Sep 7, 25, , 8, You still using cassette tapes? I've taken the cassette player off my stereo component system because it was never used and made the system higher than it needed to be. All my tapes ended up in the bin 10 years ago at least!
Get a life and abandon old technology, you'll have more time to relax or do other stuff instead of wasting time trying to stop that dinosaur eating tapes. Saga Lout :. Mar 16, , 9, , 22, A cleaning cassette would find and fix those, if you can still buy them, of course. You must log in or register to reply here. Consumer Electronics 3 Oct 16, Question Have a question about playing 8mm tapes on an 8mm camcorder.
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Windows If, however, the take up feels Ok, check the rubber pinch roller is not sticky. If the tape gets eaten after a few minutes, especially if the sound drops out or flutters first, then the pinch roller may be very dirty, hard, cracked or barrel-shaped.
This leads to uneven winding and the tape layers soon jam against the cassette shell. A boombox is not a good choice for playing your old tapes. They tended to use the cheapest mechanisms which don't handle the tape very well. Ask on freecycle or equivalent for a proper tape deck.
Puddintane , Feb 27, Messages: 3, Location: San Diego. There are two common ways tapes get eaten. The first is where the tape gathers around the capstan. This usually occurs when the takeup reel stops turning.
The second is where the tape migrates out of the correct path and crinkles. This is caused by a tape path alignment problem, often due to pinch rollers that have become misshapen or misaligned with age. Fred Longworth , Feb 28, Messages: 6, Location: Lenzburg, IL.
Kahoona , Feb 28, Messages: Location: New Jersey. Many times the cassette "shell" itself is the culprit. I always make sure the tape spools easily in both directions within the shell prior to playback - the old "BIC" pen works perfectly or a hexagonal pencil. Messages: Location: Kansas City.
The C tapes are said to have this problem more, since the tape is thinner. In fact, many tape deck mfgrs say to not use them. I never did, and only had one tape that didnt work right, and it was a problem with the shell a pre-recorded, second hand tape In my personal experience the single main cause was a failing belt on the takeup reel. I rarely had access to new ish decks and when one failed I'd just buy the next cheap used one, so I had many a gooey belt.
Messages: 3, Location: Denmark. A takeup clutch are supposed to deliver app. AudioWizard likes this. Messages: 8 Location: Santiago de Chile. Hi guys, i know this thread is probably dead already.
The tape is really beautiful and lovely. The previous owner, told me he replaced the belts. Most "Double Play" tapes were actually shorter than a C90! In I purchased a batch of Dixons Ferric cassettes which were going very cheaply. I was short of cash and needed them to make some off air radio recordings. These had completely clear transparent cases and did give extremely good quality recordings.
I assumed a fault in the tape recorder, checked torque, cleaned heads etc until I realised only these tapes were affected. Should the reels be incompatible, it's possible to replace the reels eg: the original to TDK etc ones , although this is quite fiddly!
Its not always the fault of the cassette recorder. Sometimes if part of a tape has been wound back and forth a number of times, it forms a random pile that becomes a bit too thick to run freely in the case. You can usually tell if one or both of the hubs are binding and don't turn easily.
My cure was to gently squeeze the case between thumbs and fingers and flatten the pile. You should then be able turn the hubs much easier and they can run freely. Alternatively, you could fully rewind it, backwards and forwards, end -to-end until it forms a tidy pile.
All times are GMT. The time now is am. User Name. Remember Me? Mark Forums Read. Page 1 of 2. Thread Tools. Posts: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes What causes tape recorders to chew tapes up, and more importantly, how do I prevent it from happening again? Find More Posts by liamoliver. Posts: 6, Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes The straightening out of chewed tapes is a problem that has not been dealt with.
Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes If you carefully wind the chewed tape back into the housing then wind and rewind the tape a few times, it should flatten enough to play. Posts: 1, Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes To answer the original question, tape chewing is invariably caused by slipping belts in the player causing the take up spool not to be driven. Find More Posts by dsergeant.
Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes There are many reasons for chewed tape , apart from the cassette itself, pre recorded tapes being one major problem. Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes I've had old machine go into chew mode because the take-up torque was too high. Find More Posts by af Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes I find the most common cause is that the pinch roller has become too shiny, this allows the tape to wander off the end of the capstan and get mangled.
Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes a combination of things can often cause this. Find More Posts by ben. Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes I've known a dirty pinch roller to cause this problem. Find More Posts by Focus Diode. Re: Cassette recorders that chew up tapes Another cause is the cold damp in a car radio cassette left outside in winter. Find More Posts by Mike Phelan.
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