Is Aiwa now like Bell&Howell, where the only thing in common between the present cheap products and the original quality products, is the name?
The rubber capstan rollers should be next. If there isn't the right amount of traction between three things: the rubber roller, the tape and the...
Transferring the rubber also meant I had no issue with the axle size.
Nor could I find exact replacements. I ordered ones that were listed as the same dimensions, but on arrival they were slightly smaller diameter....
A ratcheting sound can be caused by putting the takeup reels on the wrong sides. They are "right-handed and left-handed".
The J36 is an excellent choice to get familiar with the 2ME-7 mechanism. It (and the J360 and J85) are not very desirable and so are not a big...
I also buy only bottom end units and see how good I can get them. Replicating missing knobs and missing label inserts, and fixing broken case...
Two ways forward if you're not an expert at such electronics. One is to get the circuit diagrams and start looking for problems. The other is to...
What are the pros and cons of the cylindrical motors vs the flat ones? I know the flat ones can run in reverse. Can the cylindrical ones do this?
I am a Canadian, who, like most Canadians, lives near the US border. I purchase Aiwa vintage portable cassette players from Americans on eBay, and...
Congratulations on the repair. I'm not well informed about which capacitors to recommend. Hopefully others here who knows this stuff will post....
Similarly, I thought fixing my Aiwa HS-J09, bought new by me in 1986, and using it to digitize my cassettes, made more sense than buying any new...
While there is an IC involved in the logic control of the J9/09/600/360 etc. the controls themselves are manual. The J10 has a mix of manual and...
I bought such a gizmoa few years ago because I wanted to use it to digitize my cassettes. It performed so badly I thought it was defective and...
You're welcome. Do you have links for sourcing the Chinese parts? Especially the flat ribbon cables. My searches have been unsuccessful. I'm...
Excellent ideas. Thanks.
Did you resolve the "pulsing" problem? I've found reinstalling the J09 etc. reel caps can cause mechanism gears to be misaligned. But it's more of...
These players keep coming up with faults that I haven't run into before. So I've added a couple to the opening posts. 22. No AM Reception 23....
I have an Aiwa HS-J9 on which the FM receiver does not work. The J9 is the Japanese market version of the J09 and J600. The J9 differs in that it...
How about cassettes played on a good Aiwa portable and converted into MP3 using Audacity? You still get the vagaries of cassettes and can tune the...
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