I'm servicing and maintaining vintage electronics, trying to save them and give them a new life, as I think older electronics - especially Japanese made between 1975-1995 were very well built, in a time when planned obsolesence didn't exist. And as the saying goes "They don't make them as they used to", let's try to save the surviving ones. I'm usually dealing with cheap electronics bought from flea markets or auction sites such as ebay or olx, but I'm also accepting various machines from customers - mainly Cassette Decks/Recorders, Walkmans and Mini/Midi Audio Systems. Aside from my Vintage Electronics hobby, I'm a Music Producer since 2003, focusing mainly on Downtempo/Trip-Hop/Chill-Out and Ambient Music, plus I love to drive and to travel.
OMG! My grandparents had a First Austria tape player radio in Russia after the Soviet Union dissolved. They still held on to it for a long time, even though it tape,tapes.
I have a feeling that I used slightly loose belt, how can I be sure I used the right one? The walkman works fine, but the music seems not to keep one speed. Could that be a belt?
Yes, a belt that's loose or too tight will create uneven speed that's audible when listening to music. Belts made precisely for this model can be found on ebay, that have the right diameter and length
this was very helpful. it made fixing mine a breeze. my autoreverse doesn't quite work. I'll mess with that another time but it plays and sounds surprisingly good.
Thanks ! Hope you managed to do it. Indeed it's a bit tricky, due to the thin plastic hinges, but it should be easy to do using a small flat screwdriver to push out the hinges
Thank you for your help ! I have this exact model but I can’t open the case (I can’t remove the rear cabinet), I fear I break it, because when I push the claws, the part with the volume button stays fixed, I don’t see why, there are no screws or others claws… how did you do ?
I couldn't say exactly how, watch closely the part where I open it up and also the part where I put the cabinet back together, I think it will help you see exactly where the claws are and how to do it
Many of the 90s Panasonic and Sony Walkmans required a single R6 battery to function. It was enough to listen up to 6-7 cassettes until it drained out. That was because of the slim design.
De motor van deze auto valt nauwelijks op, aangezien de auto zeer goed geïsoleerd is. De camera nam alleen witte ruis en een beetje weggeluid op, daarom heb ik de muziek toegevoegd. En ik heb het originele geluid niet gedempt, ze zijn met elkaar vermengd
Hey, although there are chances of breaking it, please look for the service manual for your model. There you will find the drawing with where the plastic clamps are, which hold it together. You can then use a butter knife to open it.
There's no capacitors in or around the head. It's got a rotative head like a VCR. Of course that can be worn, as it is said the DAT heads last only ~2000h. All the capacitors have been replaced. An improvement was made after replacing the tension tape guides, after that the distorsions almost disappeared, but not completely.
Don't worry, it's not that difficult, just beware not to break the clips when opening the case, as for desoldering the motor, it's way easier with desoldering wick. I did it the hard way in the video :)
Sorry, I didn't measure it. If you watched the video, you can see that I tried one that looked okay and it fit just fine. I recommend buying a pack of various walkman belts from ebay !
Thanks for sharing! I have a RQ-E25V which has a similar layout. I replaced the belt using your video as a guide and also I had to solder the 5 pins at the bottom right. However, when putting back together, the motor does not start although the display and radio are fine. The rollers do not move at all, whether FF/REW/Play. Any idea what is wrong? It was working before with the old belt but not steady.
Never mind, figured it out! I didn’t solder all 5 pins properly to the board… I had to re-flow the solder, and now it works great. Also i want to point out that pins 1-4 are all shorted together. Pin 5 (the one nearest to the corner) is a separate connection, so make sure you don’t accidentally short it to pin 4 when you re-solder!!
Just fixed mine a few minutes ago (RQ-E25V belt exchange) without desoldering. Kinda tricky, but worked out for me using some tiny tools through the small gap…resurrection was a success!🎉
thanks ! Isopropylic Alcohol for cleaning. And for lubricating the wheels I recommend Technical Oil for Fine Mechanics, but in the video I used some siliconic grease.
So yeah, let's build a bunch of houses on stilts against a California hillside in the middle of the biggest fucking earthquake zone in the country! What could possibly go wrong?
De la epoca dorada cuando las marcas lideres en electrónica haciasn cosas novedosas y excelentes...era todo un placer escuchar estos equipos de audio. Una lastima q esa era haya pasado y ahora tengamos solo una burda version de la electrónica de audio de esa epoca.
1:50 I was only 9 years old at the time, but I still remember being upset that the cows were being killed. I also remember Eva Gardner in that stupid hat looking drunk all the time. People being hit by cardboard signs was so real to me at the time! The shaking of the theater definitely made me remember this film.
Cool. I have the same radio and I had to boil all the rubber wheels and clean the posts, which they were mounted on. Sorry for spelling mistakes, if there were any. Iam from the same country as the radio.🙃
