Recent content by Tony D

Hi. I recently bought a used Yamaha MT8X 8-track cassette deck. (My cat pissed on the old one, but that's another thread.) The deck will play a 90-minute tape for 8 seconds and then stop.* It will play a 20 minute tape for 12 seconds (I assume because there is less resistance). Any...

Hi, everyone. Thanks for the responses! Ok, I found the screws in the cassette compartment on my own and opened it up successfully. I used a black light flashlight to look for urine. (Every cat-owner should have one.) I didn't see any real retraces--maybe a little around the cassette...

No joke. My cat pissed on my Yamaha MT8X cassette recorder. Now some tracks (the odd ones) on previously recorded tapes have a weak playback signal and don't sound so good. Suggestions? How do I get inside to try to clean it? Have taken out a bunch of screws, but that doesn't seem to help ...

Hi. New to this forum. Recently helped a friend buy a B-16. Worked fine for a few days. Doesn't seem to record now. VU lights, record lights, etc. all look good. Yet nothing seems to get on the tape. When we playback, nothing on the VUs. Furthermore, it appears to have erased whatever...