Do not use any adaptor with the DC2! It uses the CX20084 motor controller chip which is very easily destroyed by a reverse polarity or switch mode...
Cap values and locations attached. This information is all in the service manual, along with the setup procedure, which you need to carry out...
If yours is the later, mostly surface mount, model then it could be C601, C602 and C603, as stated in the last line of my original post. The...
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Get rid of the adaptor and use re-chargeable NiMh batteries only. As @TooCooL4 says, unfortunately you may already have killed the CX20084 motor...
The loose plastic piece is part of the auto-stop mechanism, which releases the play mechanism when the end of the tape is reached in Play and...
If the audio is distorting in play, then it sounds as if the muting module is starting to fail. The potted muting and EQ modules normally start to...
Hi and welcome to Stereo2go. If the D6C plays fine but all recordings sound distorted, one possibility is a very low, or non existant, bias...
Don't do it. A USB 5V supply will be a switch mode supply with the problems which I have mentioned earlier in the thread.
Hello and welcome to Stereo2go. @Valentin has beaten me to it. I think the problem is flutter (fast variation in speed) as well. I suggest...
The gears which drive the auto-stop mechanism may be sticking. The grease used on these gears often goes sticky after about 30 years. If this is...
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The noise sounds like some gears grinding together rather than a dent in the flywheel rubber. The REW / FF selector and the auto-stop mechanisms...
Well done @Walking_Man . The green LEDs look superb.
Thanks for the update. I'm glad to hear that the new chip has fixed the meter issue. There is no separate adjustment for the meter sensitivity....
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