...............................or, until tools arrive: Bend a paper clip to shape with a small hook on the end - forget former fat fingers frustrations forever!T-STER said:
Sony FH7 - thoughts and belts
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Turnip are you sure you're not suffering from the magnet problem Superduper mentioned?
A Hall effect sensor generates a small voltage pulse when a magnet passes by it, such as the M70 and M90.
Nick on this unit it's actually using a photo interruptorNickeccles said:
A Hall effect sensor generates a small voltage pulse when a magnet passes by it, such as the M70 and M90.
Thank you for the guide, helped a lot to rebelt mine (and access the FF solenoid tat got stuck with dirt/old grease), fully functionning fh-7 mk1 now 
PS my trick after 30 minutes of nerve-challenging pickering : put the capstan belt (the large flat one) on the "play/idle/noidea what the other one (the small one next to it that goes to the white wheel) on the white wheel, which is higher up and kindof in the right place to keep the large belt in the middle of the capstan, a then put it in place (over the capstan), and after that, just pull it - just like you said -over the motor-ring from there, saves a lot of time (and not-to-be-spoken-in-the-presence-of-childrer-although-they-know-them words)
PS my trick after 30 minutes of nerve-challenging pickering : put the capstan belt (the large flat one) on the "play/idle/noidea what the other one (the small one next to it that goes to the white wheel) on the white wheel, which is higher up and kindof in the right place to keep the large belt in the middle of the capstan, a then put it in place (over the capstan), and after that, just pull it - just like you said -over the motor-ring from there, saves a lot of time (and not-to-be-spoken-in-the-presence-of-childrer-although-they-know-them words)
@turnip, do you have a "clicking" sound, and when facing the player do you have a bar on the right hand side (control button side) that slides up and down a few times (when hitting play as well as when hitting FFwd) ? (and no issues when being in REV mode)
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Hi T-ster,
Bought my first pair of tights!! Thanks for the idea! How did you manage to get the metal grill off of the carrier please? There are a couple of retention clips that look like they need to be broken to get the grill away.
Sorry for turn in subject - i seem to have an odd "level indicator" problem when recording to a blank tape.
Here s the thing :
- prerecorded tapes, playback works fine, level indicator works fine
-recording to blank tapes : recording works fine, volume level is fine, while recording to tape the level indicator works fine, but...
- when playing back the recorded tape, the level indicator just drops to a 1 led maximum
No idea what's going on, as whilst recording the indicator works fine, and when listening to the recorded tape the volume and sound is great, only.. The leds seem to not move further than the first one. Real odd thing is when playing a prerecorded tape (even real old ones), level indicator works fine
(when I sat level indicator I m talking about the one on the cassette deck)
If anyone has any ideas... Its not a big issue as there S no problem with the recording / sound /.. Its more of an annoying esthetic issue that boggles my mind?
Here s the thing :
- prerecorded tapes, playback works fine, level indicator works fine
-recording to blank tapes : recording works fine, volume level is fine, while recording to tape the level indicator works fine, but...
- when playing back the recorded tape, the level indicator just drops to a 1 led maximum
No idea what's going on, as whilst recording the indicator works fine, and when listening to the recorded tape the volume and sound is great, only.. The leds seem to not move further than the first one. Real odd thing is when playing a prerecorded tape (even real old ones), level indicator works fine
(when I sat level indicator I m talking about the one on the cassette deck)
If anyone has any ideas... Its not a big issue as there S no problem with the recording / sound /.. Its more of an annoying esthetic issue that boggles my mind?
It's actually not that hard to change the belts. Even me, a guy with two left hands as we say in france can do it.
I'd like to add one thing about the FH7 cassette decks and the mk1 specifically. There are been several changes between the very early models (until feb 1983) and the later versions (still mk1). Electronic boards were a bit simplified probably to lower the cost and there are some significant changes in the gears mechanism. I suspect they changed the gears system because it was a bit fragile. Beware when you buy a non working very early cassette deck with the plan to repair it.
I'd like to add one thing about the FH7 cassette decks and the mk1 specifically. There are been several changes between the very early models (until feb 1983) and the later versions (still mk1). Electronic boards were a bit simplified probably to lower the cost and there are some significant changes in the gears mechanism. I suspect they changed the gears system because it was a bit fragile. Beware when you buy a non working very early cassette deck with the plan to repair it.
The CFS 9000 same, thin wires. Twist one too many times and oh oh. Pictures before is important. Nice unit, and great explanation.
I have another one now....and have this problem. mech moves up and down and goes into reverse and back. Rew seems ok.
(I lost my others units in a recent flood).
Any ideas?