I bought a 488 new years ago. Got put in a closet after only recording about 2 songs. got it out agin a few years ago and recorded a mother's day cd with my Kindergarten son singing. Now, I have finally gotten room to set things up and maybe actually use it. I am afraid after reading the posts here that I might have trouble eventually with the belts as they may be old and need replacing jusst due to age. How difficult is this? Where can I get the belts? Any info on working on this unit would be appreciated. I thought about just sucking it up and buying a 2488 or something, but I hate to just disregard this recorder that has never reallly been used.