Hi everyone,
I have a friend who is a musician in Dallas and uses a boombox in his act sometimes. My wife bought a Panasonic RX-5500 and took it to a local shop to have it serviced. They charged a ton for rush service and apparently only replaced the belt on the tape drive and left a ground unhooked. I used to work on copiers, but was hesitant to work on an antique boombox with no schematics--I have no idea where to source parts, etc.
However, the shop that did the repair pulled the "we only replaced the belt, anything else is your problem" when I tried to approach them about the noise that I figured was a loose ground (and it was--they left the ground off of the tape assembly when they worked on it!).
So, the problems I am having now are background noise and the tape player doesn't play at a consistent speed. I'm guessing it needs a new tape drive motor for the speed issue, but don't know enough about sound to know where the background hum would come from--if it isn't more grounding issues.
Does anyone have a parts list for the 5500 and/or a source for parts? I figure if I can fix the tape speed, I can figure out the background noise....unless someone has an idea for me!
Thanks,
Doug
I have a friend who is a musician in Dallas and uses a boombox in his act sometimes. My wife bought a Panasonic RX-5500 and took it to a local shop to have it serviced. They charged a ton for rush service and apparently only replaced the belt on the tape drive and left a ground unhooked. I used to work on copiers, but was hesitant to work on an antique boombox with no schematics--I have no idea where to source parts, etc.
However, the shop that did the repair pulled the "we only replaced the belt, anything else is your problem" when I tried to approach them about the noise that I figured was a loose ground (and it was--they left the ground off of the tape assembly when they worked on it!).
So, the problems I am having now are background noise and the tape player doesn't play at a consistent speed. I'm guessing it needs a new tape drive motor for the speed issue, but don't know enough about sound to know where the background hum would come from--if it isn't more grounding issues.
Does anyone have a parts list for the 5500 and/or a source for parts? I figure if I can fix the tape speed, I can figure out the background noise....unless someone has an idea for me!
Thanks,
Doug