Hello there A question, I recently purchased A silver 1982 Sony DD with shoulder case / bag for just under £60.00 Now it was marked as Impeccable condition and you can hear the motor etc... May need a new belt... Another ebayer said, these work via "gear wheels" so for my novice mind it was the typical DD "click" No the issue is ..the machine powers up but the reels don`t move and after 5 seconds the unit powers down.... 1: is this a simple and cheap fix? 2: if fixed what is the financial benefit of having this Walkman? I usually only buy working units as I love playing my old tapes and I know that maybe at some point in the next 20 years I may need to sell my "babies" to pay for a young nurse to wipe my old bum..... Well you have to think about it......
ps It also doesn`t have the battery cover...... Is is easier just to send this unit back to the seller for a refund?
IS it cosmetically in Impeccable condition??? Obviously Impeccable means NO scratch or marking at all . If it is in impeccable condition i would keep it and try to fix it. But if it is not in perfect cosmetic condition i would send it back Regarding the possible cause of malfunctiong/ not functioning, it is hard to say. I would open it and try to run the motor directly to see whether or not it works. Probably @bub (I call him walkmanpedia) knows where the problem is
if the centre-wheel-crack (...cause for the click) becomes too big, the unit gets blocked - so I say this is caused by an allready blocking centre-gear. my advice: send it back
Hi I am waiting to hear if the "seller" will refund me £15 from the sale value.....as the Walkman is in very good "cosmetic" condition... So that would mean it cost £40.... Lets see......
hopefully this will all get sorted for you. If it doesnt, then you may want to add his / her name to the good / bad ebayers thread
the guy gave me £15 off the price SO I got it for £40, just purchased a battery door for it and soon it will be sent away to have the internals looked at So overall pretty happy with the outcome....
I have a silver DD which was in similar condition: this player is the second oldest with the centre gear tape transport and the gear is usually cracked with a 2 mm gap. It get stuck when the crack reaches the capstan gear and after a couple of seconds the electronic will shut off as the PLL controlling the motor is not locking on the signal coming from the capstan coil (the capstan is not turning). Fix the gap and it will be back as new; please consider that anyway this walkman is quite old and has soft HF, it is not as bright as 90's walkmans. A solid player (I like it very much) with an old style analogue sound.
Cheers Enry I purchased a battery cover from a S2G member so the next stage will be to send it off to someone to fix and bring it back to life......