Very interesting proyect. Congratulations

Loved the video! There are a few nuances there. At 16 minutes on the lid of the inner part you can see two microswitches. One of them, which is responsible for automatically recognizing the type of tape Metal is just at the end and prevents the lid from closing. It is bent with a metal tab, these mechanisms are assembled in boot mode. And these gears should never be touched with a screwdriver, as the soft plastic and teeth will suffer. Alpine has a special tool, a pinion, for a small rotation to put everything back in its place. Of course, users don't have it, so you should think of something soft to turn the mechanism.

Hello, very good video, I congratulate you, a final question where I can get this type of plugs, the pins and cables. Could you also tell me which diode code you used to be able to make this modification to my car please, I have tried to contact you on Instagram and also on Tiktok without success if you could help me I would greatly appreciate it.

Someone probably tried to use it on an Amiga, thinking the plug was the same so it might just work.

I didn't solder the solenoids. I cut a thin belt and then superglued it end to end. This belt does not affect the sound. Usually the belt never breaks at the gluing site.

Hi, great channel. I wonder if you might have any ideas or pointers on what to look for. I got a TC-K677ES, and on playback, I'm only getting sound from the right channel; the level meters also show no audio on the left channel and only sound from the right. It does this from the headphone and rear line out. If I record to the tape its records both channel in stereo (confirmed this by playing tape in another deck) If I press the monitor button to see the source, I do get both left and right stereo sound output from headphones and line out, and the level metre shows both channels working. Only when I go back to the tape monitor will I have one channel working. I also have hum on the rear, but I think this is because I changed the motor as it was not spinning before, and I have read that some cheap motors have a ground issue and create motor hum. That's a side issue for now. I'm just trying to figure out why, playing a tape, I only hear one channel. Thank your any advice you can give.

aka Panasonic RX-5500.

Hi thanks for your informative video,I have a pre lci e90 with halogen headlights and would love to change to xenon headlights please advise or is the process exactly the same?

loved that show! thanks for adding. Feel like recreating the R-tec Fiesta RS turbo

Hi, I'm a new subscriber and the two videos I've seen so far (both Sony cassette decks) have been really interesting to watch. Thank you for posting, and I'm going to be busy catching up on the other videos you've posted. Thank you. Garry.

Hi There, I am also trying to renovate one of these and I believe it has a total of 6 belts. Is there a belt kit with 6 belts that are available for this?

Hi. My first change was to another of the recommended APC RBC48, then I used Yuasa NPW45-12 (as they were also noted as being 'valve regulated' and they had the 6 x 18 mm recessed weakened areas on top; by failing there, that should prevent them from bulging sideways and thus getting stuck in the battery cavity) then I used Xtreme XR-7.5 FR (and I again reused the original harness) and they lasted well; they didn't have any sign of the 6 recessed areas on top (I'd forgotten about that when ordering them, but it's a lightly loaded, I changed them when the UPS alarmed and they looked fine). With these latest one having just failed, I noted that the RBC48 is currently £137 on the Amazon APC store - ouch - but that same APC store also sells APC APCRBC113 for £61 (which also have these recesses on top), so that's what I've just fitted a few moments ago. All of the ones mentioned above had the wider terminals (including the latest APC APCRBC113, which don't come with the Smart-UPS 750 harness, but which do come pre-taped together) and I see from the date label that these latest ones are showing as being 5.5 months old, so that's still okay (I think that when sitting on the shelf, they need a charge every 6 months, so I'm within that period). Every pack I've used has lasted over 4 years, but you have to watch when you get near 5 years as though they might hold up for a light load, if you put a heavier load on them they just die immediately. As I'm lightly loading them, I don't test with a high load; I just wait until the unit shows the red LED and starts to beep (typically at 3AM) then I change them. 😀

Great deck i have been doing up an ebay sony tcfx6c from 1981 second from top of the range back then .

Opa amigo..esse aparelho está a venda? estou a procura de um desse!

Nice work!!

