A £500, 3 Head, DRAWER FED Cassette Deck you've never heard of. Sony TC-S7 full resto! 

Great video. I’ve not seen that deck before. Interesting seeing the transport setup was a modified 611s unit.

I personally dislike drawed fed cassette decks, i had a Denon DRS-810. But not being able to clean the head or pinch rollers easily really freaked me out. This one looks really nice though, good repair!

What a cool concept, I didn't know they even existed. Loving your channel, great explanation of what you're doing and why. Love the humour too.

Nice job 👍 Cool machine!

Strange about the lack of bias adjust...in about the same time frame Yamaha had the drawer format 3 head KX 10 which didn't have bias adjust either..when i fist saw the top of the mech i could see marks on top and first thought was ''Someone's been in this one before'' lol

An interesting looking tape deck. I used to love looking in the Hi fi Shops , at all the different equiipment. No, what there is , all looks the same , But I'm always expect more on the inside. Just had my Aiwa XKS 7000 serviced , sounds amazing . Great video

I just enjoy the rambling fixathon videos, its nice to watch when im workin on my own stuff.

Nice work on a niche product, sir! I am a JVC fan and I don't recall that company succumbing to this niche style but I can appreciate the execution!

Watching your spares box right now, just wanted to let you know mate! Keep it up! 👍🏻

Nice Video. I have a Scenario 7 system, haven't used it in quite some time. Now that I have watched this I am sure the belts have turned to goo. :)

Lovely video with nice sense of humour

5:44 Yes! There it is. A true specimen of a Matsushita (Panasonic) motor (02 Aug 1991)! Thanks for the video.

Face reveal, and Oscar-winning acting! You make these repairs abd servicing look so easy. Nice one. Did the oil come with the applicator? If not, what oil would you recommend please?

Very interesting deck i do like the looks.i have a yamaha micro system that has a tape draw ,a mate gave it to me i am thinking of having a look inside to see if it has a Panasonic motor to go in my yamaha rx580.

I have a couple of sony TC-V7 drawer fed decks , the belt kit comes with 5 belts and i've fitted 4 but can't find where the 5th goes, I do know it drives the slotted wheel for the light sensor as it plays for a few seconds then switches off, I managed to remove the top of the plastic cover over the transport and shone a torch in there and it plays fine, the moment I switch the torch off the the tape stops, I have the service manual but still can't find a photo or text regarding how to get into it, i'd love to have just 1 working at least (both decks have the same problem)

seems to share quite a few similarities with the cassette player used in the "la Scala" component system TC-S1 - it had a drawer feed mechanism Dolby B C & S HX-Pro full auto reverse etc Though the TC-S1 has a 2 head set up that rotates - but generally not a bad little deck which can be had for not much money - belt change is a bit of a pain though

Nice unit, great repair, do u show how u hook up the signal thing that shows the grapy & frequency? (Not referring to the scope). The part that shows a graph when u did the high pitched voice to demonstrate the frequency read out

Nice job Paul. Weird that the model number etc was on the right foot. Never seen that before, seems like there was plenty of space on the fascia, but whatever.... probably Sony being 'cool'. 😄

Okay why didn’t they do their with the Sony TC S1? That would have made more sense since that had Dolby S. Also where is the calibration feature? There is no manual or automatic calibration feature. Even the Sony TC S1 had that! I find this unacceptable. Even though I’m probably going to start looking for one on eBay.

Great resto, and a nice looking deck. Also nice to see the man behind the magnetic screwdrivers. 👍 I have a nice Sony HiFi VCR, which I was going to use as a high quality music recorder, just for the shits snd giggles of it really. But it has a problem whereby it chews tapes. I did a bit of digging, and found that IT also has one of those mode select gear wheel thingies, which I am led to believe could be the cause of my mangled video tapes. But I have been unable to find out what to do with the mode select switch, which is a shame, because Sony VCR's were quite desirable machines back in the day. Any thoughts as to what I should do? I have already cleaned the transport, pinch roller, capstan etc, and the belts are still fine with plenty of tension, and no sign of degradation, but it still chews tapes for some reason that is beyond me so far. Cheers.

Absolutely love this northern (?) accent. (Aside from me being a Sony CDP-R3 / DTC-2000 owner).

Love this stuff and I admit that in a needs must situation I have taken n the lid of off a times. My most epic fix (read 'well scary') was taking my dvd based Toyota Sat Nav out of the dash and taking it apart on the coffee table. Wife was well impressed (read ' totally bemused'). Fixed it though but. The problem? Lack of lube on laser carriage rails. £500 saved for some Mr Sheen on cotton bud. Kept going for a couple of years until I changed the car. Still miss it sometimes 😢

Hello here from germany. I have the same tapedack together whit the amp, CD Player and tuner. Got it all used for 200 Euros. What did you do to remove the noise from the Display? I have the same Problem. Or is there nothing i can do?

I’ve got this deck too and replaced the belts and “calibrated” it. Works and sounds fine but what I don’t like about it is that the capstan is always spinning even when not playing a tape.

