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4th Feb 2018, 10:39 pm | #1 |
Octode
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK.
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TEAC CX-270 Crackly Left Channel Repair
At the end of last year I bought a TEAC CX-270 cassette deck from about 1980-1981.
After a good clean, including the tape transport and heads (which are in perfect condition), I powered the deck up and started to play Michael Jackson's 'Thriller'. After about 10 minutes of playback the left channel started to intermittently pop and crackle. I duff transistor I thought, but where? I suspected one of the two transistors near the output jacks (Q104). These are 2SC945 transistors. Instead of randomly changing components I thought that I should wait until I bought an oscilloscope. Into the 'to do' pile it went. After coming to grips with my Hameg HM203 oscilloscope in early January I thought that It was time to sort the TEAC deck. I waited until the crackling started before I started probing the suspect transistor. When probing the transistor I could see the crackles on the oscilloscope's display. The audio waveform was fine before the transistor and distorted after it. Since I was sure that Q104 was defective I ordered a packet of 2SC945 transistors. Once the transistor was replaced the deck worked perfectly and I have had no trouble with it. Sorted! The only problem is that I don't have many cassettes! |
5th Feb 2018, 2:18 pm | #2 |
Nonode
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Milton Keynes, Bucks. UK.
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Re: TEAC CX-270 Crackly Left Channel Repair
Thanks for posting the outcome (one for my memory bank)
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5th Feb 2018, 3:32 pm | #3 |
Octode
Join Date: Jul 2017
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, UK.
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Re: TEAC CX-270 Crackly Left Channel Repair
I forgot to mention that the original belt turned into goo. From what was left I was able to work out what size replacement belt was needed.
The replacement I ordered was 88mm in diameter, flat section. |