Fixing it one thing, but how you put them all back together with the endless parts, plates and screws is impressive

Dave, you are a brave man. This tape recorder looks like a flipping nightmare to work on. Wow. Just wow...

The Techmoan vibes are strong on in this one. Back when "It's a Sony!" Really meant something beyond marketing lingo

Thank you ! My machine is working for the 1st time since the 90’s! Great tips , I must have watched this 25 times before I had the confidence too try. The clip part was the make or break moment for me, as well as re soldering the power wire.(not a pro w 30 years experience) but it’s done!. 12 volt vids is the best. Followed to a T even w new tape. I don’t know if it’s a function of the d-5, but mine only FF for a few secs and stops without a tape. But with a tape non stop. I have been playing on battery for the last 2 hours. I am so stoked. Thanks a million.

Excellent work, as usual. I have a Sony TCM 5000EV. It works excellently but needs new belts. As you know, these are not particularly service friendly, so it has been waiting on my workshop shelf for a couple of years now.

Skill and tenacity count. Good work.

I always wonder how many people worked on this design, really impressive. It is clear to understand why such serviced device have a price (complexity and knowledge to repair) however there some sellers (mostly merchants) that want to sell these older gear for big bucks only because it is vintage (and not serviced at all), really sad. Nice video and repair, thumbs up.

Nice machine, from time when Sony built really good products not only for Pro Audio/Video sector. Of course time takes toe on mechanism and they all develop problems. I'm really surprised the rubber pieces hold together after 4 decades, unlike the Sony dual deck that was given to me from 1995 (Made in Maleysia). From what I read, it is the tape decks produced by Sony that many recognized as reliable, dependeble high quality equipment that consequently made them one of the best sellers on the North American market. It's a Sony, now mostly in Pro TV Broadcasting equipment. Some of their 1980's and early '90s home audio equipment still very much catches my attention as some of the best made. Also, the portable Sony deck reminds me of Kudelski Nagra portable equipment used by reporters and film industry. I found somewhere technical interview with Stefan Kudelski recorded by Polish TV about his company and work he did with Polish Radio and TV. I would never say that Kudelski lived outside of Poland for most of his life past his childhood. His spoken Polish and technical vocabulary were so perfect, it puts me and many Poles to shame, because we use many borrowed terms instead correct Polish ones. Very interesting man who received a few awards for his contribution to world cinema.

Dream machine of 80 s

I've got six of those D5s, five of them working (now!) & a donor. biggest mechanical problem was with the pause arrangement- previous mr fixit had re-assembled it wrongly so it worked maybe 50%, & he'd bent the hair-spring. had a bad meter on one, & a bad capstan servo on another. I also tweak the replay eq & record bias. Ohsone & other sony execs used to travel back & forth across the pacific while sony were getting set up in the USA, & would schlepp a D5 with a pair of headphones on the long flights. tiring of this, Ohsone had a mono pressman recorder modified for stereo playback. Morita found out & demanded that the thing be put into production, telling the plant to make 10,000 units in the first run. everyone at sony was astonished at how quickly the "walkman" sold. the TC-D5 led directly to the whole phenomenon. (59:08 I'm like 'no, not that one!' :-) )

Watching this one was I was riveted to the spot. Brilliant video as always. I can believe that it sounds every bit as good as a cassette deck at the time and probably a mid to high end, at that. I had a Uher CR-210, a similar thing and auto-reverse and hooked up to a Pioneer based Hi-Fi and was superior in sound to a CT-F 9191. When the Uher developed a fault, and yes a little clip went ping never to be found again when a latching piece of plastic that looked like a comma broke!

made it to 90k !!!! lets get Dave 100k! Great videos.

I have the same unit and needed the 3 belts changed thanks to you and your video made it easy I do have the service manual but did not need it thank you

A great video, explained for the first time how to resolve idler rubber rings problem. I think those are available for purchase brand new spare ones.

this one actually sounds good trough the line out.

I enjoyed watching this after just watching the Techmoan video about the same machine! Just looked on eBay and there were two on sale, one was £750 and another £900. Even more expensive than a DAT portable machine of similar size and function.

I never heard of these before. If it does the low wow and flutter and noise of a full size deck that is truly amazing. That is like a swiss watch to me.

The S160 mat actually looks fairly useful for when working on small equipment. Not so useful for when I'm fixing a big old video recorder, but great for modern SM work. Not keen on some of the point to point wiring inside that Sony.

you left a wire fixing terminal off the right hand side of the sound board?? a black wire with a metal loop???

Well done :-D, it put up a good fight but it was never going to win lol. if i had to repair one, i would have to take pictures where all those wires went, with my luck a wire would snap without me seeing where it came from. I like the propper heavy brassed storage flywheel, i bet there is hardly any fluctuations in speed. Yep i've seen that woven style tape on many devices and yes it won't stick back on once removed. Hey i don't blame you for being careful with branded items, they think you are a fool, No chance :-D.

