HELP
Help! I bought some really old still-in-wraps operas on tape this weekend. I tried them out on my mass market Sony tape deck and it seems to be quot;eatingquot; the tape. It was playing fine but then it suddenly wouldn't play, RW, or FF. OR OPEN!Any tricks for getting it to disengage and let me have my cassette back?
Open the deck.
Rotate the flywheel backwards until you hear a quot;clickquot;
Press eject.
open the deck?
As in unscrew the metal cover.
ok alles klar
i'll try this sometime ... like another day.
I knew that buying tapes wasn't a good idea! oy gevalt!
Did you rewind amp; FF the cassette before playing it? That should be done with older tapes or tapes that haven't been played in a long time, helps loosen them up or something.
Originally Posted by NAD613Did you rewind amp; FF the cassette before playing it? That should be done with older tapes or tapes that haven't been played in a long time, helps loosen them up or something.
No, had NOOOO idea. Really this tape thing is not my territory. I was just trying to have FUN! That'll teach me!
Opera, if you have a large-ish collection of old tapes, get a deck with dual capstans and direct drive if you can find one. The dual capstans really control the tape tension and travel over the heads. Cuts boo-boo's to one in 20 or so compared to a quot;standardquot; deck.
Originally Posted by operamanNo, had NOOOO idea. Really this tape thing is not my territory. I was just trying to have FUN! That'll teach me!
Yep, just RW amp; FF the cassette all the way thru, from beginning to end, before playing it. ESPECIALLY if it's an old pre-recorded tape that's never been played before. Also, make sure the tape path amp; heads are clean.
OK I will always FF and RW before playing my tapes. I have a total of 3, by the way, and not really intending to get more. For a while I thought it might look cool to sit on the subway up here with a bright yellow walkman, iBuds, and some Operas-On-Cassette, but gave up that dream about 20 minutes ago when I learned all over again how inferior this format truly is.
In spite of all that, thanks for your helps.
Originally Posted by Sir.ByrdOpen the deck.
Rotate the flywheel backwards until you hear a quot;clickquot;
Press eject.
Ok i was too tempted, so I tried this. The fly wheel is the white wheel at the top? does it go right (clockwise) or left to go backwards? I'm going left a long time and no click.
please advise! moron at work!
Originally Posted by operamanOK I will always FF and RW before playing my tapes. I have a total of 3, by the way, and not really intending to get more. For a while I thought it might look cool to sit on the subway up here with a bright yellow walkman, iBuds, and some Operas-On-Cassette, but gave up that dream about 20 minutes ago when I learned all over again how inferior this format truly is.
In spite of all that, thanks for your helps.
It's not inferior if you treat it right.
Originally Posted by operamanOk i was too tempted, so I tried this. The fly wheel is the white wheel at the top? does it go right (clockwise) or left to go backwards? I'm going left a long time and no click.
please advise! moron at work!
It should be a metal or thick plastic wheel that has a belt that runs off of it.
Spin in the opposite way that you had it going, make sure to check if it ejects along the way.A last ditch effort (and really last ditch. Worked for me but it might not for you)
Pry at the top of the door and it 'should' pop open. (Or it could break your latch.) If you have tried everything and I mean everything, then you may think about considering this option. Or if the tape is worth more to you than the deck.
Originally Posted by Sir.Byrd
Or if the tape is worth more to you than the deck.
FOR the record - the tape was worth more than the deck, and so I took a screwdriver to the door! The deck was a trash-heap find anyway - I think I know now why it was in the trash. It didn't eat the tape BTW, it was just sitting inside there waiting to be rescued!
Still a flywheel issue. The belts get old(er) and stretched and dried out a bit. They don't grip the pulleys as well. So when the mechanism comes to the point that it needs to quot;cam overquot; the latch and retract the heads, it gets quot;high centeredquot; and the system stops. The motor continues to run and the belt slips. Install a new belt and it will run through the full cycle.
This is probably the single most common reason that decks get tossed. SOooo, if you find a nice TEAC, Sony, Denon, or Nakamichi with a tape stuck in it, you can usually buy it for $5 or free.
Now you know what to do, get a belt kit (and for Nakamichi's and some others, get idler tires) and you will have another 15~20 years service from a fine deck. Takes about 2~3 hours to change the parts going slowly and doing careful work (making sure no springs go air born). When you are done, you are golden
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