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Old 20th Sep 2021, 1:36 pm   #5
DennisCA
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Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: Vaasa, Finland.
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Default Re: Very slack belt inside radio cassette player

I ordered one of those kits with a large selection of belts. I did manage to get it working with a rubber string on an experimental basis, but the sound quality is atrocious. Mostly just noise. I can play the same cassette on my deck however and it sounds perfectly fine.

I cleaned the read heads with a q-tip and isopropyl alcohol but it made no difference. The radio unit self sounds perfectly fine so the speaker works.

There are a lot of electrolytic capacitors in this... I am leaning towards one or several is malfunctioning. Or the heads are really worn out, or maybe some alignment issue?
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