Sony TC-KE300 Late 90s Cassette Deck - Repair, Belts & Service
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2022
- In today I have a late 90s Sony Cassette Deck with a fault, for repair. It got a full set of belts, pinch roller, azimuth check and speed adjustment.
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Thank you for making this video. Today I have got my mums TC-KE200 back working on what is the first anniversary of her funeral. It means so much to have this working again, and that is thanks to your video. 😊
Absolute pleasure this end!
I think the 90's is the peak of cassette technology. Great repair.
It is, but it went downhill towards the millennium I feel. All curved cases and round edges
@@pwrestoration Agree, I feel the same way
1982 Was already the best of best.Example-AiWaas came along with adf-series.And there was a bit earlier also. But they were no cheap. Pioneer was also late 70`s at the top. People just dont know.Downhill started at late 90`s. Pioneer ct-95 was better performer than naka draggo even.
Love the cat at the end who was thinking of making herself a bed in the cassette player at the end. 😅
Another thank you for this great video. My KE200 had also stopped working as both belts had disintegrated to an oily mess. I followed the instructions you provided and got into the unit and spent at least 1.5 hours cleaning the oily gunk out (truly a messy process - I used most of pack of cotton buds and a third of a botte of IPA). Got a replcement belt and roller kit from Ebay (£11) which included a new spindle for the roller and fitted them as shown in this video. Fired it up and was extremely pleased to have my cassette desk workng again.
Happy to help! I love these decks. I've still got this one, and it sounds better than a lot of its higher priced competitors. That oily gunk finds way of getting in your hands no matter how much you avoid it 😅
Was gifted a non working TC-KE200 (bad belts), and this video was exactly what I needed to repair it!
Happy days!
Thank you for this! Just finished restoring the TC-KE300 I got for cheap on eBay. That grey wheel that moves the transport mechanism up and down was a pain to position correctly. The assembled deck would make a loud grinding noise, trying to reset itself, then lock the lid, and I had to take it apart again twice before it finally worked.
Fascinating! Thank you. My cassette player tape holder as well as its faceplate fell off as well as a spring from somewhere. Off to the radio technician on Monday. Obviously needs a big service.
Pulled this vid up as I'm needing new belts for mine own Sony tc-ke300. Absolutely fantastic video. Perfect pace and explanation. Spot on all round...subscription imminent and likes . Cheers .
Thanks, I enjoy the fact that it helped!
Highly professional video and restoration! Another lovely Sony saved!! Thank you!
Many thanks!
I did notice that the drive gear on your reel motor (The one with the small belt) was cracked... You can also hear it in FF/REW. It's very much and thing with this generation of deck and the previous lines with these 90's mechs. The parts are available by the way and I've done a swap out myself, very easy. Not trying the be that guy just giving a heads-up. :)
Thank you so much. Good job 👍🏻
Wow! This is exactly what I need. Thank you so much! I've got the same model and the same starting problems plus - in my case - the tape has been blocked inside.
Great video, very relaxing actually.
Great video mate. I've got a few decks but never been brave enough to try any repairs, just basic head cleaning etc. This gives me confidence to maybe have a go. Will subscribe and look out for more.
Thanks, give it a go! I'm always interested in nice decks for repair if you're looking to move any on.
@pwrestoration Hi there, I'm trying to repair my Sony Tc-kb820s Cassette Deck but when I opened it up I noticed that the the big major cog has broken when the brass screw goes in. Do you know where I could get a replacement one ?
@@deebis Bad luck im afraid, you may find one on eBay where someone is selling parts from a broken deck. Alternatively you will have to buy a parts machine and transfer it.
I personally would buy a cheap working on in poor condition, transfer the transport, then sell it back on as spares or repairs for as close to the same price as possible. Good luck.
Great video sir 💖
This video and you both are great..
Thanks brother 😌
Excellent and very informative
Glad it was helpful!
Nice job!
Thankyou!
good job.towards end of casette era (beginning of CD era), dome decks suffered from cost reduction measures- the construction of a critical component, like flywheels, you noted, for instance, substitution of metal chassis members for white -nylon -plastic - potentially hygroscopic - might warp,crack. latter material even seen on a number pf Nakamichi's models. presumably as moulding components cheaper than pressing, machining, finishing metal parts. maybe even belt quality. very sad.
