Goodafternoon!
Recently i bought a minty Sharp WF-T380H ghettoblaster. When I first turned it on all seemed to work, but the tape wouldn’t move. So must be bad belts I thought. Well, opened it up and saw there was a loose and dried out flat capstan belt. Since i couldn’t find the exact replacement online, i ordered a flat belt kit. For now i put in a normal square belt, just to see if it all works. Well.. pressing play resulted in quite good sound, however the power and surround light were not lighting up al that stable. After i pressed stop and play again it wouldn’t power up. Do it a few times and it powered up. However if I put it on radio mode, or aux, everything works fine and the tape moves too. But when on tape it doesn’t. I also tried cleaning the function selector.. the mechanism, and the plugs that go on the mainboard.. but no luck.. should I maybe replace the caps on the power section? Or all of them.. or might there be a loose connection. I’ve had this problem with all Sharp X-Bass Surround ghettoblasters.. And this one I at least wish to have working haha.
Hope somebody has an idea!
Greatings from Holland!!
Recently i bought a minty Sharp WF-T380H ghettoblaster. When I first turned it on all seemed to work, but the tape wouldn’t move. So must be bad belts I thought. Well, opened it up and saw there was a loose and dried out flat capstan belt. Since i couldn’t find the exact replacement online, i ordered a flat belt kit. For now i put in a normal square belt, just to see if it all works. Well.. pressing play resulted in quite good sound, however the power and surround light were not lighting up al that stable. After i pressed stop and play again it wouldn’t power up. Do it a few times and it powered up. However if I put it on radio mode, or aux, everything works fine and the tape moves too. But when on tape it doesn’t. I also tried cleaning the function selector.. the mechanism, and the plugs that go on the mainboard.. but no luck.. should I maybe replace the caps on the power section? Or all of them.. or might there be a loose connection. I’ve had this problem with all Sharp X-Bass Surround ghettoblasters.. And this one I at least wish to have working haha.
Hope somebody has an idea!
Greatings from Holland!!