Hi
I am a newby recently bitten by the bug that harks back to a couple of these I owned in my teens in the 80s.
I recently acquired a mint Aiwa TPR990. It has a problem with the tape deck. The previous owner said it was fine until recently when he pressed two buttons at the same time by mistake.
The problem is
Rewind is solid and wont press. Play works but the heads dont stay up and it wont play, they just immediately retract. I think this is to do with the rewind gears out of sync. I read here that the gearbox cogs go out of line. I had a look and it looks like a gear in the rewind mech is half way round from where it should be.
Also the LEDs above the tape deck buttons (play rewind ff etc) dont light up.
The rest of ther machine is perfect.
Would really appreciate any help
Thanks
I am a newby recently bitten by the bug that harks back to a couple of these I owned in my teens in the 80s.
I recently acquired a mint Aiwa TPR990. It has a problem with the tape deck. The previous owner said it was fine until recently when he pressed two buttons at the same time by mistake.
The problem is
Rewind is solid and wont press. Play works but the heads dont stay up and it wont play, they just immediately retract. I think this is to do with the rewind gears out of sync. I read here that the gearbox cogs go out of line. I had a look and it looks like a gear in the rewind mech is half way round from where it should be.
Also the LEDs above the tape deck buttons (play rewind ff etc) dont light up.
The rest of ther machine is perfect.
Would really appreciate any help
Thanks