I picked this up several days ago. In the beginning it played perfectly after cleaning the heads and demagnetized.
After a while it developed a high pitched squeal. If you hit stop and play again from the same position on the tape, it would play normally for 10 mins. and do it again. At first I thought it might be the capstans need to be lubed, but I think it's something else. The strange thing is that it does it on both sides, A&B. It does it with all tapes too.
I don't have a clue. Any ideas to what it may be?
Here's a short video, and make sure to keep your speaker level low!
After a while it developed a high pitched squeal. If you hit stop and play again from the same position on the tape, it would play normally for 10 mins. and do it again. At first I thought it might be the capstans need to be lubed, but I think it's something else. The strange thing is that it does it on both sides, A&B. It does it with all tapes too.
I don't have a clue. Any ideas to what it may be?
Here's a short video, and make sure to keep your speaker level low!
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