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| Make | Model | Symptom | Problem | Solution | By |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SONY |
TCK555
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Dirty pinch roller | This unit exhibited excessive wow and flutter. inspection ofthe pinch roller revealed little spots of what looked to be locktight.this same problem has been found on two other units. | ||
| SONY |
TCK71
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Open solenoid | The head on this unit would not pull up into the playposition. we found the solenoid to be open. | ||
| SONY |
TCK5
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Missing retainer clip | This unit displayed a periodic warble in the sound. a checkwith a torque cassette revealed the back tension to be erratic. we foundthe lever situated underneath the reel table to have come loose. this inturn was periodically rubbing on the reel table. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX1010
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Cold solder joint | Intermittently, unit would power up with wrong indications,for example, all tape type indicators would light up. also, power wouldsometimes go out completely 7-8 secs after turn on. this unit waspurchased by employee from refurb. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX500R
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Open grounds | Control functions (play, rec etc) are inoperative totally orintermittently, may stop operating during use or prevent use of functionswhen attempting to enter a particular mode of operation. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX500R
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Chassis head assy bent | When put in reverse it only cycles and you cannot remove tapeuntil ff is depressed because the head assy does not drop down completely. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX500R
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Worn gear assembly | Clattering in transport, especially when changing directionwas the complaint. upon my investigation i learned that the noise onlyoccurred when direction of play was changed. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX500R
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Stripped gears | Driving and forward cam gears stripped. head chassis appearsto be free and operation not excessively stiff when moved by hand but thedealer has only sold 3 units so i have not enough to see if it is a trendof failures. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX44
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Capstan shaft had to be tilted | A few seconds after engaging play mode, the tape would skewtoward the chassis and wrinkle. on two of these units, this would occurintermittently. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX33
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Levers out of position | In playback or fast forward, there was no tape motion andthere was the sound of gears clattering. the reverse select lever and thebushing select lever were both out of position. it appeared as if someonehad previously worked on this unit. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX30
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Aged resistor | Unit would slow down in rewind and fast forward modes whendolby c was turned on. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX22
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Idler wheel binding | Playback was very slow. | ||
| SONY |
TCFX22
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Bend in slider needed | Transport fails to have take-up in playback or record mode.transport is excessively noisy and will not engage into ff smoothly.all of this can be caused by slider (355) being bent causing ff lever(305) to have incorrect timing in conjunction with take-up | ||
| SONY |
TCFX5
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Defective regulator q602 | This unit had intermittent bias osc. operation caused by theline mute (pin 21 ic501) being intermittently activated. we found thiserratic operation of the upc to be caused by a noisy voltage regulator- q602. a quick check of the b+ line revealed the pr | ||
| SONY |
STR55
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Defective ic101 | Tuner section drifts off station intermittently. | ||
| SONY |
SPP11H
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Open q4 | Noise from hand unit in talk mode even with base-unit powered. | ||
| SONY |
SPP11
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Defective ic2 ne567 | Base unit would not respond to any function from hand unit.in use light did not light, would not dial out. found ic2 pin 8 wouldnot go low. | ||
| SONY |
RT66
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Defective reel motor | This unit had poor ff/rew torque and would stall when using90 min tapes. | ||
| SONY |
RS30
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No shut off after the caller hung up | This unit would take one minute and sometimes more to shut offafter the caller hung up. there would be just a dial tone recorded on thetape. about every 15 seconds the unit would try to hang up. there wouldbe a click recorded on the tape but then the | ||
| SONY |
PSX55
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Broken contact on switch cam | The tonearm on this unit would not move in to the edge of therecord all the way or set down. we noticed a slight amount of friction inthe tonearm travel. disassembly revealed a broken contact on the switchcam (the electrical feeler that contacts the ca |