bit of an unrelated question, but I figured you might be help answer it. I recently got into cassettes and cassete players and was thinking I could try taking one apart and creating a cool display on my wall that would just spin the tape forever. the issue is I don't actually know what happens to a tape when it reaches the end; I figure you'd know. if I had the tape infinitely spinning in one direction would the tape just break? if the answer to that question is yes (which I'm assuming it probobly is) then this display is about to take a lot more effort to make than I was initially hoping ._.
The Philips Compact Cassette unlike the 8-Track is not an infinite loop, so when it arrive at the end of the tape, it will stop. A normal tape player is really unlikely to break the tape because there is virtually no force applied ont the spool, the rotating part is just there to help the tape to spool properly, but is it not really driving it (you can easily block it with your hands) Also most modern tape deck will have an "auto stop" function which detect that you are at the end of the tape and stop shaver function you are using like playing or fast forwarding. If you want to have a tape that turn "indefinitely" you will have to either have your contraption to move the tape to one side, then move it to the other, or cutting the tape so it will be able to turn forever.
Yup, well I took it apart just to clean and repair it (there were some rust that was blocking some of the mechanical part of the player) and it needed belt replacement, so it is fully back in his case now :) This is a Philips Datarecorder D6625-30P designed to be used with good old computer, and sadly is mono :(
@@godzil42 ahhh ok thank you for that I personally like sometimes hearing mono for the more vintage sounding feel and I personally took apart a Walkman but it seems to be a rare model that is rarely documented on the internet and can’t really find any replacement belts
There are multiple way of doing that, the first and maybe easier one is to have the service manual of your tape deck, but it is also the hardest to have the proper informations. If the manual is well made, they should tell you how to do the calibration without the need to have a tape for that. The second method is to have a tape recorded from a well known working deck, with a tone of a known frequency recorded on it, then you play that on the deck you want to correct the speed, use any type of tool to check the tone frequency (a simple guitar tuner can do the job for example) and you change the motor speed until it match the speed it should be and the tone is the right frequency. That method sadly need to have a working deck :/
@@vincemxx I can't answer for all tape deck, if you can't find the service manual of the one you have, you can look at the main PCB where the main motor is connected, there is in general a potentiometer close to where the motor is. It may not be next to it, but following the track should not be to hard. For the D6625 (the tape deck on the video) the potentiometer is just next to where the motor is connected, and it tagged VR2.
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It's interesting how cassette tapes have that slight distortion when playing music. It's still really cool, though.
I don't remember if I replaced the belts before of after that video, but bad belt make that worse.
@@godzil42 I actually found out why mine was a bit distorted. It just needed some new batteries (they hadn't been replaced in a REALLY long time).
Christian Sampson that’s also a really good reason :D
Mine was running on a power supply there so should not be impacted ;)
Oh hell ya
Ahh the good old days .. clever to Put the speaker up side down on the Tabel because it's Resonate better
the way that the music is distorted makes it more interesting.
This is art :)
Wow
bit of an unrelated question, but I figured you might be help answer it. I recently got into cassettes and cassete players and was thinking I could try taking one apart and creating a cool display on my wall that would just spin the tape forever. the issue is I don't actually know what happens to a tape when it reaches the end; I figure you'd know. if I had the tape infinitely spinning in one direction would the tape just break?
if the answer to that question is yes (which I'm assuming it probobly is) then this display is about to take a lot more effort to make than I was initially hoping ._.
The Philips Compact Cassette unlike the 8-Track is not an infinite loop, so when it arrive at the end of the tape, it will stop.
A normal tape player is really unlikely to break the tape because there is virtually no force applied ont the spool, the rotating part is just there to help the tape to spool properly, but is it not really driving it (you can easily block it with your hands)
Also most modern tape deck will have an "auto stop" function which detect that you are at the end of the tape and stop shaver function you are using like playing or fast forwarding.
If you want to have a tape that turn "indefinitely" you will have to either have your contraption to move the tape to one side, then move it to the other, or cutting the tape so it will be able to turn forever.
que isso men, onde encontro um desse
se for a fita, é só pesquisar "celeste original soundtrack cassette tape"
agora, se for o reprodutor/gravador, "vhs recorder"
@@amytf1 cara valeu, era a vhs qu eu queria mesmo, muito obrigado
May I ask what cassette player this used to be before you took it apart?
Yup, well I took it apart just to clean and repair it (there were some rust that was blocking some of the mechanical part of the player) and it needed belt replacement, so it is fully back in his case now :)
This is a Philips Datarecorder D6625-30P designed to be used with good old computer, and sadly is mono :(
@@godzil42 ahhh ok thank you for that I personally like sometimes hearing mono for the more vintage sounding feel and I personally took apart a Walkman but it seems to be a rare model that is rarely documented on the internet and can’t really find any replacement belts
Hi, do you know how to regulate the speed? thank you
There are multiple way of doing that, the first and maybe easier one is to have the service manual of your tape deck, but it is also the hardest to have the proper informations. If the manual is well made, they should tell you how to do the calibration without the need to have a tape for that.
The second method is to have a tape recorded from a well known working deck, with a tone of a known frequency recorded on it, then you play that on the deck you want to correct the speed, use any type of tool to check the tone frequency (a simple guitar tuner can do the job for example) and you change the motor speed until it match the speed it should be and the tone is the right frequency.
That method sadly need to have a working deck :/
@@godzil42 thank you so much for the informations, where can I find the trim for the regulation?
@@vincemxx I can't answer for all tape deck, if you can't find the service manual of the one you have, you can look at the main PCB where the main motor is connected, there is in general a potentiometer close to where the motor is. It may not be next to it, but following the track should not be to hard.
For the D6625 (the tape deck on the video) the potentiometer is just next to where the motor is connected, and it tagged VR2.