properly. For example, if you are checking the tape speed and the tone is set to 333Hz and you monitor it with a frequency counter at 333Hz, it can look like it is good. If you then move the tape to another machine and play it back, what if the results are off? Then there would be confusion about which machine is not accurate (perhaps both). At this point you would lose your point of reference because now there is a measurable difference and you have not proved that the first machine was running at the correct speed. Now imagine this again for other tests: azimuth, frequency response, etc.
The professional calibration tapes are made on special equipment in laboratories and meet certain standards. They are expensive but are invaluable if you are repairing/restoring multiple tape decks or reel-to-reel tape machines.
I like longer videos.
Thanks, I do edit them down to save time and try not to repeat myself too much
Wow, 1980!, and I thought it was more modern! Still the ICs have helped to remove a lot of excessive ccts and wires. It's a game swings and roundabouts - easier to work on, but are some of the ICs proprietary? That can be a problem.
This has got to be one of the best video on Cassette deck repair. This guy approach and attitude is great. New comer here and i just subscribe to the channel. One question though, are you accepting repairs from outside your country Canada? If not why not. I live here in the states the country below you...lol.😊
My local clients keep me busy with a 2 month wait list. I'd love to help everyone that needs it but I would be buried in repairs. This is a retirement hobby for me, not a full time job
Thanks for the video! I was the #200 like!
Another fine video. I have a question about one of your prior repairs. The Yamaha CA-1010. I have a 2010 that sometimes makes a loud obnoxious screech. Do you think it could be the preamp coupling switch on the back?
Noises like that are usually feedback of some form. Dirty, flaky switches typically cut the signal in one channel or another and do not feedback. Possibly a internal problem with the tone circuits but it's really difficult to predict what's wrong without testing
@@TrevorsBench Thanks Trev.
Excellent work!
You have unlimited patience, aren't you!?😀👍
Sometimes I get frustrated and walk away from the project for a day or two. You guys don't see that part
Don Williams was an American country singer. He died in 2017.
Did he sang I believe?
@@handsomemann1 Yes. 1980
@@handsomemann1 Yes..I believe in you.
Thanks, I know nothing about country music
@@TrevorsBench Your welcome. I enjoy the channel.
Trevor, has anyone ever told you that you sound a bit like Clint Eastwood ? Can you say one of his famous lines in your next video lol !
Lol, that's a new one. You're quite observant
I have never seen so many trim pots in one device before, what do they all do ?
Calibration tones bias level,pb/rec levels level meter etc
Stereo deck so it has two of everything. The different tape formulations all have adjustments, dolby, calibration tone adjustments, etc.
Like I said, there's a lot going on in there
I'm not commenting on this particular deck, but some decks are designed, produced, and out to sell only - litte thought gone into serviceability. These are a bit of a nightmare.
Thanks!
Merci
VIDEO IS WAY TO LONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You again!!! STOP being so negative. Just go away!!!! Go watch something else. Nothing weong with this video, very well made very informative
“Too” would be the correct spelling and grammar. Example: Your childish harassment has gone on TOO long. Your list of personal hang-ups is TOO long to comprehend. Life is too short to waste time on malcontents. Thinking of how lonely and dejected you are is too depressing.
What did you expect for a full cassette deck service, 5 minute video? There's a lot of moving parts and things that can go wrong in cassette decks... These longer videos are also a valuable resource for those looking to learn how to service things like the mechanism etc. If you don't like the length of a video, don't watch it! Nobody is forcing you.
Ignore!!!
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