Just purchased a Sony M-627V that doesn't spin for $5 from auction site. Inside it is very similar, downloaded the service manual that is available. I thought it was required to remove the door to remove a screw behind the door (backpanel stuck at some point) however after watching your video you showed me it wasn't needed. Pfieuw! Pull it off with some gentle force. Replaced the belt with a 'normal' one and works great! There is enough room to use a slightly thicker one. After replacing the belt the motor doesn't spin, watch the pause button! I also needed to clean the contacts inside with some contact cleaner (Griffon Contact Spray). After a while the motor was spinning again. The culprit seems to be a dirty/dusty speed switch. It is a very funny little machine, now I have to find some tapes ;-) Thanks for uploading this video.
Bought this from a thrift store for a dollar and thought the band was shot on mine because the same thing happened to my walkman. Followed along with what you were doing to discover my band was perfectly fine and it was probably a motor issue. In a final ditch effort before I just gave up was to bang it on my palm a few times and sure enough it kicked right on and started playing the tape that was inside when I bought it(A very muffled and hard to hear session of catholic psychotherapy). But thanks for teachin' me how to take this apart without without breaking it!
It’s funny how old stuff just needs a little oil or a little wack or just left plugged in for a couple days. I dont think CDs will every hold a lot of interest in the future but anything tape or vinyl. It will just get more and more expensive. I bought my dream micro cassette recorder. It good shape but doesn’t work but I have never been more excited about anything. The Olympus L200 Pearlcorder. Wanted one since I was 12 or younger. Finally I’ll at least be able to hold one again.
I used to work at a circuit board company that made 2-foot by 3-foot circuit boards (approx) that had full layers of resistor layers. On a board like your video, it would have to be covered with a conformal coat, otherwise, it would blow the resistors when you touch them. They are very sensitive. On bad boards at the company, we used to swipe our hands across them and listen to the resistors pop as you rub over them. Lol... Awesome technology out there.
WHERE did you get the BELT!? :D also, what is a suitable stand-in if you cannot find an actual belt? Do you have any alternatives suggestions? Thank you for a great video and wonderful advice!!!
Very interesting, I did a video on my channel about a micro cassette corder in this same line I believe. It was functioning so I never did take it apart and look at the electronics. So it’s interesting to see the inside of a very similar machine.
I have Panasonic microcassette recorders. Interesting to see another brand opened up. Our first answering machine used microcassettes. I can play the answering machine tape in the microcassette recorder, with some speed adjustment.
Very fine demonstration, but I'm puzzled because you only replaced the belt. Yet in the beginning you said that you couldn't hear the motor turning. How did replacing the belt fix this. Was it because the old belt was wrapped about the pulley and prevented the motor from turning? That is probably the answer. Do you agree? Thanks.
Where do you get a belt like that? I have a like new Sony M-430 that's been sitting in a drawer and I'm guessing the belts just deteriorate with age (not from overuse, because I barely used it).
Good video, I also need to replace the belt. My unit is a Sony M-607 V which looks identical. Can you tell me the width and length so I can find something close. The one that was there is all broken in pieces. Thanks
Speaking of the Micro Cassette, I've heard that the tape can also record directly from the Answering Machine whenever someone is trying calling through the phone. Besides that, have you heard that there's a MicroMV Camcorder that was shown in 2001 and later discontinued in 2004 because it was a failure in the marketplace?
Yes I have seen microMV camcorder and the NT format which was a tiny little DAT cassette. MicroMV recorded video in MPG2 IPB format, as opposed to DV format that the DV cameras did. HDV, which is a high definition format used MPG2 IPB encoding also, but used a standard mini DV 6mm (1/4" tape) I have a couple of HDV cameras inclusind the HDRHC3, which was the smallest tape based HDV camera that sony made. I should do a video and show this little camera as it is really a tiny camera, As far as I know mine still works. Haven't used it in probably 10 years now. I remember taking it to Disneyland when I took the kids there in 2008. The wife said, "Disneyland in the summer, are you f---ing nuts? take them youself, I'm staying home" So I did, and boy did I regret it. 2 weeks by myself with an 8 and 11 year old. Oh, and we drove there, and then drove to Las Vegas which was even crazier. I should dig up some tapes from the HC3 and show how good it actually recorded, as it was very good. That little camera also had a great still camera in it. Only 4 megapixel, but it had a real xenon flash so it could take really good still pictures in the dark.
@@thenovicesretroreview7841 It was a video tape format introduced by sony that used an even smaller cassette than miniDV and recorded in mpg2 @ 12 megabits data rate. It was only around for a couple if years and disappeared because no other manufacture got on board and nobody bought it. It was originally developed to make camcorders even smaller and more fragile than they already were
@@thenovicesretroreview7841 MicroMV camcorder was introduced in 2001, and it was a failure in the marketplace and later discontinue the MicroMV camcorder in 2004.
