Re: Help with audio cassette recorder self-stopping

From: Pinchy (geert_at_user1.be)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: 20 Jul 2004 05:29:25 -0700

reverend_rogers@yahoo.com (b) wrote in message news:<1cfa6663.0407121443.7c55cacd@posting.google.com>...
> look around the area of the tape up spool for either a magnetic or
> optical motion detector. Often (at least with older units) there was a
> thin rubber drive belt connected to the take up spool and either the
> tape counter directly, or another sensor wheel which tells the
> electronics what the mechanics are doing . If the unit has been in a
> smoker's house chances are you simply need to clean the rotation
> sensor (sometimes a thin glass reed switch, sometimes a rotating disc
> with black and silver sections and a light source/sensor. maybe even
> under the spool? these are just guesses so try and get a service
> manual.
>
> Ben
>
>
> Robert Inder <robert@deadspam.com> wrote in message news:<f51brimr8ox.fsf@3lg.org>...
> > I have a Denon DR-M44HX --- a (fairly high-end) audio cassette deck
> > (remember them?) that has suddenly started working for only about a
> > second at a time.
> > (snip)

I once had a similar problem with another type of cassette deck. I
had it repaired by a service center and the only problem was that the
magnetic sensors indicating the start / end of a tape had to be
replaced.

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