GE Microcassette recorder repair

[@ricfair9919]

Nice little recorder. Glad you got it working again for another 10 years!

[@GBOAF216]

You've got a lot of patience to deal with disassembly of that type of unit Dave ! Those cotton fine wires could all just separate from their flimsy contacts! Great video!

[@12voltvids]

GBOAF216 Easy 20 bucks.

[@tvtech2582]

Several years back I worked for Rhode Island Music repairing pinball machines and jukeboxes and they were loaded with corroded leaf switches.

[@crashbandicoot4everr]

I remember having a similar microcassette recorder as a kid and wondered why it sounded so bad when I tried recording music on it. Of course I didn't know the format wasn't created for music recording. However, Sanyo made a decent-sounding deck in the 80s that had Dolby and supported chrome tapes. Another interesting feature is that the tapes don't have a leader part at the beggining and the end. They start immediately.

[@12voltvids]

Yes Sanyo had a stereo microcasette. Microcassettes do not have a leader as they were designed for dictation use.

[@georgebliss964]

That job has to be one of your best,particularly as the unit was small and fiddly. Very good.

[@12voltvids]

What about my Sony portable DAT. That is small and fiddly, and has lots of moving parts

[@robguitarwizard]

Excellent video. Nice recording of the tape machine playing!

[@Cyberpuppy63]

The oldest tape recorder that I can recall, brand new, was a reel-to-reel machine called a Clipper. Maybe a 1969 or 1970 model. Part of it was brown; with a brown microphone (size of 50 cent piece). Can't imagine them being around, anymore.

[@12voltvids]

I have many old reel to reel machines. Mono and stereo machines.

[@tvtech2582]

Before you opened the unit @ time stamp 6:50 I was saying just throw the whole unit into boiling water and call it a day.

[@MartyMartin87]

Very interesting video, that saved my last weekend anyhow!

[@THEtechknight]

Microcassettes were something I never really saw outside of answering machines. mom had an answering machine that was microcassette based.

[@coondogtheman]

I have one of those micro tape based answering machines. It is not my current machine as I use digital. It would put some type of data signal on the tape then the outgoing message then the incoming messages. My machine still works. I do have a microcassette recorder by radio shack. I got it at the time to digitize all my microcassettes.

[@zx8401ztv]

Smashing, the neighbour will be happy :-D I take a picture of the wires when they are that thin, they fall off to dam easy :-(

[@12voltvids]

Well I have video of it right. Same reason.

[@zx8401ztv]

Oh yes, but do you have a tape recorder up your nose :-D

[@markmarkofkane8167]

All of my portable pocket microcassette recorders were Panasonic's. I also had an At&t answering machine with a microcassette. The main reason I bought it was to screen calls. We was getting a lot of telemarketer callers. We picked up if we knew the person calling. I still have it. Stopped using it when it wouldn't answer calls anymore. Playback works, though.

[@12voltvids]

Telemarketers are now hammering cell phones. I got a telemarketer call that had a friends phone number show up on my screen. Since it was a friend's number I picked up and said "what the fuc% do you want" joking, and it was a telemarketer on the end spoofing his number. Of course I called him right away and said "Hey buddy, your phones been cloned some telemarketer is dialing out making your number show on the phone"

[@E_Proxy]

I have a question and if you can answer you'll Save my life (sorta). I'm trying to repair a similar recorder by Sony. Belts melted so i have no reference to find the little one and i cannot find that measure inside belt kit from Amazon. Do you have any idea what size could it be?

[@tnridge]

I've got a GE Mini now all it does is squeal when you play it. Any ideas?

[@stevenrobertson7069]

I have a electronic repair shop. All of your videos I've watch so far are spot-on you do pretty good work I am a fan of your work. I just want to where did you get the magnifying light at been trying to find one can't find it

[@12voltvids]

The small one I got at Canadian Tire. The big old one came from an old electronics shop that has been closed for years, but I believe Lees electronics in Vancouver carry new models, as does RP electronics. These days I don't use a magnifying glass, I use a head mounted hood which I got at Lees.

