You make repairs look so easy, when I know they aren’t. Smart guy
@nicholasburgess7035
Жыл бұрын
BTW, the music on the tape marked '17' was actually Heaven 17 and their album 'Penthouse and Pavement'.
@djmips
Жыл бұрын
Specifically the 'avant garde' instrumental opening to the track Geisha Boys and Temple Girls. (1981)
@robinsutcliffe-video_art
4 ай бұрын
a great album
@RichardSantopietro
Жыл бұрын
You have the energy and courage of a teenager, AND the wisdom, experience, knowledge, and patience of an old man. Great combination!
@Jesselovespinball
Жыл бұрын
Every time Mark fixes one of these 80’s electronics it magically transports me to my childhood. I wish more people fixed these things . There really aren’t a ton of them left out there . I can remember making mixed tapes and trying to time each song . Oh the memories! Thanks Mark !
@m80116
5 ай бұрын
I fix this stuff and sell it online... not easy. Very few customers manage to understand what you've done despite providing accurate description and picture reference.
@vicsutton2
Жыл бұрын
Mark, you have the patient of a Saint- not many technicians would take the time or trouble to complete the repair, WHAT A GUY. really enjoy your videos many thanks..
@theoldbigmoose
10 ай бұрын
I wonder if this is Mark's main job, how can he spend so much time on such an old piece of kit, and still stay solvent?
@m80116
5 ай бұрын
@@theoldbigmoose making videos out of it
@that_thing_I_do
Ай бұрын
Mark taught Job how to be patient.
@adrinathegreat3095
23 күн бұрын
Exactly as there's no money to be made out of £500 worth of labour on a 50 quid tape deck. It's still worth £50 after
@Ziduche
Жыл бұрын
If you are lucky enough to find a qualified technician not retired yet and willing to mess with belts and things that would be at least a $500 repair to a $100 deck and that is why those always end in the recycling bin nowadays.
@florianm3170
2 жыл бұрын
i Mark, really enjoyed your video, i'm afraid i have to do the same belt change repair on a Technics RS-M250, i'll try to leave the mechanism more together though. Also had a bad dolby chip on a Technics RS-M280 from the same time period. Oh and about your technics tape, it was also recorded in the same time period, 1981, to be exact, and the 17 stands for Heaven 17, it was the intro to one of their songs, "Temple Boys and Geisha girls" from their classic "Penthouse and Pavement" album (no i didn't shazam it) I Like it how you take the time to explain everything and as a viewer you get the notion that it takes some time to do the servicing. No wonder there are no more shops doing this work, would be too dear. Anyway keep up the good work!
@dobermanguy9437
2 жыл бұрын
The excellent technician it's hard finding somebody just dedicated to their work to repair cassette decks very nice job
@rfdave3980
Жыл бұрын
No money in repair to this level. People will not pay. It's a dead field, throw away world.
@suarezuno3432
Жыл бұрын
@@rfdave3980 Because your not in this world. We need ppl like this man
@gord8382
9 ай бұрын
How can you work on tape decks. Says a lot about what you are made of pure grit. I would be on the floor crying curled up in the fetal position after my first tape deck repair. Bravo again, another dragon slayed.
@RobertMattison-pp6uf
4 ай бұрын
Not only are you expert electronic repair tech but you are also a video production expert. You have great lighting and sound in your video's. Your are a Professional. Thank you for all your hard work.
@mikeholden4432
Жыл бұрын
Hi Mark, that tape was heaven 17... a rather influential synth band. Those pins that broke were probably alloy and subject to age hardening which snap if you don't aneal them, which you can do with a hot iron. Great videos, thank you!
@amnril
9 ай бұрын
lol, I just posted a similar observation….. then spotted your post. I guess that explains why the tape was labelled ‘17’
@adamrogers1044
Жыл бұрын
I have been working with electronics for years and although never done it professionally, it is something I would love to start doing much more of. The costs of your testing equipment is huge, and I will have to work towards a setup like yours (very impressive), but what I would really like to know is how did you get started in this industry. Your knowledge is outstanding? I think it's great you're working on the older electronics too, repairs are not common much anymore and it's such a shame, but then again, I guess things now just aren't built the same either.
