I have several boom boxes.. My favorite is probably the M 70 which I got back in 2010.
It did develop a problem recently. When I push play, it doesn’t start up on the first try in fact it takes somewhere between half a dozen to 15 tries of pushing play and then stop until the reels start moving. It always seems like more than a dozen times recently.
Sometimes it’ll start when I flip the tape over. Other times I have to go through the whole ritual again.
It seems like the motor is still good. But something is wearing out or needs adjustment. It probably could use new belts, even though it seems to play at the correct speed once the tape deck gets going.
Anyone experienced this problem with their M 70?
Luckily, about 40 minutes from where I live there’s a very nice and experienced electronics TV repair shop. At first, he didn’t wanna even attempt to work on a Boombox. But after I brought them an open wheel tape recorder and several other tape decks for the home and a couple amplifiers.
He was willing to take a shot at my Boombox. A very nice Magnavox that was made in Austria. The keys were stuck down, but it was able to open it up and fix the keys, clean it up put in new belts and do some soldering.
So I’m hoping you’ll be able to do the necessary repairs adjustments for my M 70
Fresh belts some lubrication. Fix whatever is preventing it from starting to play on the first try.
Any thoughts. Thank you for your help.
It did develop a problem recently. When I push play, it doesn’t start up on the first try in fact it takes somewhere between half a dozen to 15 tries of pushing play and then stop until the reels start moving. It always seems like more than a dozen times recently.
Sometimes it’ll start when I flip the tape over. Other times I have to go through the whole ritual again.
It seems like the motor is still good. But something is wearing out or needs adjustment. It probably could use new belts, even though it seems to play at the correct speed once the tape deck gets going.
Anyone experienced this problem with their M 70?
Luckily, about 40 minutes from where I live there’s a very nice and experienced electronics TV repair shop. At first, he didn’t wanna even attempt to work on a Boombox. But after I brought them an open wheel tape recorder and several other tape decks for the home and a couple amplifiers.
He was willing to take a shot at my Boombox. A very nice Magnavox that was made in Austria. The keys were stuck down, but it was able to open it up and fix the keys, clean it up put in new belts and do some soldering.
So I’m hoping you’ll be able to do the necessary repairs adjustments for my M 70
Fresh belts some lubrication. Fix whatever is preventing it from starting to play on the first try.
Any thoughts. Thank you for your help.