Almost looks like a NAD that thing! 😂

I have TC-S7. I got it from friend of mine. He had amp, CD player, tuner and this deck. He gave that system to his friend as a wedding present and friend didn't want tape deck - so I got it. I already recorded my tapes onto AIWA 808 so this one is only a player. Unfortunately, I moved abroad so I don't know what is situation with deck - belts and all other moving parts. I remember that CD player didn't have digital (optical) output so I am not interested in that CD player. Someone already mentioned, there is no MD for that system and reason is very simple - this system is from 1991., and MD came on market in 1992.

28:21 Ideally you would be calibrating bias at -20dB, as per the service manual.

what is the size of the little belt inside the mech? the belt lit i bought did not come with it...

I Have two of these!! I always wanted to restore them

Not quite £500. I bought the entire S7 Scenario system; CD, cassette, amp, tuner, and matching speakers, for £799 in House of Fraser (sale price). Originally about £1,400. About 1 year later, I emigrated, and the entire system is boxed up in my parents' loft. All mint, like new. Any offers, anyone? Lol Performance of the tape deck was excellent on Type2 & Metal, not so great on Type 1 (but i never used Type 1, so...whatever!) Possibly the bias was just set a touch high for Type1. A bit stupid to not have bias fine adj. on the front. Very nice system, anyway.

It's a shame that it doesn't have bias adjust but at least it is saved from the bin 👍

how do you clean the heads with this type of cassette loading?

Thought this was a VHS deck at first!

29:28 I use Synalzaki (or however you spell it) for tone generation. Or I use audacity then I send the files to my Galaxy S9.

Deck Tech Belts 👍👍

Is it me or does the deck suffer from flutter? Could also explain the jumping around on the scope.

I have a couple of complete 'scala' midi systems here, & (somehow, between the two sets) three of the drawer-loading midi cassette deck that went with. it's called the TC-S1, & while it's just a two-header, it's full auto-reverse, has dolby-S & a really pretty decent auto-setup routine involving tones & whatnot. neat enough little deck, same display as that one there, though not on a level with my naks & revoxes, & one thing that irritates me enormously about the deck is that the rewind & fast-forward functions don't flip when the tape is going backwards. dammit, sony. btw, are you a smoggy? marske here, exiled in london for professional reasons.

I’ve got a TCK611S had for 30 years.

Do you ever wish you that you never started tinkering with theses things?? They drive me up the wall at times!!!

I have a JVC mini system from 1993 with a draw cassette unit, Cd player and a Mini Disc recorder (each as separates but they can only be run with the units amp)and its actually good in a bad way. No counter on the tape deck, you cant actually work out what direction its playing. In fact looking at your Sony its the same draw and cassette unit as in the JVC...

Cool deck but lacking basic features. Great that you extended its existence. Prices will only continue to go up.

Lovely job! But what's the point of having three heads without a bias control? Isn't that the main purpose of three heads, so you can adjust bias in real time? Weird!

Mostly all sony products in that color from that time had a yellow display

Can you put a window in the lid.

So THAT'S what you look like! I'm any case, I'm genuinely confused. Use a 3 head (if belt driven) mechanism, but no bias or automatic calibration? I am Confucius. Very odd, considering the front panel still has plenty of space for said controls. Also, cassette decks scare the Hell out of me. Have you worked on any of Sony's DAT decks? My friend had an original ES DAT machine with loading issues. Had a good look inside there and decided nope, way above my knowledge and experience level. Not getting in there. Tascam somehow made easier to work on mechanisms. I will give Borgouis & Odd their due, their gear, even if always belt driven, was also built to be serviced. They did make decent quality units, though still way overpriced for what is actually in there. Some of their 90s CD and Cassette systems had those motorised sliding silver metal doors which make me nervous in case something jams. Shame none of their top loader CD players had digital outputs. Yes I've been traumatised by discs getting stuck inside. I've watched repairs on Bose CD changers. "The horror. The horror." Just nope.

Best drawer on tapedeck I ever had was from Braun, the C 2/3. Massive drawer and mechanics, but sound was only mediocre.

I think it sounded ...Abey...normal.

Nice looking deck but strange no calibration

Back when SONY didn't make junk.

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Ive been a tape head since 1981 you've destroyed it.... wow and flutter..its a mess,...

Not very technologically advanced cassette player.Only eye cathing thing is loading mechanism.

Why can't people clean the equipment, prior to record de video? Seriously, it's not that hard to pull a rag in few seconds and dust of before shooting macro video. I'm sure anyone watching this videos does not need to see that to believe stuff are real and old. Otherwise nice diveins into obsolete gear. Cheers

Of course i heard about that garbage like every years long cassette deck user and collector. Piece of overpriced low-end cheap junk all there is to it.

NOT ONE PERSON AT SONY HAS A BRITISH ACCENT. ITS IN THE HIRING GUIDELINES.

low end muck, to be absolutely honest.

Compact Cassette is crab, DAT you need

VHS is crab, always was crab pleas erecycle it all, not keep it !