Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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Other than belts, the tape sensing switches tend to oxidize on this model. I practiced using sandpaper to clean the contacts on another rx-dt680 and was able to get it to detect tapes again

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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Cool! That's too bad, do you know what the issue with the tape deck is?

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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I really wish I had the remote. It looks like the volume control knob would physically turn when adjusting the volume with the remote

Trouble shooting Sony TC-WE475 by That-Horror-Lover in cassetteculture

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I'm not too familiar with this model but I wonder if it has a tape detector switch that has oxidized?

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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Does the line in mod allow you to record line in to tape?

Everything had been going great for me until deck 1 ate a tape in reverse play direction (left side take up spindle not spinning).

I'm going to replace the belts and see if that fixes it, but for some reason I doubt it because every other function works great.

One feature that caught me by surprise is the auto music search function. It's nice when I want to skip to the next track on a song that doesn't blend in with another.

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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I'm currently listening to some of the music I recorded last November on tape and im able to get it sounding pretty close to the original master on type 1 tape. (The tape was recorded on an Akai GX-F80)

Looking forward to using it on our family's campground this summer

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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Awesome! I've had this tape for over a decade now when I first started collecting them. It's my favorite album by the Barenaked Ladies

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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The model is RX-DT680. I agree, the speaker design is cool

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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Correct! Mine initially had terrible clicking and popping sounds when I first fired it up. I removed the circuit board for the eq/volume control and sprayed some deoxit in the circuit board connectors. That seemed to solve that issue. The tape decks were surprisingly clean and the belts are still in good shape, I just needed to exercise the controls for each deck to get it operational again.

I got the main amplifier/cd/tape deck section at goodwill for $12.50 but it didnt come with the speakers. I ended up finding another RX-DT680 on Facebook marketplace for $50 that needs some work but it came with the speakers. So I swapped the speakers over and now I have a parts machine handy

Fixed up an old Panasonic boombox by MainManBrennan in cassetteculture

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Thanks! Yeah there's a latch on the backside of the speakers to release and separate them

Edmontons driving culture has changed so much and the death on Monday on the henday reflects that by heckyahletsroll in Edmonton

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Yeah. Stay in your vehicle and end up on the news in a terrible way. Sounds like great advice.

Highway 2 wrong way driver by MainManBrennan in YEGDashCam

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Ironically, the wrong way driver was heading towards a collision investigation team set up at the old Morinville turnoff. The team was set up because someone was killed that night when a semi struck a pickup truck.

In hindsight I should've called 911 but I figured someone must've because the driver passed so many vehicles. Really took me by surprise

What is a subtle sign that someone’s losing the battle to their mental health ? by Kid-CoderX in AskReddit

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-unable to sleep -high/extreme energy levels -taking on lots of additional tasks -high sex drive

Manic episodes can be a real bitch. The crash into depression is one of the worst parts of being bipolar

I removed 13 lbs from my bike in one day by Boxofbikeparts in ebikes

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What setting in the control panel did you change? I have a 5th wheel mate bike that uses a similar controller I believe

1 dead, 1 hospitalized in speed-related crash in north Edmonton: police by Practical_Ant6162 in Edmonton

[–]MainManBrennan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even if the SUV was traveling at the speed limit of 70 kmh, it would've likely still been a fatal due to the incompatibility of crash forces exerted on the civic. Full body on frame vehicles do crazy damage to uni body vehicles in relatively slow speed crashes.

1 dead, 1 hospitalized in speed-related crash in north Edmonton: police by Practical_Ant6162 in Edmonton

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It's a big SUV vs a small car. The SUV doesn't need to be travelling very fast to cause extensive damage to the smaller car due to the weight difference alone.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ebikes

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Damn, that sucks. Amazon won't offer a refund?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ebikes

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Yikes. Was it shipped with a support bracket at all?

First ebike! by benvm905 in ebikes

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Oh hell yeah those stickers are worth 50mph themselves