@ickipoo
Жыл бұрын
If you're using the gear every day and it's making you money, it's easier to justify spending money on quality gear. But really, quite modest equipment will suffice for most of these repairs. This video is a good example - a scope, a manual desoldering pump and some screwdrivers! Knowing where to poke 'em is where the art comes in, and the depth and breadth of Mark's knowledge is really impressive. I think that only comes from Doing It for many decades.
@baronofgreymatter14
7 ай бұрын
For the time and cost this took..who would want a cassette player anyway?
@outfield1988
4 ай бұрын
Me
@CallanChristensen
2 жыл бұрын
Great video! That mech looked like such a nightmare to take apart, but you just pressed on. I really appreciate all the information and tricks you passed along with this repair. I also think this may be the first repair video I've seen where someone actually took the time to replace the Dolby chip, but it looks like you didn't really have a choice. This is the first video I've watched of yours and you've made a subscriber out of me. Cheers!
@DjDestinyChicago
Жыл бұрын
I’m not sure how you managed to stay so calm during this repair lol
@gribbler1695
Жыл бұрын
edited out
@EricTViking
2 жыл бұрын
When you realise the tape deck is closer in time to the end of WW2 than it is to the present day 😮
@rhkavli
Жыл бұрын
Yes. I'm actually chewing on that one. Especially thinking that that was a very modern type with servo mechanism, fluorescent VU-meters, and whatnot. Some serious amounts of water has apparently passed under the bridge...
@AudioGuyBrian
11 ай бұрын
Your reaction to that tape at the end was absolutely golden! Love your vids. Great job repairing that clunker as always. Cheers!
@allantoft9961
2 жыл бұрын
14:39 Oh now I'm mad you got an orange sticker in the middle?! Mine was green! And also, what's up with the screw organisation?! 😱😭. This feels like it should be super boring to watch but actually it's amazingly fun! Great video!
@lewismcphersonTXus
2 жыл бұрын
Hi man, how are you, congratulations on the work, Phil Collins is purely coincidental
@autobotjazz1972
2 жыл бұрын
The short cord makes sense if you consider this was designed for use as part of multi component Stereo system and in many of those , the main unit ( usually had the AM/FM radio and equalizer) was set up for the other components to get power via pass through plugs on the back of it. This one though seems short even for that and may have been part of a larger set up and the whole thing was meant to set up on a specific order.
@diegomeono1560
Ай бұрын
This video helped me a lot with my first cassette deck repair, I worked in a Technics RS-M250 which is very similar to this one. Thank you!
@johnallen8680
9 ай бұрын
Mark says he hates working on tape decks, but going by his video list he's a glutton for punishment ! I couldn't do doing with all those scary levers and hair springs !
@Moejoe69
Жыл бұрын
$250 for labor to fix a $150 tape deck. Brilliant.
@jamesrindley6215
Жыл бұрын
Finally we see what it takes to make Mark grumpy - the impregnable shell of cheerfulness is breached by a short mains cable!
@rhkavli
Жыл бұрын
Well. That one was short enough to cater for a Seinfeld episode.
@HowardKlein1958
Жыл бұрын
Short mains lead wasn't Technics. Owner would have done that. I've had many Technics cassette decks and all had sensible length leads. RSM228X, 253, 235, M216 are some of the decks i still have. I'm still old school and solder with a Weller PU-2D and an RS solder sucker. I must try one of these new fangled rework stations😂
@pipiferry
6 ай бұрын
Great repair! When you said it has a bad chip i thought deck was done for. But i guess ebay to the rescue XD
@rockyhill9965
Жыл бұрын
At 22:14 it looks scary for me. I once changed belts and idler wheel on my Nakamichi older type 480 mechanism. I had to draw pictures at every screw removal otherwise I'd have zero chance to get it back together.
@darylhudson777
2 ай бұрын
When you said altogether now it made me think of the Beatles song and I was kind of singing in my mind while you were still working hahaha
@Singh-et2gx
9 ай бұрын
Step by step fault finding is so amazing. You aren't losing patience. Thanks for giving such knowledge.
@ogorekkiszony7236
Жыл бұрын
these old technics are lovely but a pain to work on. i have an RS-M235X from '83, and when i got that the logic control mechanical parts were all dirty and jamming like on yours, and also mine has a little green ribbon on the top of the mech which tells the logic control microprocessor the current state of the tape, for example, playing or fast forwarding, using a series of leaf switches. this ribbon cable is bent at 90 degrees and it broke over time, and finding a new one is impossible. i had to run wires from each leaf switch and solder them to the ribbon socket. it isn't pretty but it works.
