Thread: Philips N4450
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Old 1st Aug 2017, 8:14 pm   #15
TonyDuell
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Default Re: Philips N4450

Some more on this...

I dislike (intensely!) having parts I will have to repeatedly remove (like the rear cover and the deck chassis) held on by woodscrews. I'd only removed them twice and they started to feel loose. So I have spent a couple of days making and fitting tapped metal blocks for this.

I've also cleaned enough of the decayed belts off that the motors will turn freely by hand. So it is probably time to apply power and see how well the transport control system works. There are AC128s on the flip-flops (you may remember I had to replace those in my N4510) and a lot of lockfits which are also not know for reliabilty now. I will probably have to order some BC54x and BC55x transistors.

One other minor problem. It appears that there was once a trim strip glued to the plastic cover, about half way down where it hinges. That is missing. What did it look like?
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