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Make	Model	Symptom	Problem
SONY	TPSL2	Typical wow and flutter on this model	Excess speed variations when the unit was used for jogging.units measured about 0.3% to 0.4% wow anf flutter while at rest, and wouldvary between 0.5% and 0.8% while jogging around the test equipment.
SONY	TCK65	Defective motor	Customer complained that intermittently, unit would lock up,no functions would work. found that intermittently, capstan motor wouldnot start up when power was applied to the unit.
SONY	TCD5M	Defective q-901	Fast forward and rewind are stopped after running a fewseconds.
SONY	SRF80W	Leads of c606 needed insulation	Intermittent speaker popping on left channel. problem wouldnot arise when using headphones but only when radio installed in poweredspeaker unit.
SONY	PSX40	Shorted motor	Very low drive torque, q103 and q104 low outputs. no signalat emitter of q103 and q104 - measure emitter of q103 and q104 to groundreading should be 38Ω. l3 and l4 of motor measure short.
SONY	PST22	Motor hum at start-up	At start up of motor for about 1/2 revolution of platter thereis a hum, then a pause, as soon as the motor is up to speed hum stops.
SONY	ICFC310W	Modification to increase buzzer output	Customer is complaining the buzzer is not loud enough.buzzer becomes loud enough when the sleep switch is on. at that timeq6 collector receives 12v for a louder amplification than the 6 volts itsees when the buzzer is on by itself. what can be done to
SONY	ICFC15W	Disconnected q9	Distorted sound in audio section. used signal tracer to findbreak in landing at the collector of q9.
SONY	ICF7600	Loose capacitor	Capacitor had pulled away on the tone control board.
SONY	HMK414	Eject button out of proper location	When unboxed, eject button pushed inside of unit. no damageto box.
SONY	HMK414	Motor fell out of proper location	Cassette motor fell out of tape transport during shipment.
SONY	CFS55	Stop lever not properly positioned	No audio when placed in play, but tape is erase, recordnormal.
SONY	CFS55	Belt slips off	If the unit comes in with belt off my s/s advises me that oneshould change the belt along with any repair or it will come back as are-repair in a short time. -hq comments: replace the motor pulley when the capstan belt slippedoff the motor pulley in the
SONY	CFS45	Pcb mounting screw breaks foil trace	Circuit board mounting screw is tightened too much. cracksbreak b+ path to function switch.
SONY	TPSL2	Defective motor	Unit runs slow.
SONY	TCM121	Mechanical modification	When customer presses record button with no tape inserted,pressure of record lever assy. against chassis causes the lever retainingportion to break off. since the retainer is part of the chassis assembly,the entire assy would have to be replaced.
SONY	TCK55II	Defective remote chip	Unit functions jammed in rewind mode voltages on pin 33 was0.37 volts. rewind mode voltage should read 10 volts. voltages ofremote chip pins 9, 5, 11 and 7 were 1.9v also should be 10 volts.remote chip affected total operation of tape deck.
SONY	TC755	Cleaning stop microswitch	Low playback level off tape, power supply position ok. recordsection checked ok, found playback amp was being muted by q304 and q404.base measure 1.6v all the time. lifted r437, playback level normal.traced 1.6v back into system control ckt., to emitter of q
SONY	TAF3A	Pcb labelling incorrect	Q103/104/153/154 - 3 and 4 reversed on pcb labelling. -hq comments: thank you for this information.
SONY	PT79R	Part number error	I had ordered a power transformer, p/n 1-446-639-00, for usamodel which i copied the number directly out from the service manual. thetransformer that was sent to me was coded with the same number as was themanual but instead it was of 220 volts. later