Cassette tape recorder common problem repair

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Жыл бұрын

Aside from belts, this is a common problem found with many cassette recorders.
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@chrisg6597 Жыл бұрын

If that was the only cassette I had to listen to, I think I would have left the cassette player broken.

@AstrosElectronicsLab Жыл бұрын

Lol. Me too. I'd personally burn that cassette

@johnnytacokleinschmidt515 Жыл бұрын

It's pretty good.

@xyzconceptsYT Жыл бұрын

Bahahahahaha 🤣

@totallyfrozen Жыл бұрын

I like it. It’s creepy. Sounds like it would be useful in a horror film production.

@lakewell77 Жыл бұрын

What great timing on this video. Pressing the record button on and off a few times fixed this exact problem for me. Thanks!

@raymondkim8887 Жыл бұрын

As for me, I have the portable Sony tape cassette player from Sony, it works fine but it's just that when I press the stop button, it keeps playing ▶️. Help. How can I fix it that won't stop playing?

@HillsWorkbench Жыл бұрын

Another common source of a no-audio problem in a small portable is with the earphone jack and it's switching contacts that mute the speaker when something is plugged in.

@JohnAudioTech Жыл бұрын

I remember getting a new AM radio as a kid in the 1970s. I plugged in the headphone and when I unplugged it, the speaker would not work again. I returned it for another and the same thing! Cheap Hong Kong junk!

@mstechbasement5395 9 ай бұрын

Thanks!!! Working the record tab switch a few times cleared up the VERY loud hum from my RS/Optimus CTR-109 cassette recorder! It was so loud it drowned out the recorded sounds.

@AstrosElectronicsLab Жыл бұрын

You can usually tell the DC bias recorder by looking at the heads. Those, usually with the cheap mechanisms, have a pivoting permanent magnet erase head. The AC bias are usually fixed heads that move up and down with the head assembly. As for no coil on the board, unless you mean the bias trap filter, a lot of the cheaper cassette desks use the erase head as the coil in the bias oscillator.

@JohnAudioTech Жыл бұрын

This has the pivot erase head. I used to have the last base model Radio Shack recorder and it had AC bias. With external mic, the sound was great.

@AstrosElectronicsLab Жыл бұрын

@@JohnAudioTech yeah. Never liked DC bias, especially on those cheap dual cassette high speed dubbing portable radio things. It sounds awful.

@arenotdiy7280 Жыл бұрын

I think the transistor may have helped the sound quality a bit, I need to try that technique :)

@KissAnalog Жыл бұрын

Awesome recording ;)

@markschirripa3607 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. Have you any advice for a similar machine that won't record on the internal or external microphones? The playback is fine. Thanks.

@xedtronicsph3877 Жыл бұрын

Oh I hope you can analyze the circuitry of OCL504 amplifier Many says it has a great sound😊💪

@1pcfred Жыл бұрын

Praise the Lord and pass the contact cleaner.

@JUANKERR2000 Жыл бұрын

"... and pass the bulk eraser!"

@NEMONB Жыл бұрын

2:51 hello? how did you assembly the extra parts??

@Chelseagrin1923 Жыл бұрын

You should record some nocopyright sounds on the tapes

@3dsmaxrocks699 Жыл бұрын

Anybody old enough to remember an old cassette BLANK brand that was a darker brown color. Not completely see thru either. Probably made by Certron or some other Hong Kong brand. I've been looking for years on eBay for it. No luck. Most are black, white or clear.

@t1d100 Жыл бұрын

Easy-breezy repair. Take em, when you can get em...

@TheTrueVoiceOfReason Жыл бұрын

That CTR-41 looks alot like my last GE tape recorder. My bets are that the Realistic is rebadged GE.

@moldybread41 Жыл бұрын

how do i get out a stuck cassette from inside the player

@josephsaucedo8691 Жыл бұрын

I was wondering if there was a why to add a input to some electrical device when there is no input. I no nothing about electrical just thought it would be a great video if it's possible 👌👍✌️💯🎶

@AstrosElectronicsLab Жыл бұрын

Wouldn't be hard to tap into the microphone preamp with an input switched jack and a couple of resistors.

@Redpanda1980 Жыл бұрын

Clean with contact spray

@xyzconceptsYT Жыл бұрын

Greetings John :)

@JohnAudioTech Жыл бұрын

Greetings!

@xyzconceptsYT Жыл бұрын

3:47 Still sounds broken. WOW and Flutter is a bit off. 😁

@pikemeredith5604 8 ай бұрын

My play button presses down but tape wont play, it just makes a noise & won't move & I've tried other tapes. The player is brand new too, didn't keep the receipt. I need my cassette recorder. Any suggestions.

@JohnAudioTech 8 ай бұрын

Can you hear the motor running? Perhaps the drive belt slipped off.

@pikemeredith5604 8 ай бұрын

@@JohnAudioTech the machine wheels are turning but very slowly with cassette inside but it still rewinds & fast forwards. Are both cylinders suppose to turn together? I pressed play with no tape in & only 1 is turning not both. I don't want to discard it & can't afford another. I'm very unlucky with tape machines.