Hello i just need to know what voltage is on diode is it 5 volts or 12 volts

This actually helped me understand the capstan/spindle interaction in VHS which I couldn't find online. Thank you so much for the detailed explanaition!

putting it back together is a very important part of the process , shouldn't have skipped that , I think

Good video buddy

Thanks for sharing this with us. I have a Sony MHC-1200, after I changed the belts and pinch rollers, the cassette tape can rewind and forward but fails to play. You can see the test at drive.google.com/file/d/1ne4MLxBQOBE8hGnzNkpAxxULAAeruWju/view?usp=drive_link Please give me some directions on how to fix it.

What’s causing my tapes to snap? Could it be the old pinch rollers on my cassette deck?

I have one. Got it for ten bucks from a guy selling on the street. I think it's not to bad of a deck. I have a hundred cassettes and I would play them on this deck.

couldnt i just use an adapter and stick this lense on an old iphone i have laying around?

Belt is not on correctly.

Thank you very much for your help!❤ But can you advice link from eBay or AliExpress where I can order belts? And which mm 3 or 4 my belts? And how much peace’s. Thank you ❤

Pretty sure I now have this actual headset in my volvo 240... Exact mark on the display screen. Found the original connector but haven't wired it all up yet

Alarm goes off when turn the manual key, how to disable it?

I'm currently refurbishing mine at the moment! I have replaced the speakers as they were always the let down of this model. I have managed to purchase some belts for the tape deck, 2 of the belts were the correct size, but the other two are too large. the belts i am looking for are the ones where your ones were missing. might you know where I can order the correct belts from? I also require a replacement audio control board, the tracks in the sliders have worn out over the time and usage.

Brilliant! Now if you can make a video on auto-stop. Why my tape player works for a few seconds (play/fwd/rwd) and stops is beyond me.

Where can to buy pinch rollers for AIWA AD-WX929?

How heavy is that lens?

thanks for showing how to setup the Bias i just picked up a Sony TC-K615S and doing a belt replacement and a clean up and lube.

A classic. Had the same one in a Golf Mk1 and later a Opel Kadett GSI. Fond memories

This is perfect. I went out and bought exactly this lens, 4k Hyear camera on the way, going to test out the Raspberry Pi HQ camrea module in the meantime. Will report back with results!

Thanks! Too slow is going to be capstan related. Either the motor driving it or its not spinning freely. Might need removing, cleaning and lubricating.

Excellent and very helpful video. Thanks! I'm still trying to see if this info helps explain the case where the tape plays too slowly instead of fast.

I didn't fancy unsoldering the solenoids to replace the smaller belt you can thread it around the switch contacts using dental hook or similar. It takes a steady hand and lots and lots of patience though.

I found a really easy way to remove the Rubber "gloop" is to use "Elbow Grease" Degreaser on a cue tip and follow that with alcohol,

Sure did love those green buttons and the excellent fm radios, but when i could afford i went for pioneer with the big display showing vu, dolphin 🐬 and much more

I like the look of that deck.

Replace with a silicone belt it will never go bad again

You get a tuner thet plugs into the line in and uses the amplifier of the cassette player.

What a great design. So much better than this cheap touchscreen crap. Yeah, touchscreen was cool once, it was the future, but today it´s just cheap shit. Gimme buttons!!

Wow this is a similar unit that was in my Mum's New Zealand assembled 1993 Toyota Corolla Hatchback! Hers had radio as well. I thought we were rich because it had an Alpine head unit

Lovely unit. Makes me want to buy a period correct car to go around it. I wonder if the line-in is for a separate radio or CD player. Great video.

I have the 4200 stereo version. If anyone knows how one could calibrate these machines so we can use it with new tape, I'm all ears!

Belt 84mm size 0.7mm? Right?

Спасибо, поменял ремни. Контакт сначала погнул, потом выровнял, не работало. Позвонил контакт под платой, пропаял, заработало. Ещо под прижимнымроликом щёлкнул пластмасса и ролик прижался. Сейчас работает.

thank you very much. Your tips are priceless