I think my Panasonic dictation recorder has an issue somewhere along the microphone input, as it won’t allow me to use external audio sources. Also the monitor out has an issue with the right channel. I’m sure it’ll be a fun fix thanks to videos like yours!
Hi, might be worth oiling the capstan or cleaning the board thoroughly with IPA. Alternative it may be that there is residue of the old belt still inside the machine. hence the wow and flutter. Did you clean that all off if there was any gunk of the old belt inside?
@@Suedeash If the wobble is very fast, there is something stick on the motor pulley. If it's not as fast, there is something stuck on the flywheel pulley. Old belts decompose to something very sticky, which can be hard to clean up..
Help! I have Sony microcassette corder M-635VK and the wheels won't turn to read the cassette when pressing play/record, but all other features work; will this demo repair work for the model I have or is it different?
I have a M635 it records, rewinds and Cues. When I try to play it to transcribe, it stops. Is that also the belt? I have recorded a lady's life history.
Hello this is a long shot. I have the same recorder and I have a tape recording of a family member who is no longer with us and I was wondering if I can get it repaired. I have no idea if you will see this but I have some hope.
Hi sir i have a Sony M-11EV it spins and i hear the motor but it does not spin the cassette and also FF does work but the reverse does not,could it be the belt?
where can i take my px333 sony voice reorder to get it repaired.I have files that i want to get off it.What's the names of the companies and what's they addresses so i can mail the voice recorders that has to be repaired to them ??
It's a Casio wv300. Very rare. Have never seen another one. Solar powered and as a radio that synchronizes the time with the atomic clock on radio station wwvb. I think I've had it about 20 years I bought it when it was new and for a Casio it was expensive. They're running the mill plastic Casio at the time was around $25 and this one was more like 150. But I've had it now 20 years it's never required a battery because it charges itself up when it's exposed to light and if I leave it sitting on a window sill at night it will synchronize itself.
@@12voltvids That’s awesome! Very retro classy look. I have a Casio Pathfinder PAW-2000T. Also solar powered and atomic time, but it’s a big honkin’ watch. Paid hundreds of dollars for it probably a decade or more ago. Actually thought I lost it today, turned out to be in my car, whew!!
I just replaced the belt on a M-427. It looks very similar to this model. I did not need to unsolder the speaker, i could lift the board up enough to fit a new belt with tweezers.
Hi, That was nice to see a recorder be brought back to life. I’ve a M-529V. When playing the cassette the volume is very low almost in audible. When I plug in the earphones it’s slightly better. Could it be that the audio amp is dead?
Smashing, the owner will be happy :-) At least the belt didn't turn into black tar, seen that too many times :-( I've seen painted resistors in calculators, i don't like the idea but they work.
Belt seemed *just about* to turn into goo in a few years. Long ago I was given a memory card with painted resistors. They had protective coating on them.
I really don't like the painted resistors along with the painted traces two, but what I understand the way Sony chooses to make room for the board to keep it clear for the belt and the flywheel without risking a damage to the component. To me it's very cheaply made where it's a Cost-Cutting without risking it to make a real traces along with the actual component including the surface mounted resistors with the real solder joint that is bonded from one end to another. I've seen people do that to test them out by using a pencil graphite to see that is very conductive to load with the electricity, not just using the pencil graphite alone, but they also manage to make a sketch traces graphite on the paper and got to receive electricity! Sounds crazy, that's how it works.
Mine is a SONY M-607V. It will rewind and fast forward the tape just fine. If I take the tape out and push PLAY, the little head turns fine, but it locks up with a tape in😮
Could be the tape... Binder can leak through the tape coating and act like glue. I had a cassette that would not play. Had to bake it at 120'F for 6 hours and then it plays fine.
I have no source to buy belts. I order assorted sizes off eBay and get some that fit others that don't. Most of the belts in my parts bin have been there 10 years or more. The shop I used to deal with closed up years ago.
@@markallen1782 THANK YOU!!!!!!!!! GAH so many on this feed are asking and very little info about the belt. It would be VERY NICE if the author placed this information in the info tag.
This thing sounded really crappy. I had a Panasonic back in the 80s and 90s then it broke awesome piece it was! Then I got an Olympos in the mid 2000s that thing was crap. A few weeks ago I have found a sanyo one in the trash that thing works great!
Thank you, I've did exactly the same and yes the belt was broken. But when you need just 1 belt, should one spend $9 on Amazon to see if if everything else is fine? Anyone out there who can send me one for say $1 on paypal ? Just asking.
Thanks for the reply. I just looked it up on Amazon and couldn't find it. Perhaps for me or anyone else, can you put up a link from Ebay or Amazon for us to buy? Just heard of dealth of Kobe Bryant , Unreal =(
