I’ve literally got the rq-2103 right next to me and it looks almost identical to your model. Had it forever; still works great. About to frankenstein some sort of a 6v dc input so it works from a 110v wall outlet instead of C batteries. Yay cassette tapes! Hooray for all the cool stuff 99% of people consider junk that’s probably older than me and has outlasted every iphone I’ve had by an average of 10x. Haven’t seen any new tapes on the shelves though since 2013 in Las Vegas which is the last time I needed something specific, walked into a Radio Shack (RIP) and found exactly what I was looking for.
I took apart one ☝️ of these, but the name was RCA. I can’t remember what was wrong 😑 with it, but working on one ☝️ of these can be a little tricky. The parts are quite small, crammed closely together, and can easily be damaged. Unless you’ve got about all the time in the day, you’ll probably make the repair 👩🔧 just fine 😅. I can see that you’ve got a better cassette recorder than ones made today. Your friend, Jeff.
I hope so,I bought realistic ctr 60 cassette recorder, plays great ff,rw,great too,internal mic doesn't work but external microphone does,aux don't work either,I find it strange
Panasonic Rq-3145 but there's almost a high pitch sound when raising volume and a slowness to the sound. Would you have a guess on what my issues may be?
That might be two separate issues. For speed issues, I’d try a new belt first. I’m not sure what’s causing the interference, but it could be from the motor. The most likely cause is bad routing of the wiring harness. I don’t recall if there’s a noise suppression capacitor on this tape recorder but if so you could also try that. Test with batteries and away from other electronics to rule out the power supply or external interference.
In this video I used a walkman-style belt, 0.7 mm square. It worked, but this was not the correct belt. The correct one should have a rectangular cross section. The only way to be sure is to open up your machine and see what size it is.
I’ve literally got the rq-2103 right next to me and it looks almost identical to your model. Had it forever; still works great. About to frankenstein some sort of a 6v dc input so it works from a 110v wall outlet instead of C batteries. Yay cassette tapes! Hooray for all the cool stuff 99% of people consider junk that’s probably older than me and has outlasted every iphone I’ve had by an average of 10x. Haven’t seen any new tapes on the shelves though since 2013 in Las Vegas which is the last time I needed something specific, walked into a Radio Shack (RIP) and found exactly what I was looking for.
What an awesome video! Thank you for showing us. I enjoyed listening to your voice and clear explanations :)
I have a very simple Panasonic. This definitely helps. Good choice of music too. 😊 it seems to be playing a bit slow though
Enjoyed the video. This recorder is from 1979 based on the code on the flywheel plate.
I took apart one ☝️ of these, but the name was RCA. I can’t remember what was wrong 😑 with it, but working on one ☝️ of these can be a little tricky. The parts are quite small, crammed closely together, and can easily be damaged. Unless you’ve got about all the time in the day, you’ll probably make the repair 👩🔧 just fine 😅. I can see that you’ve got a better cassette recorder than ones made today. Your friend, Jeff.
Great review, just ordered one of these from ebay,they say its fully working,we shall see lol
I hope it works!
I hope so,I bought realistic ctr 60 cassette recorder, plays great ff,rw,great too,internal mic doesn't work but external microphone does,aux don't work either,I find it strange
@@sfred nope looks good but not working properly 😒
@@kennethmyhill2362 That's a shame.
Panasonic Rq-3145 but there's almost a high pitch sound when raising volume and a slowness to the sound. Would you have a guess on what my issues may be?
That might be two separate issues. For speed issues, I’d try a new belt first. I’m not sure what’s causing the interference, but it could be from the motor. The most likely cause is bad routing of the wiring harness. I don’t recall if there’s a noise suppression capacitor on this tape recorder but if so you could also try that. Test with batteries and away from other electronics to rule out the power supply or external interference.
Great video! Where can you order the belts?
These were just cheap ebay ones.
@@sfred Well I got a Tascam Porta05 replacement belt kit... But do you know what size for these models you have to get? Or share an ebay link?
In this video I used a walkman-style belt, 0.7 mm square. It worked, but this was not the correct belt. The correct one should have a rectangular cross section. The only way to be sure is to open up your machine and see what size it is.