I guess we all did the same thing back in the day, haha... Dolby in when recording and Dolby out when playing back on portable cassette players and boomboxes!! And the extra Treble gave us goosebumps!! Ah, the memories!!!

I also had the matching amp... the PM230. Great amplifier.

Hey, I just found and subscribed to your channel tonight. I found a lot of information that'll help me service an Akai deck of similar vintage which is experiencing auto reverse issues. Anyway, I watched all the way to the end and I'm sorry to hear about the loss in your family. We gearheads love to see the innards, but nothing is more important than family. Hope you're doing well.

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Doing well, thank you for asking. And thanks for the watch and subscribe. It's much appreciated!

I was hoping for a closer look at this deck. Thank you for revisiting it!

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Had quite a few people ask for that. Should have done that the first time, but better late than never!

@burntwaffle1743

4 ай бұрын

​@@VintageElectronicsChannelDon't worry about it! You were dealing with more important things. Just finished the video, have a great rest of your week.

Cool deck! I think the "quick" auto reverse mentioned on the front was not supposed to refer to the speed of the reverse process, but the ability to sense leader tape and reverse before the end. Looks like you can see the sensor at about 10:35 to the right of the capstan. I have a Teac deck that does this, and even fast forwards past blank space at the end...

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Hmmm..... I'm going to have to get that deck back out and look at that.

@Oklawolf

4 ай бұрын

I have a couple auto reverse machines with that feature myself. It's an easy party trick to miss on these, especially if they don't have their owner's manual with them.

i have this deck works real nice for me to past year sound real good from recoradings to

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Good to hear!

good one, it came with other matching Marantz components

My parents had a Philips compact hifi system that also did the head rotation thing. I recall that being advertised as a feature, becuase the tape would always run in the same direction from the head's perspective. So the wear would not be any different than with a non-reversing tape deck.

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Never thought of that. Good point.

Fantastic looking machine!

Seems like a sweet deck, it always surprises me how sparse the 80s tape decks are on the inside - so much had been crammed into integrated circuits, just a few years earlier in the mid 70s the Dolby NR would have been on two separate daughterboards, one for encoding and one for decoding.

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Good point!

Reversing head provides superior alignment in both directions, compared to fixed 4 gap head. There are azimuth adjustments for each direction on the head.

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Good point!

other great video, hi from Italy

Yeah, great re-visit on this. Your stock is rising sir.

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!

I had an AIWA that would sense the LEADER and not loose more than a second of recording. It didn't need to hit thee Auto stop

@VintageElectronicsChannel

4 ай бұрын

That's a cool feature. I wasn't aware of that one. Now I have to find one!

@MICHIGANROCKSANDROLL

4 ай бұрын

I think there was a 3 head version that I couldn't afford at the time. I think late 80's early 90s. I seen repair videos on the 3 head. The one I own was a Black metal shell non descript. It did have BIAS ADJUST dolby c. Door came of for easy cleaning and azimuth adjustment. The 3 head had a hidden flap to ind a bunch of goodies that stuck out from the bottom. Can't remember a model number But I will look for it for you,

@MICHIGANROCKSANDROLL

4 ай бұрын

@@VintageElectronicsChannel I believe I had the Aiwa AD R40. The words to look for is "QUICK REVERSE" Not so sure about a 3 heed version after my search. And HI-FI engine had no flyer for this model bit all pictures seen were my baby. Had the f 770 for a short this one sounds even better.

Do you have the meassurements of the belts needed for this deck?

@VintageElectronicsChannel

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, I do not. I just matched up from belts I had in stock.

One of those black cables are one pin no connect?? 12:45 near those three trimmers.

@VintageElectronicsChannel

2 ай бұрын

I zoomed in and see what you're referring to. It looks like the wire is connected, but now I'm curious and have to check.

@vidtech2630

19 күн бұрын

Just looks like it's not inserted fully square , I'm guessing it's one of those cables with bare wires at the end of the insulation, and it would probably still connect.