@@Silent-Lucidity thank you ! Its one of the reasons i started doing this , i used to do this for a living in the 80s and 90s and i really like these machines making a comeback , i hope these vids help keeping them alive
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair hope you lived near me i could give you work as i don´t haVE TIME TO FIX ALL CASETTE DECKS I HAVE AND SOME EASY FIXES ON OTHER DEVICES LIKE SELECTORS GONE BAD ETC. NOTHING THAT KEEPS THEM FROM WORKING,sorry for the caps lock it´s activating at it´s own will
thank you !! next vid we'll be giving away the tascam , but it all happened so fast i didnt have to record yet !! stay tuned ;-) and for 1000 subs there will be another giveaway , i am thinking a NAK ?
I have exactly this deck too. It’s a fantastic deck with almost no vow and flutter tanks to the mechanism. One thing to add is that the automatic stop control is very sensitive so you have to clean the pinch roller well to guarantee a steady torch, otherwise it will stop playing randomly. The mechanism to handle this is changed from the older models. A spinning wheel with spokes at the driving wheel, has an optocoupler on it, that sends pulses to a microcontroller that controls the automatic stop.🤔😵💫🧠
Hello, thank you for this video, very interesting. I have the drm-710 and I am satisfied with it. It's a shame that the left channel records at a lower level than the right, but with the balance button we can achieve balance. When I bought it the reading was not happening, I read that it was necessary to change the loosened belt of the "actuator", now everything is fine. It's a good deck, certainly not like the Naka , but it's enough for me. Kind regards, from France. (translated by goggle traduct)
i smoked all my life and my components are mint ,but in south europe we keep the windows open all night and part of the morning and after 8 in the afternoon as it starts to go down the temperature, sometimes it´s 11.30p.m. and it´s 37 degrees celsius
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Hi. Thank You on response, but, which one from that 6 cassettes used You for the playback level adjustment? I did not see thet You adjusted the head height. The head height give You also a picture of the head position during the measuring and after the head height adjustment shoul you do the azimuth adjusting and than the playback level adjustment on the potentiometer of the VU-meter or am I wrong? I have the same test cassettes from Hanspeter Roth. Regards. Krisz
@ every deck has a slightly different procedure to adjust the head height , its described in the service manual incl the 300 jig for the tape path and head position and which tape to use for the head height , if you need the manual just drop me an email
I picked up one of these decks a few years ago. I haven't done anything to it besides the usual cleaning. Seems to work fine. But I'm not looking forward to belt change time. Such a complicated transport!
@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Love your videos but I want to ask you if there is a way to get in touch with you and possibly have you look at and repair a Technics RS-B605 cassette deck? It sounds great and records great but sometimes it locks up mechanically with fast forwarding/reverse and using the music seek function. I really like this cassette deck and would like to have it fixed if possible.
@@doskungen i just had a look , the 605 seems to have a pretty standard alps transport ? Nothing too complicated Please drop me an email cassettedeckrepair@gmail.com
that is not what i was told / taught in japan when i was trained to repair decks ? belts shouldnt need a 'break in' period as there's nothing to break in ? if they stretch in the first few minutes i would order new belts as they are crappy belts , furthermore FF and REW doesnt do anything to the belts as FF / REW is done by the idler tire and reel motor (in most quality decks)
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Yes the new ones is good as hell. Not exactly perfect but good enough for any intended use, and they are new. Like not a box full of dry capacitors and rotten solder joints.. Get it?
@@stighenningjohansen the quality of modern deck is absolutely subpar with W&F 10x as bad as old decks, and they cannot be improved. thats why old decks are still in demand no matter what the cost
I love this channel. Cassettes are now coming back in popularity, and this information will be highly sought after.
@@Silent-Lucidity thank you ! Its one of the reasons i started doing this , i used to do this for a living in the 80s and 90s and i really like these machines making a comeback , i hope these vids help keeping them alive
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair hope you lived near me i could give you work as i don´t haVE TIME TO FIX ALL CASETTE DECKS I HAVE AND SOME EASY FIXES ON OTHER DEVICES LIKE SELECTORS GONE BAD ETC. NOTHING THAT KEEPS THEM FROM WORKING,sorry for the caps lock it´s activating at it´s own will
I had one of these bought brand new, it was Denons best at the time and very high quality, loved it.
These are very good decks , thanks for sharing
I had a DRM700A which I actually took to the tip although it was in mint condition - because I bought a minidisc deck 😕
@@MatthewSmith-j1l i think we all got rid of a bunch of equipment back in the day ?
nice work, congrats on passing 600 subs
thank you !! next vid we'll be giving away the tascam , but it all happened so fast i didnt have to record yet !! stay tuned ;-) and for 1000 subs there will be another giveaway , i am thinking a NAK ?
