Now you need to remove the backplate from the player to expose the belt. The first thing you need to do with your AIWA HS-PC202 is unclip the battery compartment as one of the screws you need to remove is hiding behind this. It’s quite a straightforward job as the player has been designed with the foresight that one day someone would need to change that belt! Getting Started with your AIWA HS-PC202 The only tools you need are some small watch-makers screwdrivers and a pair of tweezers. This post will provide instructions on how to open up the AIWA HS-PC202 Mk 3 cassette player, and replace the belt. This was a sure sign that the belt had failed in some way which is very common on vintage cassette decks. Thankfully I could hear the motor run momentarily if I held the unit to my ear whilst pressing ‘play’. However it had been sat in storage for about 25 years so when I popped in some batteries and tried to play a tape – nothing happened! I could see the power LED light and hear a hiss from the headphones but the spindles didn’t turn. This Aiwa model is a quality bit of kit with the ability to play Chrome tapes, Dolby B & C noise reduction, auto-reverse and a super slim, attractive design. Now I’m fully aware that you can buy brand new ones off Amazon but these are pretty cheap and nasty affairs designed to cash in on nostalgia rather than offer a quality audio experience. See our belt installation page for related details.I recently bought a ‘New Old Stock’ AIWA HS-PC202 Mk 3 Personal Stereo off eBay as I just couldn’t resist the idea of unboxing a ‘new’ walkman in 2018. It's amazing how much black contamination comes off from the old belt. With the belt off, we would get the turntable into play condition and hold an alcohol soaked Q-tip on the side of the spinning belt motor pulley. Here in the repair shop we would use common household rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) or a similar solution to clean the old, (often invisible) belt residue from the entire belt path, including the hub around the underside of the platter, so it doesn't contaminate the new belt. Prior to installation of your new belt, the belt path should be cleaned.Our belts are made using state-of-the-art vulcanization chemistry, forming highly crosslinked polymetric structures which ensure long-term elastic stability even under the harshest conditions. As far as we can tell, even if the manufacturer name was stamped on the belt, all belts supplied with original turntables were outsourced to a belt specialist manufacturer, like ours are today. If they did, they'd be too old to sell in good conscience. Support us, thee site that originally brought this tedious data to the web so you can get spinning again rather than others that copy our hard work. STANDARD RADIO SR-500 Our ©opyrighted data contains proprietary, embedded data patterns. SAMSUNG PD-780H Our ©opyrighted data contains proprietary, embedded data patterns. QUASAR GXD-550 RF Decks 1 and 2 (2 Belts Total) PANASONIC SA-CH60 RF Decks 1 and 2 (2 Belts Total) PANASONIC SA-C06 Our ©opyrighted data contains proprietary, embedded data patterns. PANASONIC RX-DT650 RF Decks 1 and 2 (2 Belts Total) PANASONIC RX-DT600 RF Decks 1 and 2 (2 Belts Total) PANASONIC RX-CT820 RF Decks 1 and 2 (2 Belts Total) MGA TC-20 Our ©opyrighted data contains proprietary, embedded data patterns. PANASONIC SC-DH20 RF Decks 1 and 2 (2 Belts Total)ĮSQUIRE GEN-3983A Our ©opyrighted data contains proprietary, embedded data patterns. This belt is found in, but NOT necessarily limited to: 5.6 Inch Long Small Square Electronics Rubber Drive Belt
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