Sanyo M2000G - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

pepmin 1 · 24th Nov 2019, 2:08 pm

Hi. Looking for advice on this Sanyo cassette recorder. I bought this as a young boy in 1972 for the princely sum of £35.15p. I know this because I still have the payment book from Currys where it states I was paying 60p a week. A lot of money to me back then and paid from my paper round wages. I have dug it out from the loft and fitted a new drive belt and generally cleaned it up. It plays well and to my ears at the correct speed. It has issues with the recording side of things though. It records clear and loud but does not totally erase the previous recording, Also when recording it also plays it through its own speaker while doing this. Is that normal ? I should say that the microphone has long gone and I was recording through an old pair of earphones. The other question I have is about the 5 pin radio socket on the side of the recorder. If I were to buy a cable online with a 5 pin plug to 3.5 jack would this record direct from say a radio. I suspect the wiring of the plug may be different! Thanks in advance Colin

af024 · 24th Nov 2019, 10:52 pm

Funny you should ask about the unit playing during a recording. I had an Ekco machine of similar vintage (I forget the model now) that did exactly the same thing. I came to the conclusion that it was a design intent and that if you wanted to mute it, you had to switch the speaker off. All very strange I know.

pepmin 1 · 24th Nov 2019, 11:51 pm

Thanks for the reply. I did wonder if it was meant to do that but it is too long ago to remember if it did that or not back in the day. I wondered why there would be an on and off speaker switch and what the function of that might be. There is a socket on there for an external speaker and I was thinking maybe it was for disconnecting the internal speaker while playing through another one .

24th Nov 2019, 2:08 pm	#1
pepmin 1 Pentode Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Inverness, Scottish Highlands, UK. Posts: 226	Sanyo M2000G Hi. Looking for advice on this Sanyo cassette recorder. I bought this as a young boy in 1972 for the princely sum of £35.15p. I know this because I still have the payment book from Currys where it states I was paying 60p a week. A lot of money to me back then and paid from my paper round wages. I have dug it out from the loft and fitted a new drive belt and generally cleaned it up. It plays well and to my ears at the correct speed. It has issues with the recording side of things though. It records clear and loud but does not totally erase the previous recording, Also when recording it also plays it through its own speaker while doing this. Is that normal ? I should say that the microphone has long gone and I was recording through an old pair of earphones. The other question I have is about the 5 pin radio socket on the side of the recorder. If I were to buy a cable online with a 5 pin plug to 3.5 jack would this record direct from say a radio. I suspect the wiring of the plug may be different! Thanks in advance Colin Attached Thumbnails

24th Nov 2019, 10:52 pm	#2
af024 Octode Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Ashby-de-la-Zouch (it's not by the sea) Posts: 1,255	Re: Sanyo M2000G Funny you should ask about the unit playing during a recording. I had an Ekco machine of similar vintage (I forget the model now) that did exactly the same thing. I came to the conclusion that it was a design intent and that if you wanted to mute it, you had to switch the speaker off. All very strange I know. __________________ Now where on earth did I remove that from?

24th Nov 2019, 11:51 pm	#3
pepmin 1 Pentode Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Inverness, Scottish Highlands, UK. Posts: 226	Re: Sanyo M2000G Thanks for the reply. I did wonder if it was meant to do that but it is too long ago to remember if it did that or not back in the day. I wondered why there would be an on and off speaker switch and what the function of that might be. There is a socket on there for an external speaker and I was thinking maybe it was for disconnecting the internal speaker while playing through another one .