Our missing Portable DCC. The Stylish Panasonic RQ-DR9 Digital Compact Cassette

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DR DCC

5 жыл бұрын

The last portable missing at the dccmuseum.
full restoration video about this rare and stylish player/recorder.

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@andrekleyn727 5 жыл бұрын

A very laborious restoration process this one. The patience was incredible with all that tiny screws etc. A job well done Dr DCC. Patience here was executed to perfection. A valuable lesson for me 😉

@jornsiemonsma1040 5 жыл бұрын

Great that you brought the last portable home and in full restoration!! Thanks

@codebeat4192 3 жыл бұрын

"We do not know what to expect". Later: Opens the case with ease, know every screw it's place/origin. :-D But man, you need to desolder a board to replace the belts, madness!

@roasthunter 4 жыл бұрын

You've taken one apart before! The speed that you found the screws and knew the procedure.

@JacGoudsmit 5 жыл бұрын

As you know, I opened and closed the five portable recorders in my collection quite a few times recently so I've gotten quite familiar with all the details. The Panasonic really is exactly the same as the 170 except for the front panel. Also every time I disassemble or reassemble one of these (or see someone else do it) I get more and more aware and annoyed at the glaringly obvious design flaws. It's so easy to destroy a portable if you miss tiny details like switch alignment, or if you make the wrong movement while you take it apart or put it back together.

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

It is not service friendly when opening the first time. Happened to me as well (but that was 107 devices ago.....)

@honestguy7764 4 жыл бұрын

Its like changing the timing belt in a car....

@BavarianM 3 жыл бұрын

Nah Much much easier

@alextea 3 жыл бұрын

Same mechanism and belt position for Panasonic rq cassette Walkman.

@video99couk 4 жыл бұрын

0:01 Those speakers look just like my Kef Coda III speakers, but somehow more! Cantor III ?

@DRDCC 4 жыл бұрын

Yes Cantor III.

@XMguy 5 жыл бұрын

How were they expecting people to change the belts if you have to desolder the motor, and Solenoid? That's crazy!

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

I agree.Not service friendly at all.

@XMguy 5 жыл бұрын

DR DCC was the motor, tape sensor, and solenoid able to be left soldered in place and still change the belts, or was this the only way? If the latter, definitely not service friendly!

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

@@XMguy This is the only way.

@XMguy 5 жыл бұрын

DR DCC that's a shame. Phillips should have thought the belts would have to be replaced. Hmm. Perhaps they considered it a throw away item. Sad.

@roasthunter 4 жыл бұрын

@@XMguy this kind of device really was a throw away item, they last 10 years then get replaced with a new one, why spend valuable time trying to make it service friendly if you design it to last what is considered an acceptable life and then you can sell another product. Only a small number of dedicated people like this will do repair items like this.

@heczero 5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ wooow

@zackgregorippercheveretled2890 4 жыл бұрын

Se parece a los walkman AIWA de 1991 -1993 que Grababan en Cassete Autoreverse con Dolby B NR equalizer MSP 3 band parametric Selector Tape Normal Cr02 Metal tipo IV con 18 presets stations BBE system Bass Bost Expanded DSL y worker one Batery rechargable with Remote control in Audifonos

@NikoWax 4 жыл бұрын

It's the same like the Philips

@UberSynth 5 жыл бұрын

Dr DCC do you have a video on how to replace a pinch roller on a philips DCC 730? 🤔 Peace ✌️ out people

@UberSynth 5 жыл бұрын

It's OK. I worked out. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oJuHidqA2LW6eZ8.html

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

Surrinder J The solution is not always going to be permanent. It is better to replace the pinch rollers eventually.

@UberSynth 5 жыл бұрын

@@DRDCC I couldn't find a video where someone removed the DCC pinch rollers. I saw someone else had the same problem with side B on the philips DCC 730. I worked it out after taking off the cover, you can easily remove the upper portion of the cassette caddy mechanism to access the pinch rollers. They just snap in and out at the spindles. Before I took it out, I marked where the slight bump was with a penthen treated that area surface with some sand paper. It worked perfectly. The pinch roller seam good they just needed that slight sanding to make them smooth again after years of use. Peace ✌️ out people

@franciscomartin3588 5 жыл бұрын

you could repair a dat tcd d8 that I have

@LiveSteamMad 5 жыл бұрын

That constant background music is rather annoying when listening on headphones. I would rather listen to your voice instead. Very good video though. I like these miniature audio tape recorders.

@AttilaTheHun333333 5 жыл бұрын

LiveSteamMad Have to agree...especially on a 20+ minute video. But other than that beautiful content as usual.

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback. Would you rather have no music on longer video's or just softer in the background?

@LiveSteamMad 5 жыл бұрын

@@DRDCC No music works best I persoally feel, like for example KZfaq user "12VoltVids" that you may be familiar with (the guy in Canada who repairs A/V equipment and has a nice relaxing narration instead of music), I enjoy hearing the person's voice and explanations and things where I learn something.

@craigdavidson2278 5 жыл бұрын

@@DRDCC NO music...more waffle (talking)

@craigdavidson2278 5 жыл бұрын

Bloody music.....but beside that nice video

@theseob 2 жыл бұрын

Must be the most annoying background music available.

@domi_2164 5 жыл бұрын

Good job! What solution have you used to polish the front panel?

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

We use a product called Novus Clean and Novus Scratch remover.

@AussieTVMusic 4 жыл бұрын

That's what pisses me off with panasonic walkmans it's that they make it so hard just to replace a belt.

@DRDCC 4 жыл бұрын

AussieTV Every portable dcc player suffers from this. It is not essay to replace the belt

@markleuck 5 жыл бұрын

Why do you not recommend playing analog tapes on a DCC machine?

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

The shedding of regular analog tape on the thin film head in any dcc player is just asking for problems. DCC playback is heavily affected because of it and it would require constant cleaning.

@XMguy 5 жыл бұрын

DR DCC How so? I thought the medium of DCC was metal type tape? I figured analog playback would be considered when making these players for backwards compatibility.

@DRDCC 5 жыл бұрын

Nate Newman DCC uses Basf Chrome Videotape. It is backwards compatible, but older analog tapes are dirty and you would need to clean the head constantly. Since you have remove the cover every time, it is just not wise and can damage the head potentially.

@leoatreides1 4 жыл бұрын

@@DRDCC Back in the days I even modified normal tape so that it was recognized as DCC tape to save some money :). Just replaced my belt also (in my old DCC170). The joys of early adaptors. The main plus against minidisc back in the days was that it did not skip when jogging and the quality was supposed to be better.