Restoring a Vintage Audio Tape Deck and How To Change The Belts | RRG Episode 9
In this episode, the Retro Repair Guy restores a vintage 1977 Hitachi cassette deck. For this vintage repair and restoration, I had to recap the tape deck, repair the power supply and replace the lamps. This classic piece of retro tech is now ready for a new life.
The ninth episode of the Retro Repair Guy. A series aimed at retro and vintage electronic repair and restoration.
00:00 Snazzy Intro
00:15 Show Intro
04:18 Opening up the vintage cassette deck
05:29 Inspecting and testing of the old tape deck
06:53 Cleaning the retro cassette deck
07:57 A word about the Hitachi diodes in the vintage deck
09:05 Replacing the vintage VU meter lamps in the cassette deck
09:17 Replacing the belts in the tape deck
11:25 Reassembling the vintage Hitachi tape deck
14:16 Wrap up and testing the tape deck
16:11 Credits
Footage, Music, and information in this video sourced from and used with permission:
• Soundstripe
• Pixabay
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