[Ronald[_4_]]

I've got a Sony DTC-75ES which plays tapes fine.. records fine... but
won't fast forward or rewind ok. It does it very slugish. Anyone got
an idea what I could check on this?

[Gareth Magennis]

"Ronald" wrote in message
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I've got a Sony DTC-75ES which plays tapes fine.. records fine... but
won't fast forward or rewind ok. It does it very slugish. Anyone got
an idea what I could check on this?



It is usually a combination of things, from worn/dirty parts to high back
tension.
You might be able to dismantle the transport, free off sticky things and
clean the reel clutches / brakes / tape path / capstan etc, without using
any new parts, but you kind of need to know what you are doing. You will
also need to measure the back tension and adjust it, if it is adjustable at
all. For this you will need a tension tape which is expensive. After you
have messed with the transport you will then almost certainly need to
realign it, which requires an expensive alignment tape and the required
skills and knowledge to use it.

In short this is not the kind of thing you really want to be doing, as if
you do have a go it will probably not just fast forward or rewind properly,
it will probably no longer play or record either.



Gareth.