Hoot.;-) -Ed- Tel-Tek Electronics Ontario-Canada teltek3@xxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max Bonnell" <mebonnell@xxxxxxxxx> To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:36 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: JVC Mini Stereo MX-J10. cassette player jamming > I think I just heard Ed HOOT. > > Max Bonnell > Bonnell TV > Robinson, IL > > > > Sender: techassist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx From: > gary@xxxxxxxxxxx(Gary=A0McCartney) Date: Mon, May 31, 2004, 10:14pm > (CDT+1) To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [TechAssist] Re: JVC Mini > Stereo MX-J10, cassette player jamming Reply=A0to: > techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Don, you have described the problem on my unit to a tee. "Cassette ''B'' > assy > would lock up intermittently. Sometimes you could not even open the > door." My customer even complained about the CD not working also, > although I haven't seen it act up while working on the unit. I did clean > the cd mech and motors. > > I have gone ahead and changed the 2 cassette drive belts as Ed > suggested. I used SBS 10.0 from Global. They are just slightly shorter > than the original belts in the unit. > > After installing the belts, I played with the cassette operation, > switching from deck A to B, back and forth, plus changing direction of > play. Also rewound tape to beginning, etc. I haven't declared it > repaired yet (Ed will get a hoot out of that comment) but I am thinking > that the belts were the cause of the lock up. I didn't suspect the belts > because they seemed to be snug enough, not loose. > > Gary McCartney > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > > Don Hartigan wrote: > Hay Gary;Just finished a MX-J50 with a similiar problem.Cassette ''B'' > assy would lock up intermittently.Sometimes you could not even open the > door.The other deck works great all the time.Customer brough the unit in > for a bad CD player,ie wouldn't play disc's.A new spindal motor fixed > that problem but didn't want to spend any more money on the repair.This > seems to be a common problem with these shelf systems.The decks are > seldom used on these units so I'm wondering if non use is a factor or > just the manf's using poor quality tape decks?? > > Don of HARTS-TVCR''ASC'' > 9 Robert St,Oromocto,NB,Can,E2V3N2 > hartstv@xxxxxxxxxxx > Tel-5063579785,fax-3576010 > cel-4701719 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gary McCartney" <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:29 PM > Subject: [TechAssist] JVC Mini Stereo MX-J10, cassette player jamming > > I have this JVC Mini Stereo model MX-J10 in the shop. Every once in a > while, the solenoids in the cassette mechanisms will keep clicking. I > removed the cassette mech. and checked for sticky operation, etc. but > found nothing. I did change the solenoid driver transistors in case they > were intermittantly leaking. Now after it's back together I notice the > problem seems to occur when the cassette tape is at the end of travel > and attempts to start playing in the reverse direction. The solenoid > just keeps clicking and the drive doesn't go into play like it should. > > Does anyone have experience with repairing this problem? I have already > spent more time on it than I should have and will just return unit to > customer if I can't go any further on it. > When the unit is working, it works perfectly. I can reverse direction > play, rewind, FF, etc. all ok. The motor speed is ok too. Just when it > decides to act up, the solenoid in one cassette mech. keeps clicking > Thanks for any help. > -- > Gary McCartney > McCartney Electronics > Guelph Ontario Canada > Est. 1984 > email: gary (at) number63.ca > ---------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/