The Tandy Optimus DCT- 2000 DCC Repair. A very unique design.

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We found this unique, in box, Optimus DCT-2000 on Ebay.
It had multiple problems.
In this video we share the unboxing, problems and repairs of this American Digital Compact Cassette Player.

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@andrewgardner8330 Жыл бұрын

Hi Doctor great video.All the best.👍

@copytonosspa5310 2 жыл бұрын

very good technical work

@QUADBOYification 2 жыл бұрын

Nice model, didn't see the display working. Maybe it has a dot matrix? If you can find a blueprint of that board it is probably easy to have it custom made so you can move most maybe all components to it. I have a similar idea making new boards for a N2521. In these older decks everything is super simple. A dedicated Nerd could easily make a single board to replace all.

@nicksavage4763 2 жыл бұрын

Bought 2 new from Radio Shack One would still record but not playback it was well cared for and stopped Playback right after warranty ran out. Three months. When working it was great. Used it to record from an 8 channel Stereo Mixing Board Using Headphones To monitor. When Digital was still new Produced some very clean live recordings. Like other electronics, when they fully Functional they are Great.

@Warren1814 Жыл бұрын

How in the world do you remember all of that Dr. Dcc?? that is is amazing... Excellent video.. i used to own that model of dcc too. smh

@fhwolthuis 2 жыл бұрын

Nice, never heard of this brand before.

@stephenw2992 2 жыл бұрын

It was a Tandy inhouse brand along with many others they used

@IrishCarney Жыл бұрын

Tandy / Radio Shack used it at first as a brand for speakers, then later as a premium brand for their top level stereo equipment.

@framzoid Жыл бұрын

I have 3 of those (one dead but possibly fixable) AND the service manual. AND they are for sale.

@DRDCC Жыл бұрын

We might be interested. Contact us at curator@dccmuseum.com

@framzoid Жыл бұрын

@@DRDCC I'll be in touch this week.

@Capturing-Memories 2 жыл бұрын

Lazy Suzan base and lazy Joe screwdriver, Nice video.

@PhilipvanderMatten 2 жыл бұрын

In the original DCC900 repair video you use regular capacitors to replace the SMD capacitors. In this video you use SMD capacitors again. Any thoughts on that?

@DRDCC 2 жыл бұрын

If possible we always use SMD, to restore and make it look like the resto never happened.

@nicksavage4763 2 жыл бұрын

Can probably do it very carefully Not that skilled or experienced with replacing caps. Would prefer more skilled Electronics tech who knows what they are Doing to perform the task. Is it that they use Cheap caps in mass manufacturing? And is there a cap that doesnt end up leaking they could have used to begin with? Or All caps end up leaking over time? One other question Is it harmful to leave device powered on that the turning on/ and off over time?

@DRDCC 2 жыл бұрын

@@nicksavage4763 Hi, If they would have used regular Capacitors (like in the 2nd generation DCC players), we would not have these problems. All early 90ies electronics, using the first generations of SMD suffer from this. It is not just DCC. They found out nearly 10 years later these started to leak. Todays capacitors are much, much better and would not cause these problems. Not sure what the question is about on-off, but feel free to ask any question at forum.dccmuseum.com

@nicksavage4763 2 жыл бұрын

@@DRDCC Thank You. The on/off had to do with Recording Studio Equipment and something I was told that Probably makes no difference at all. As in Stereo amps used to power monitors Nowdays most monitors have Amps built in. They used to leave them turned on overnight. Dont remember if they were tube Or solid state.

@Ni5ei Жыл бұрын

Great job! 12:07 Why did you blur out part of the audio board? Something we're not allowed to see?

@DRDCC Жыл бұрын

A small error in the video layer. No secrets lol.

@Ni5ei Жыл бұрын

@@DRDCC Haha, okay. I already thought it was a bit awkward because when it disappeared we could see it anyway 😎

@databits 2 жыл бұрын

Some guy named Databits restored one of these to working condition. 😀

@DRDCC 2 жыл бұрын

Our DCT2000 On display is perfect as well. We have found the problem on this one as well as we managed to visit the Tandy Developer last week. I saw your video a long time ago. Great job.