@MeDicen_Rocha
2 жыл бұрын
Why is young Phil Collins fixing an old tape deck?
@duroxkilo
Жыл бұрын
one could cumulatively spend days chasing down a funky pulley in those tape deck mechanisms. the auto-seek or whatever the feat was called, and the auto-reverse were the next level of insanity for a hobbyist repairman :) as clever as those designs are, some were over engineered(?) creating too many failure points; like 100 things had to go perfectly right for it to work properly.
@markjames9252
6 ай бұрын
When I finished reassembling there would be so many spare parts left 😂
@mattfear6345
Жыл бұрын
Your bloody awesome mate I had this tape deck when I was younger
@DanielImmanuel2143
11 ай бұрын
I've just bought exactly the same deck nearly 2 weeks ago. Stripped clean and took 4 hrs to repair and calibrate. Awesome sound!
@ProfSimonHolland
Жыл бұрын
awww Heaven 17 intro.
@MrPitatom
Жыл бұрын
Great Vid. The song on the Technics tape was the beginning of Heaven 17's Geisha boys and temple girls.
@michaelcarey
Жыл бұрын
Great video Mark! Repairing cassette decks scares me. I've got a lovely old Marantz SD-55 that has a fault that I suspect to be a belt issue. The tape mech is VERY complicated. Your video has inspired me to tackle it again.
@ickipoo
Жыл бұрын
Take lots of photos so you know how it came apart!
@spookybaba
2 жыл бұрын
A bit heavy-handed, banging that thing on the counter top. Are you trying to break it to repair it?
@James_Bowie
Жыл бұрын
No such thing as an extension cord in the UK?
@baronofgreymatter14
7 ай бұрын
The Bob Ross of Electronics Repair
@RoughJustice2k18
6 ай бұрын
Who the hell is Bob Ross?
@baronofgreymatter14
6 ай бұрын
@@RoughJustice2k18Google BoB Ross...famous painter and all around awesome dude
@jamesm90
2 жыл бұрын
Technics stuff always had decent length mains, that one's been cut by an owner.
@micksmixxx
2 жыл бұрын
I've just been watching you deal with this 'problem', Mark, and I was so impressed with the way you went about things AND explained what, and why, you were doing it that I simply had to subscribe. Well done, sir. I'm glad you managed to get everything functioning correctly. 👍
@felipecervantes7881
2 жыл бұрын
I find you amusing. You make these videos very pleasant. You don't waste words.
@wheatonna
Жыл бұрын
I've worked on many cassette machines over the past four decades, but never went in so deep as you did here. How many screws were still on the table when you finished reassembling it? : ) Joking aside, this is impressive.
@duncan-rmi
2 жыл бұрын
I had a 250 from new in 1981, & it's still working. I've had a few more of this transport & its relatives through here, & the achilles' heel is the 'assist motor' belt, which leads to that characteristic whine & no transport action. not necessary to pull it all apart to change, but it was interesting to see your teardown nontheless. the technics cassettes, whatever is actually in them stock-wise, were very good too.
@craigdavidson2278
2 ай бұрын
Have the 250, you could explain the easiest way to repair.... save me a headache 😢
@ANTandTEC
2 жыл бұрын
Jealous of all your test equipment. I've got a multimeter 🤣
Жыл бұрын
Superbe!!! I so share all. Cheers from Patagonia Argentina
@steffenbrix
Жыл бұрын
Nice video - but all the mechanics should have been cleaned and oiled for a decent w/f hope 🙃😊
@Sha-pn3ky
8 ай бұрын
Ништяк 😊
@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777
Жыл бұрын
maybe the most common problem on the mid 80s Technics tape deck.. that belt and one of the most labor intensive belt changes.
@StevenLemmens261061
11 ай бұрын
17 is for "Heaven 17" the track you played is called - Geisha Boys And Temple Girls. 🤪
@luizduque2172
2 жыл бұрын
Really thanks for this video, I just purchased a RS-313 dead and I'm playing around with it. I suspect it may be either the supply to an IC (901 I think) from a faulty transistor/caps or the IC itself (power supply is good). Your video gave me great insights to move along. I love this feeling of brining thing back to life again, thanks for shoaring your knowledge on these!