Personally, I would mot use anything abrasive on capstan shafts.
I would use a jewellers saw blade no.2 to get the gunk out of the v grooved pulley. I am going to replace the rollers and drive belts on my Technics RS-DV 280 twin deck.Hoping it will sort out the problem,the deck is 19 years old from brand new in 2005.
I get some corrugated cardboard usually, dip it in IPA and just run the edge through. It's tough enough to remove the gunk but soft enough to soak it up. Works a treat!
Thank you. It's work...
Your suppose to pull the belt over the 3 post below where you had it. Looks like a screw post where you put it.
40:20 the app WFGUI can give you wow and flutter measurements as well as speed
You have murdered that flywheel at 19:00
Honestly, it looks a lot worse on the video than it actually is.
Nice and very clear video...One question.. How tape eject system operates ?
On this transport it's a simple push button to eject, on the front of the unit
Everything starting to look very plasticky on the inside by this era. But I love the modular design of the transport.
We are definitely towards the end of long term life at this stage. Indeed, probably towards the end of the life of cassette decks sadly.
Great video. But mine just whirs when pressing play but does not lift up the head to the tape. I can hear and oce I opened the lid I could also see the belt spinning momentarily when I press play but the tape head stays down. Also whirs endlessly when pressing "auto cal" but again nothing happens.
It just sounds like the head mechanical isn't being driven upwards to the tape. Have a double check to see if you can move it by hand. If you can it's time to take that transport apart!
Why not go all the way and bring all adjustments back to factory specs.? It makes a big difference after all these years. Tape speed, azimuth, playback levels for dolby calibration, bias adjustment per tape type, oscillator frequency and recording levels to name a few.
Some of these cheaper decks don't really give you enough information in the service manual compared to say, nakamichis. Just the usual recording and playback levels and azimuth
Great video! Thank you. I changed the belts and it works but I still have a problem. Maybe you have some advice. When I insert a new cassette is does not run on continius speed. After fast-forwarding it just for a few seconds, it works. I can't explain why. Do you have any idea. Maybe a mistake when I re-assembled it? Thank you.
It could be that the transport is sticking a little, and the fast forward is resetting it.
The other possibility is that whatever sensors this mech uses to detect the tape ending could be dirty, I can't remembernoffnhand whethernitnuses a magnet or it has mirrors on the back of the reels.
I would also check the tape itself is properly seated when playing, again look for the fast forward moving or changing anything that is allowing it to play. I would remove the tape door cover and watch as the head and pinch roller engages. See if there is any difference in positions between when it doesnt and does play.
Absolute last resort is a strip, reclean and rebuild as per the service manual just in case.
@@pwrestoration Tanks a lot for your response. Appreciated! I guess I am alraedy over the measures you mentioned. Can yo share you e-amail-address, so I send a video that exactly shows the problem?
@@heikotrefzger I think if I add my email address to these comments the bots will annihilate me. The above is all I've got really without it being in front of me!
Hello, nice video! Did you noticed that pressing stop key when playing produces the left reel turning and loosing the tape to the right? 36:40 minute. Do you know the reason of this?
From experience a lot of the logic controlled Sony decks seem to do this, sometimes when putting a tape in (k611s and es etc) and I always thought it was just due to keeping tension on the tape. Maybe this one does it in order to not "snap" the tape taught if you're going to rewind or fast forward? I definitely don't think it's a fault.
@@pwrestoration but if you keep loosed the tape, when you press ffw, it will receive a hard tight. I was looking for this issue and it is caused by a broken gear. It is not normal. My TC-K511S do the same. I will replace the broken gear. I will inform you about the progress. Thanks
Hi thanks for your video.mi have similar unit. A Sony TC-K707ES. Can you direct me where to purchase replacement belts? Thank you!
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Very nice video, thankyou. I have done two of these now without success; the mechanism doesn't operate properly - as if the cam wheel and relevant levers/gears need to be in a particular location when you reassemble the 2 halves of the transport. Is anyone here able to shed any light on this for me please?
