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Aiwa HS-J300

minty - 2012-03-03 05:38

Greetings all. Just bagged myself an Aiwa HS-J300. Anyone know much about this one? It appears to be in mint condition, complete with case. It dates from 1982 I think.

jazz - 2012-03-04 10:25

Hi, I own an AiwaHS-J300 stereo FM/AM stereo Radio cassette recorder...do you know where I can get more info on this?  It has been in it's case since the '80s and the radio is great but the cassette doesn't work anymore. Know where I could get the manual for this?  It was fabulous in it's day.

minty - 2012-03-08 14:08

More junk. This seller should have binned this piece of junk and saved me the bother. Seriously, some of the rubbish people sell on eBay really pisses me off. I wouldn't have the brass neck to sell such crap!

plop - 2012-03-08 14:52

Beyond repair?

minty - 2012-03-08 15:11

I wouldn't even bother trying. The door was all bent. Dings scratches everywhere. It's in the bin.

plop - 2012-03-08 15:53

Even in death some of its parts could have been useful to a desperate J300 owner.

 

I'm not a J300 owner however.

minty - 2012-03-09 02:49

Okay. So I've unbinned this one. I've fixed the tuner. I'm now looking at the mechanism. The belt has turned to tar. Does anyone know the path of the belt? Looks like it may use two belts? Just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.

plop - 2012-03-09 03:11

Originally Posted by Minty:
Okay. So I've unbinned this one. I've fixed the tuner. I'm now looking at the mechanism. The belt has turned to tar. Does anyone know the path of the belt? Looks like it may use two belts? Just can't figure it out. Any help would be appreciated.

I wouldn't know off the top of my head, might be possible to work it out if you took a photo of the tape mech and upload it here.

bonzo - 2012-09-20 08:32

Just got an AIWA HS-J300 in pristine cosmetic condition. Very minimal wear. Probably has a bad belt and the tuner doesn't tune. Should be a fun project. 

photo copy

cooper - 2012-12-17 10:44

I realize this has been here awhile but this the scoop on the j300, the belt is a 8.6in belt from (TURNTABLENEEDELS.COM) and it's the same belt for the ( aiwa hs-j2,hs-jo2,hs-to2 and hs-j300 and it's the same layout. If anyone has a really nice (hs-t02 or a hs-j300 and as long as the radio works I am interested in buying at reasonable price,I can fix the belt. hope this helps. COOPER.

retrodos - 2012-12-17 11:14

It going to need new capacitors, work on quite a few of those, all with the same issues. Problem is where the capacitors are located and like to eat traces by the IC and is a dual layer board, Plus to change the belt is not easy on that model.