I enjoy working on cassette decks as well. Never came across a mechanism like that. Really interesting! Great video as always! 👍
@@musicnerd72 thank you!
I have exactly this deck too. It’s a fantastic deck with almost no vow and flutter tanks to the mechanism. One thing to add is that the automatic stop control is very sensitive so you have to clean the pinch roller well to guarantee a steady torch, otherwise it will stop playing randomly. The mechanism to handle this is changed from the older models. A spinning wheel with spokes at the driving wheel, has an optocoupler on it, that sends pulses to a microcontroller that controls the automatic stop.🤔😵💫🧠
i noticed the rather crude but very effective rotary , led and optocoupler , its a good system and should assist preventing eating tapes
Hello, thank you for this video, very interesting.
I have the drm-710 and I am satisfied with it. It's a shame that the left channel records at a lower level than the right, but with the balance button we can achieve balance.
When I bought it the reading was not happening, I read that it was necessary to change the loosened belt of the "actuator", now everything is fine. It's a good deck, certainly not like the Naka , but it's enough for me. Kind regards, from France. (translated by goggle traduct)
I have two! Fantastic deck in my opinion! Especially the display!!! I've never had a problem with either one.
Good to know!
Odličan posao urađen 👍
Very very goooooood❤❤❤❤
@@kzm6161 thank you !
i smoked all my life and my components are mint ,but in south europe we keep the windows open all night and part of the morning and after 8 in the afternoon as it starts to go down the temperature, sometimes it´s 11.30p.m. and it´s 37 degrees celsius
Hi. Great video. Congrats. A question: what kind of tape you use for a playback level adjustment? Regads. Krisz
thank you for your kind words , the link to the test tapes are in the video description : Cassette test tapes : ebay.us/fpTg1k
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Hi. Thank You on response, but, which one from that 6 cassettes used You for the playback level adjustment? I did not see thet You adjusted the head height. The head height give You also a picture of the head position during the measuring and after the head height adjustment shoul you do the azimuth adjusting and than the playback level adjustment on the potentiometer of the VU-meter or am I wrong? I have the same test cassettes from Hanspeter Roth. Regards. Krisz
@ every deck has a slightly different procedure to adjust the head height , its described in the service manual incl the 300 jig for the tape path and head position and which tape to use for the head height , if you need the manual just drop me an email
I picked up one of these decks a few years ago. I haven't done anything to it besides the usual cleaning. Seems to work fine. But I'm not looking forward to belt change time. Such a complicated transport!
they are good decks , but indeed the transport is , compared to others , not the easiest for belt replacing
@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Love your videos but I want to ask you if there is a way to get in touch with you and possibly have you look at and repair a Technics RS-B605 cassette deck? It sounds great and records great but sometimes it locks up mechanically with fast forwarding/reverse and using the music seek function. I really like this cassette deck and would like to have it fixed if possible.
@@doskungen i just had a look , the 605 seems to have a pretty standard alps transport ? Nothing too complicated
Please drop me an email cassettedeckrepair@gmail.com
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Thank you! 😄
Shouldn't you fast foreword & rewind a C-90 min tape a few times to break the belts in before you adjust the speed?
that is not what i was told / taught in japan when i was trained to repair decks ? belts shouldnt need a 'break in' period as there's nothing to break in ? if they stretch in the first few minutes i would order new belts as they are crappy belts , furthermore FF and REW doesnt do anything to the belts as FF / REW is done by the idler tire and reel motor (in most quality decks)
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair I see ok but todays belts are made in China so quality would not be as good as back then. Thanks.
Forgot azimuth alignment...?
It was done and checked but i think i missed it on the video or buried in the fast fwd part, my apologies
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair 😏
@@drdolby1585 i know !! I will do better 😉
Think it was an 800 not an 800A.
Did i put the model down incorrectly? I will fix that , thanks for pointing it out
Its probably better to let those old heroes go to peace, and buy something new.
@@stighenningjohansen new ? There are no newly manufactured decks that are half as good as these ‘old decks’
@@cassettedeck-walkman-repair Yes the new ones is good as hell. Not exactly perfect but good enough for any intended use, and they are new. Like not a box full of dry capacitors and rotten solder joints.. Get it?
@@stighenningjohansen the quality of modern deck is absolutely subpar with W&F 10x as bad as old decks, and they cannot be improved. thats why old decks are still in demand no matter what the cost
Pretty good W&F Were did you buy your belts from and use?
These came from a local supplier www.electro-andijk.nl but Thakker.eu also is good with supplying quality