I watched this all the way through and turned up the brightness on my screen so I could see every detail. Why ? Because I have one of these, which I got as a staff bonus when I worked in the Hi Fi trade. I didn't use it very much because the Walkman Pro came out a year latter which had Dolby C. It used to be great when you got paid a yearly bonus in Hi Fi and Video gear. Its as a shame they didn't bring out a Dolby C version of the TCD5

Another reason to 'subscribe' 👍 brilliant vid, I have the smaller 'pocket version - full cassette' unit TCM _ still working that I changed the belts on et Love it cos of its sound and record quality PLUS the leather case and this no doubt would also have had several case options. I was surprised it didn't have an inbuilt mic?/s as my unit does. Also of course these were primarily used for TALK / Conversation et not music though of course the frequency responses on them were pretty damm good. 😎

I did a repair recently on a Sony radio, cassette, cd player - belt replacement et from the late 90s. I was gob smacked to find the amount of cold solder joints from the power supply through, some were just a drip of solder with holes 👀 This unit reminds me of the early transistor sets from Hong Kong (Empire made 😎 UK) Often put together in sweat shops with components so tight together ? ! Also of course the smoke from the soldering processes re the resins used et was toxic. 👀

What timing! I just buttoned up a "fixer" TCD5M last night after replacing two of the belts courtesy of your previous videos. It no longer eats tapes in play mode ! And the speed is much more stable. But the motor makes noise, looks like the metal wheel is jumping a bit on the rubber flywheel. And I also found that one of the mic channels is very low. And Fast Forward isn't nearly as fast as Rewind. So courtesy of this video I've ordered Rubber Renu and I'm going to pull that pulley you yanked and touch up the rubber bumpers/tires. Also going to try the same on mating surface of the motor/flywheel rubber. BTW, why the "E" in the title name? Is that a different model?

Like that kind of blue mat on the workbench,,,with built in magnets to keep metal screws from machines u take apart,,kept in place. What is the actual name of the rubber placemat,,,I need to buy one of these online. Looks to b a well solid built machine,,,a fair bit of work top and bottom with moving the circuit boards and the circlip washer,,,i,ve done that b4,,,and it went flying across the room,,,but very lucky to hear it land on the 4th shelf of my bookcase cabinet,,,and happened to find it again,,and put back in place the 3rd time round,,,nasty tiny thing that is to lose there,,,,to remove the rubber drive pulley to repair the rubber on it for fast forward and playback,and with replacing the belts,,,and freeing up the mechanism,,,and repair the input jack to get the recording working right again as it should,,,and I hope the rca centre pin stays in place. Very nice compact good looking round level indicators,,,and adjustable recording levels,,,with a automatic record level switch built in too.

Nice. Quite rare to see the insides of one of these items - let alone a repair on one. Have you got a video on/ever worked on a TC-D6C/WM-D6C/WM-D6 ? Any thoughts on how the two compare with each other?

$100 for shipping - what was the final charge? I repaired WM-D6C belt kits and motor was running to quick - replaced it with CX20084 IC - Job done happy cust.

hi i have a sony CRT TV which is 29inches.i heard a hissing noise at the back of TV and then i saw 3 to 5 sparks inside the box.is this a flyback transformer problem.please help me.

Thanks for showing us how to fix it. Could you advise how to clean the head and the rubber roll? I worry i used wrong thing to clean it.

Dave, what's that green locking compound called, and is it still being made?

I understand why someone would want this for nostalgia's sake, but there's got to be portable digital recorders that are smaller, have longer battery life, lighter, and produce better quality audio. Is there still a use case for these tape units?

One of my local pubs has got some awful smelling hand sanitizer.

Hey, if you care to take a look at this: I just got a TC-D5M. When I play it with no cassette tape inserted, there is noise coming out of the right channel. It sounds like a white noise, and it does not go away even with pause button pressed. The VU meters do not have any perceivable movement, except for a sudden "jump" of the right-channel needle upon turning on (then it quickly returns to the leftmost position and stays there). This is all under 6V plugged in. Is this normal or do I need some repair? I probably won't be able to send it to you because I live in China but I think it would be great to have your opinion.

I hope it was worth the effort. I know you said it was a professional machine, but..................................

I wonder if that DC-DC can be bypassed by using Li-ion battery pack with a close desired voltage.

Do you remember the same machine under the SUPERSCOPE brand with balanced XLR inputs and outputs and three heads ? It was popular within the film industry . I don't remember which company owned the brand .

For an expensive unit they should have incorporated sturdier jax

Slow your *DONKEY* down! I get it! LOL

Hi Dave ! I just got one of those and line in, line out and headphones out only input/output on the right channel, mic inputs work properly in stereo, vu-meters too, any idea where that might come from ?

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Hi! Great video. I have the same model, my problem is that it keeps eating tapes after playing for a short while. Is there anything I can do about it without taking it apart?

You almost always change a few caps but i bet you don’t want to mess with those upside down ones.

I guess u had the camera connected to the power supply to make this long video recording too.

Hi there. I replaced the belts and the device was working fine. Now the play, rewind, and fast forward functions won’t actually cause the mechanics to rotate when I look at the top of the device. Do you know what else could be happening?

Can I pay you to service my TC-D5M?

Hi i have a remote control for a hifi it's a EUR7702290 for a technics SC-DV290. There's no IR, it's not working at all, I've taken it apart, THOROGHLY cleaned the crap out of it with iso etc, and stil nada, nothing it burned out, nothing looks like it's goine bad, contacts are fine etc... HELP!

you forgot to attach the ground cable under that one screw. might cause problems in the future.

Hi Dave. These screwdrivers work pretty good and don't cost much. You could black out the name on the handle easy enough. Great fix www.homedepot.com/p/Husky-Precision-Screwdriver-Set-7-Piece-67123H/302435926

Can you work on min please

I have allergies to any hand sanitizer if it has fragrance

House Bound Batteries...lol

Cat!

You might wanna sell it lol theres one on ebay for $999

given the size it should be direct drive - terrible circuitry design. Not even worth fixing