@samb2936
4 ай бұрын
wow...impressive in all disciplines...you are a very good technician...good job
@Digiquarium
8 ай бұрын
The bent pins on the switches in Technics units are very difficult. I always re-solder them first applying some new solder, then vacuum it with a desoldering pump, then lever the pin up by pushing a small flat blade screwdriver underneath it without applying extra heat. Don't bend the screwdriver, just push it under the pin carefully and then use needle nose pliers to finish straightening it.
@Mr.Eldric
Жыл бұрын
Should of had the dreaded label “NO USER SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE”. Ive seen some vids on here of tape decks that tilt after few screws to reveal all the belts. Technics being technics.
@THEOLDMOVIESHACK
Жыл бұрын
Really interesting.....thanks for the video 👍
@Blitterbug
Жыл бұрын
Ah, yes; 'Muck in the Screwhead', my favourite 80s metal group. Banned in the UK 'cos they were just so filthy.
@keithg1xfl
Жыл бұрын
It's Probably NOT Technics fault the Mains lead is so Short, The Owner probably Cut The Mains lead down to fit in his sysytem without MILES of exces Lead (In his setup)
@hpevans9041
Жыл бұрын
Hello Mark, Love your channel, just subscribed. Can you tell what the music is called at the beginning of your videos? Thanks
@blackimp4987
2 жыл бұрын
Nice job! if you publish more videos about hifi repairing, especially little more recent pieces, I'll watch all of them for sure. I like watching the whole process and listening to your considerations.
@em-dashman4404
Жыл бұрын
After watching a few of your amazing videos, I decided to try my hand at fixing a guitar pedal. Turns out that for a noob like me, desoldering and removing a 6-pin footswitch is much harder than it looks! In hindsight, a heat gun would have been better than a soldering iron, but I don’t possess one. Even after adding more solder then using a solder sucker, there was still a minute amount of solder holding each pin to its pad. That, combined with the fact that the switch was a really tight fit in the board, made for a very long and frustrating afternoon! I ended up fitting a fine tip to the iron and pushing each leg of the switch through the board.
@ivansemanco6976
8 ай бұрын
You are on right way. YT videos are good to get knowledge but you still need to take skill you start to get. Next job will be more easy and if you proceed, you will get more and more experience and skills became stronger.
@Nomad_Audio
4 ай бұрын
Mark dealing with something that would make me rage and throw things: 'light chuckling' Mark dealing with a short power cable: 'you basterds, Technics'
@SidneyCritic
Жыл бұрын
So it's the belt. I have a latter model and I think it's based on that because it has the same VFD and does that same drive stall.
@roborb1960
Жыл бұрын
Hmmmm? I'm guessing by the sound of the jar you are using to store the screws, the jar sounds like an old marks and spencer glass creme brulee ramikin dish..... They make for very handy ashtrays too! :-) .
@jeromestevenfaigin6059
4 ай бұрын
Without knowing the outcome yet, I definitely prefer to think electrolytic capacitors will be found to be bad and maybe leaks of it will need to be cleaned. A bad solenoid or more. I have (or had) a dual tape deck by Sony. I also have a TASCAM 4 track cassette deck. That one does work so the Sony is not that important. Cheers Mate!
@rhkavli
Жыл бұрын
What did we do in the mono-age, when we couldn't do channel swapping tests? I'm old enough to have forgotten, to be honest...
@issaccartwright736
Жыл бұрын
I wish you and everyone else was a bit less quick to judge, that was my band 17 and while I appreciate you giving it a third of a second before making up your mind; it was about to drop. It would have been large. The oscilloscope wouldn't have seen it coming.
@Donfirolindo
9 ай бұрын
Mark. Help me with me.... Vintage récord player. Denon..
@jcollins1305
3 ай бұрын
I still can’t figure out how it’s financially viable to pay Mark to fix these (albeit very nice) machines, and how Mark makes a living for what he has to charge someone for the time it takes him. I’m sure the YT revenue helps, so I guess there’s that. Anyway, nice work as always.
