gasparspeed
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So my father has this old AIWA AD-F850 tape deck which has been on storage for years (dry storage in good conditions) because a tape got stuck inside and he couldn't get the door to open to recover it.
Recently I tried opening it and managed to get the tape out (it was locked in because apparently the head was stuck up or something and it would trigger a mechanical lock on the deck door which made impossible to open it).
I moved one of the flywheels (the "inner plastic" one) with my hand as suggested by a youtube video of a similar deck with a stuck tape and it did work, I finally could open the deck door and could recover the cassette. I saw that the main belt from the deck was quite worn and decided to change it for a new one (old one almost desintegrated when taking it out).
Now the problem is, i've replaced both belts successfully, but, when loading a cassette and trying to play it, instead of playing it, it just Fast Fowards instead of playing. Selecting FFWD does exactly the same thing as selecting Play, and from I could see, it appears that the head isn't moving or something, the main cassette reels move correctly but it doesn't read the cassette nor runs at "regular" playing speed, only "FFWD" speed.
Any idea what the problem could be? Any help would be very useful.
I've also recorded this video showing the problem, since I think my explanation isn't really that good.
PS: This is my first time opening up a cassette deck and i'm not really sure how exactly this one works and all the names of the pards but i really want to try and fix this one since my father needs it
Recently I tried opening it and managed to get the tape out (it was locked in because apparently the head was stuck up or something and it would trigger a mechanical lock on the deck door which made impossible to open it).
I moved one of the flywheels (the "inner plastic" one) with my hand as suggested by a youtube video of a similar deck with a stuck tape and it did work, I finally could open the deck door and could recover the cassette. I saw that the main belt from the deck was quite worn and decided to change it for a new one (old one almost desintegrated when taking it out).
Now the problem is, i've replaced both belts successfully, but, when loading a cassette and trying to play it, instead of playing it, it just Fast Fowards instead of playing. Selecting FFWD does exactly the same thing as selecting Play, and from I could see, it appears that the head isn't moving or something, the main cassette reels move correctly but it doesn't read the cassette nor runs at "regular" playing speed, only "FFWD" speed.
Any idea what the problem could be? Any help would be very useful.
I've also recorded this video showing the problem, since I think my explanation isn't really that good.
PS: This is my first time opening up a cassette deck and i'm not really sure how exactly this one works and all the names of the pards but i really want to try and fix this one since my father needs it