[@stevenrobertson7069]

12voltvids ok thanks .....

[@TyFord]

great job!

[@burger_eater27]

Actually amazingly there was a smaller analog cassette called the pico cassette

[@tvtech2582]

Ah, yellow glue,the Mitsubishi factory must have been next door!

[@shaun5427]

Using break & clutch cleaner for contacts as shops in the UK are now shutting down everywhere

[@pnadk]

You could have changed the belt while you were in there anyway.

[@ericholmes5962]

What's the name of the best company to send or mail my sony voice recorder to get it repaired or fixed, if there's more then 1 I want the top 3. Is it away to get the hard drive out the voice recorder, if so I want to put my music files on sd cards because I need backups ?????

[@martinverkerk9351]

Hi, do you have the schematics? I have a 3-5370A with a desoldered mic, and I don't know where it is placed

[@12voltvids]

Nope

[@maicod]

cool device and repair. How does it erase the WHOLE tape when pressing rewind and record together ? some magnetic field ?

[@markallen1782]

When you press the record button, a small magnet spins around and wipes the tape. Pressing rewind just moves the tape very fast.

[@mangreat71]

where can i take my px333 sony voice reorder to get it repaired.I have files that i want to get off it.What's the names of the companies and what's they addresses so i can mail the voice recorders that has to be repaired to them ??

[@fprecordings]

I have a problem with mine. The mechanism works but whenever you try to record or play it makes a high pitched tone and won't record or play

[@traceeight2428]

Hi flowerpot...I just pulled mine out of a drawer.If I used it 10 times that's saying a lot.I turned it on and found I have the same problem. High pitched squeal ,gets worse as I turn the volume up.In most audio products I've repaired ...found this type of problem usually do to a bad cap.Mine can record and also playback.Never worked on this type of system though. Should be interesting.

[@xander_lang]

the little blades that spin the tape don't work on mine can you help?

[@daredevil250]

I bought a radio can I send it in for you look at it's an ampex micro 50 and same thing it's not spinning

[@HDXFH]

Working well now

[@drumbran]

Subbed!

[@tvtech2582]

Sony made a dictation recorder model NT-2 that used an NT tape that was less than half that size, but I know you did say analog.I am sure the NT Sony was digital.

[@vwestlife]

Picocassette was the smallest analog tape format, but hardly anyone ever used it.

[@12voltvids]

The NT tape was a helical scan DAT type format, full digital.

[@12voltvids]

Dictaphone had 1 model of voice recorder that used that, but it was never a commercial success. I was referring to the smallest analog tape format that was in commercial production, and that was the microcassette. Like the NT digital tape by Sony, for their micro DAT machine, it never really went anywhere, nor did that other micro video cassette the micro MV

[@tvtech2582]

I only mentioned the NT cassette because 12 volt used to work at Sony of Canada and the NT cassette was made by Sony. I do not like to challenge everything said on a video.

[@12voltvids]

Right, but the NT came long after I was out of Sony. I only worked there for a year and was stuck modifying Betamax units. Namely SL5000 decks. Every one of those boat anchors had to have the rewind drive pulley replaced with a metal part, and about 45 crap sanyo aluminum solid caps changed out for tantalum because the samyo caps were failing left right and center. We were opening them by the skid, changing all the parts and re-boxing them up so they could go to the store to be sold.

[@richg.2579]

It's all worth fixing. Unless it's all water damaged,corroded,or busted to hell.

[@somethingbeautiful2212]

Thanks 🙏

[@infinitecanadian]

If it's a collectible, it's worth fixing.

[@rexyrollins236]

how old is it

[@omaralhasaan4399]

Dear ,i have some tapes records the hi fi type from Kenwood the 550 from uk befer 50 year ago it is in good condition and the tascam 212 in good condition two units one 20 year the ather one 10 year they're working but in vary will spoiled by our teche men her in my country oman thay bad Tec ever you might know ever,i and I have two real to real records one is ikai 4c the teac 2c one. could you please help me to fix the with low price in other in USA or UK if wont to help me please i can send dome photos. Thanks David