@amnril
9 ай бұрын
That music at the end was early 80’s Heaven 17, a track off their Penthouse and Pavement LP. I guess that was why the tape was labelled ‘17’
@rosi6144
11 ай бұрын
Hi Mark, love you're repair vids. Is doing electronics repairwork you're hobby or do you make a living out of it? I'm asking because i want to know if it pays nowadays to repair electronics. Hope to hear from you, Many thanks
@EsotericArctos
Жыл бұрын
It's a bit of a lucky dip buying those chips off eBay. So many fake chips on eBay that are just nothing to do with what they are labelled. You might have got lucky, but I wouldn't go to eBay for my chips. I'd go to a reputable source.
@tejtrambharatt5182
10 ай бұрын
You do brilliant work, I am impressed.
@ruudmobile6726
Жыл бұрын
You were obviously not happy with this one... and all too happy when you it was done... These old cheap plastic casing decks were never that great to begin with. Your pafience impressed me. Would have discarded it...
@kerrygleeson4409
Жыл бұрын
Brilliant work Mark thanks for sharing your vast knowledge 🦘
@rockradio928
2 жыл бұрын
Technics machines were supplied with decent length mains lead. Someone must have cut that one.
@thomasmleahy6218
Жыл бұрын
Mucky screw right off the bat? Bad omen? Who'd do that? A Sneaky pet, or someone affectionately know as a rug rat?
@lesharknett3755
11 ай бұрын
Great video's Mark keep them coming.
@davidvivian596
4 ай бұрын
Bloody hell Mark! You were a very brave man at 21:50. But then that's why I and 3,999 other people were watching your every move.
@mcstimpy3095
Жыл бұрын
The Song on the Technics #17 is "Heaven 17 - Geisha Boys And Temple Girls" 😉
@MikeGervasi
8 ай бұрын
I'd have socketted those 2 chips. Easy swap, easy replacement.
@kaktusadas622
6 ай бұрын
Hello, with all due respect, everything is fine, but you could be more gentle with these devices and without any offense, I greet you warmly and I respect you.
@olaniyi570
10 ай бұрын
Heaven 17 Geisha Boys and Temple Girls. Not to be judged by the intro:-)
@giggling_boatswain
Жыл бұрын
26:02 Doesn't the capstan with the flywheel require lubrication?
@Phl-ou6vn
Жыл бұрын
Mark, I got tired of being a bench tech in aerospace so I moved over to admin where I spent the rest of my career. I can't imagine there's much money in consumer products these days, you must have government contracts in Scotland also, especially with that decked out lab you have?
@herrbonk3635
8 ай бұрын
1:30 Hmm, you got just about everything in that nice little shop, but no extension cord?? (Are there no extension cords in Britain?)
@paulanderson7796
Жыл бұрын
Technics seems to have a habit of fitting stupidly short captive power cords. I wonder if perhaps previous owners stacked their gear in a cabinet, as was fashionable in the eighties, and cut the power cord down to exactly the required length.
@geraldhaggard1018
Жыл бұрын
Question, why did you not put IC sockets when you pulled the chips? When I had to do this, I would have done it to save time. Just curious,.....
@plunder1956
Жыл бұрын
No wonder even these good quality decks end up scrapped. The belts are bad enough. But then you get even more failures.
@armstronglance
Жыл бұрын
So what did that repair cost? My 70’s-80’s cassette deck had the dirty contact problem.
@maidak
Жыл бұрын
Mark has thousands of pounds worth of electrical tech, that he understands, but I have a mains extension - smug
@DaySunn12
Ай бұрын
Hi Mark! I have a question, please tell me what kind of grease do you use for mechanical parts of tape decks?
@Ahmedfj2013
6 ай бұрын
عرف انه خانهم ولد لطيفه
@amnonhoppe
Жыл бұрын
No re-lubing of the capstan bearing?
@billdoodson4232
2 ай бұрын
I always cut my audio power cables to the "correct" lengths rather than have bunches of cables tied up.
@eknaap8800
9 ай бұрын
I guess electronic components do go faulty after 40 odd years...
@GraemeSPa
10 ай бұрын
you could download the service manual but that would be cheating - that's as little like "when all else fails, read the manual" !!
@davidtaylor4975
Жыл бұрын
"Techinics you bastards" Classic comment!
@chezsnailez
Жыл бұрын
Nothing lichen a little Kajagoogoo stuck on your tape deck...
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