Repair of 1970's mono cassette machine - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Bazz4CQJ · 6th Feb 2024, 9:33 pm

Does anyone specialise in repairing cassette players?

Back in the mid-70’s, I bought an ITT Studio 60 (mono, portable) cassette player https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/itt_st...der_60_cr.html . It was a much above average player, with a Cr tape option which (using an external speaker) gave fantastic results with Philips Cr cassettes. I got a lot of use out of it, but then it got put away and forgotten about. Last time I tried to use it was completely dead (no audio and no motor).

It’s easy to separate the upper and lower case sections and see inside, but delving deeper is just not for me. One imagines that some or all the electrolytics need replacing and so too the drive belt.

It has 12 transistors, mainly SB and SC designations.
Please PM me if interested.

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6th Feb 2024, 9:33 pm	#1
Bazz4CQJ Dekatron Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Oxfordshire, UK. Posts: 4,935	Repair of 1970's mono cassette machine Does anyone specialise in repairing cassette players? Back in the mid-70’s, I bought an ITT Studio 60 (mono, portable) cassette player https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/itt_st...der_60_cr.html . It was a much above average player, with a Cr tape option which (using an external speaker) gave fantastic results with Philips Cr cassettes. I got a lot of use out of it, but then it got put away and forgotten about. Last time I tried to use it was completely dead (no audio and no motor). It’s easy to separate the upper and lower case sections and see inside, but delving deeper is just not for me. One imagines that some or all the electrolytics need replacing and so too the drive belt. It has 12 transistors, mainly SB and SC designations. Please PM me if interested. B __________________ Saturn V had 6 million pounds of fuel. It would take thirty thousand strong men to lift it an inch. Last edited by Cobaltblue; 6th Feb 2024 at 10:09 pm. Reason: B8