There are a couple of things I would check before drawing any conclusions. 1. Has the unit been powered with reverse polarity or higher voltage...
It is extremely frustrating to have such an experience, @Archerg ! From my experience I can tell you the following: generic electronics repair...
I'm glad to be on the Dark Side of the Digital, @Jorge ! Portable CD players like these are not made anymore... I'm impressed how good this player...
For a novice it is a risk of losing those small cut-washers when taking gears out, as they tend to fly out if you do not keep a finger over or put...
This is cool, I haven't seen one of these before. According to wikipedia, it uses helical scan like DAT and it appeared around 1992. Probably SONY...
@CDV While I agree not to trust a seller and be circumspect, putting all sellers in the same bin is something I do not agree with. "untested" -...
No, I did not repair any 555. But @Jorge certainly has, so he can answer your questions. Creating a separate thread regarding that question is not...
I recently bought a cheap SONY D-250 Discman on an auction site, which was described as faulty laser. Given @Jorge told me about the common...
I do agree with you, it's not just ebay. Some people will tell you anything in order to sell, that's perfectly true. But the point I was trying to...
The point I was trying to make is a little different: there is a category of people who want to buy these things for collection and want them to...
I wanted to raise some awareness regarding this type of sellers exactly because I am convinced that part of the rising prices on new old stock...
Hi Ian, I suppose you are talking about that green cam gear that's broken. It's unfortunate, because the only place you are going to find that...
This one looks really cool ! I remember seeing one or two like these on ebay, but at the time did not know it was made in Japan. I recently...
The cassettes look great as a 70s reference, but I wonder in how good of a condition is the tape. Especially given most that can be found are...
I want to add another reference: the JVC CX-F7K that I repaired recently. I measured the wow&flutter after running a couple of tapes in it and the...
WM-D3 The line amp has a gain of ~8.79 times at 315Hz, so given the reference Dolby level at line out of 340mV, you should get ~38.7mV RMS at...
Above the right flywheel, it's a hole cut into the PCB designed specifically to align the switch with the mech.
It is an annoying problem, because a new redesigned gear is unfortunately not available. Given what you say, the old one was probably at the point...
It's the spring of the engaging lever. It seems it's catching in that post where the play button is supposed to go. I think one of the pins on...
This is one of my favourite walkmans out there. There is something that I like about full logic units with a separate motor for the logic control,...
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