Generally even if they're off a little, they will reset themselves when powered up. So I would say if it's not resetting, it's either a switch inside the mech not making a connection, or your cams and arms are totally out when rebuilding.
Hi, thanks for your reply :-) I have no idea where the levers etc need to be when re-assembling the transport. I have done 2 now, neither works. On one, the head block moved partway into position and won't come back to rest position. The other, motors turned things moved back and forth, but it stopped after a few seconds.
I will have a look at the various contacts on the mechanism and then try to work out how it's supposed to work.
It's a pity the service manual I downloaded doesn't cover the details of the mechanism at all, other than how to change the belts; there's no hint at all about where to set the position of the various parts before reassembly.
Maybe there's a separate manual for thus series of mechanisms or they covered in the manual for another model?
Appreciate your help, thankyou!
@@jameswaldron2405 Generally service manuals don't instruct on belt changes, just show the drawing of the various parts of the transport. It's difficult to diagnose without seeing it though, and off hand I can't remember the ins and Outs if this transport as this was a while ago. Could you make out from this video roughly where things lie?
Head plates not returning to the home position sometimes is a spring that's popped off. Usually they are spring loaded to go back to the lower position.
I would suggest the one you have that plays and stops is probably together correctly and it is an electrical problem.
Maybe you could put the other one side by side to it and check all the mechanicals are identical?
Hi again, thanks so much for your helpful reply. I'll have a careful look at your video and check parts alignment and give it another go. Wish me luck 🤞🤞
Thanks again! Cheers, James
Hello mate, what do you use to clean it?
Hi clean what specifically?
I haven't watched the entire video, Im at 9:26, so Im going to say the problem is with ALL sony's 190 drive's is that small gear is cracked on the motor shaft where the small belt goes.
You're right it is a long one! They always end up longer than planned. In the case of this one it was belts and pinch roller, and a good service. It's now giving sterling service.
Saw that too.... I had to swap it out on my KE500S
remember one thing. rubber can be destroyed and removed with benzine (solvent made of petroleum), especially when it has degraded to this state and has no resistance to this liquid. don't use alcohol as it's absolutely useless to remove this residue. Scratching it with some tooth stick is ineffective as well when it has glued to the surface and turned to something like resin. I cleaned my cassette deck recently and I have removed the remains of rubber belt with benzine and it was just like wiping it off. I believe it doesn't do anything to plastic in no way. But benzine dissolves most types of rubber unless it has a special benzine-proof formula. I doubt these belts are made of something like that, otherwise it would never turn to such a slime within time. I remember that eons ago I used to repair bycicle inner tubes and benzine was required to prepare rubber surface for glueing as it affected it strongly making it clean and sticky. I don't know what they use to make inner tubes nowadays, but it was made of real rubber in the past. belts in cassette decks seem to be made of something like that yet a lot less stable. btw where are you from?
Well benzine is highly carcinogenic so I think we will stick with IPA - that works fine 👍🏻
@@pwrestoration I mean purified benzine. In order to get some problems you got to drink it lol. Talking about health danger IPA is extremely toxic btw
@@Galova nah you can technically drink 100ml of ipa and survive with no long term health effects, tho it won't feel nice at all.
@@tudbut practically it is 6 times as toxic as ethyl alcohol, so if you drink 100ml of it you may 'technically' die. and death may be considered as long term health effect I guess. First you're going to quickly get unconscious and after that who knows.
Brother. What is your name ? Are you from U. K
Paul, yes
:/ Don´t use Sandpaper or so on the Capstan you kill your tapes over short times
Verrrry very light and small grit be fine
Nice work but i wouldnt really say it s worth your time....
Not at all, it plays great. Dolby B-C, HX Pro, it's a very nice sounding deck. I listened to some Joan Jett previously recorded on Dolby C and a Type 2, sounds superb!
@@pwrestoration Tape can do much more than that. It s nice saving a deck like this but it definetly isn t a keeper. There are cheap 2head decks much better than that, not to talk about the ammount of broken 3head decks on ebay...
@@sh0t734 Hey, each to their own. I've got plenty of three head decks here needing attention. But this just tickled my fancy and sounds very nice.