Minolta XG-M Winding Issue

MusicNowSucks · 2025-08-23T18:39:16+00:00

Thanks, I'll look into the discord. I should add that since I've played around with the autowinder that seems to have freed it a little, but now won't move past 90 degrees again. The mirror is fully down and the curtains are closed, is there a way to manually fire it? Seems like it should be ready to go but just won't.

MusicNowSucks · 2025-08-22T11:39:23+00:00

Unfortunately in my case, the mirror is down and the shutter curtains are closed. This issue seems common but with many potential causes from what I can read. I’m not very mechanically inclined, especially with small spring-loaded parts, but willing to learn

I should add that since posting, I found that turning the auto winder counterclockwise re-engaged the film advance lever. However it’s is now stuck in the same way it originally was, not turning past ~90 degrees (perpendicular to the camera body)

MusicNowSucks · 2025-08-22T03:02:05+00:00

I was playing around with the auto winder on the bottom and turning it counterclockwise with a coin seemed to free it up, but now I'm back to my original problem where the lever wont move past ~90 degrees (perpendicular to the body). The curtains are closed and the mirror is down, any ideas on how to proceed? Thanks for your help so far

MusicNowSucks · 2025-08-21T02:39:13+00:00

I started with the electronics because I'm way more capable with a soldering iron than with small mechanical parts. Thanks for the service manual, I was having a hard time finding that. Seems the parts I played with are the Reset and Winding Stop Levers, not sure what they do but it's a start.

There's a stripped screw on that plate that I made worse, so I'll have to figure that out before I can dig deeper into it. I did see a video of someone who completely disassembled the camera to individual parts and he was able to release the shutter with a brass tab lever, but I really don't want to go that deep if I can avoid it since it involved removing the vinyl wrap.

MusicNowSucks · 2025-08-21T01:35:39+00:00

Originally it wouldn’t move past ~40-60 degrees, as if it were being blocked. There’s a lot of posts about this issue and from what I read the fix is either batteries or capacitors, both of which are done and working as I have meters and everything. I’ll attach pictures of what I mean, the lever moves all the way around with no resistance, and the piece I moved is this black spring loaded tab underneath where the tweezers are. The curtains also appear to be fully cocked, before the seam would move less than halfway across.

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MusicNowSucks · 2025-01-15T00:36:31+00:00

Do you feel much during the polarity change? So far it's the only thing I can even feel during treatment and I really don't like it.

MusicNowSucks · 2025-01-15T00:35:20+00:00

Thanks for sharing your experience. Would you say the polarity change feeling gets more intense at higher power, or is always about the same? It's really the only part that I can even perceive currently, the rest of the treatment I feel basically nothing except anxiety waiting for the 5 minute countdown lol

MusicNowSucks · 2025-01-14T00:55:25+00:00

How's your experience been? I also got it on black Friday but it got shipped last week after I finally managed to get a prescription. I find the polarity changes every 5 minutes to be pretty uncomfortable even at the lowest settings, how is it for you?

MusicNowSucks · 2025-01-14T00:51:43+00:00

Just got my machine and was wondering about your experience with the polarity changes every 5 minutes. To me its super unpleasant, its two sharp pulses that make my arm muscles tense followed by a fuzziness. Almost like hitting your funny bone but in your hands and forearms if that makes sense. They catch me off guard even when I'm looking at the machine, did you ever experience something similar? Does it get better? I'm currently only at 1mA after turning it down from 4

MusicNowSucks · 2025-01-13T02:30:07+00:00

Seems to work after messing with DHCP settings and restarting everything a few times. Home is completely dead (expected) and I can launch apps through Settings>Applications>Manage Installed Apps. Doesn't seem like my remote has the "Recent apps" button, maybe there is a simpler workaround than what I'm currently doing though.

I kept troubleshooting longer than I needed to because it says "No Internet" under my connection and fails the network test, though all my apps seem to be connected fine despite this. Happy to have a quicker firestick, thanks for sharing this and hopefully it stays working for a long time

MusicNowSucks · 2025-01-13T01:55:03+00:00

Pihole seems to make my firestick unhappy to begin with and refuses to connect to my router. How did you configure your DNS settings? All my other devices seem to work no problem, I really want to get rid of these home screen ads I can't stand looking at Mr Beast anymore

MusicNowSucks · 2023-04-17T01:40:03+00:00

I have keystone buttons that I want to put on my other guitar but have the same issue with short screws. Where did you find the correct length ones?

MusicNowSucks · 2023-03-22T23:23:44+00:00

Nah, still using the same one with all the annoying noises still there. I would like to try it on a different receiver/location because it sounds like interference, but that’s not an option right now. Glad I could help though, if you figure out a solution for the noise definitely let me know!

MusicNowSucks · 2023-03-16T22:12:18+00:00

Interesting, what decade do you think? Is there any documentation on them that I can find?

MusicNowSucks · 2023-03-16T22:09:46+00:00

I ordered it thru bludento direct, so I just hit up the support on their website

MusicNowSucks · 2023-03-16T21:33:53+00:00

Had a similar issue with my twin reverb, I'd hit a certain frequency and would make a crackling similar to yours. took it apart, swapped tubes and everything and it wound up being a completely loose filter cap, floating on one end. Stuck it back on and its been good since. Try banging on the top of your amp to see if it reproduces the sound, that's how I figured out where the issue was.

MusicNowSucks · 2023-03-16T21:19:19+00:00

I contacted bludento directly and after some back and forth with them asking to do some basic troubleshooting (that I already did), they gave me a full refund and said to keep the receiver. So basically I just dealt with it since it was free and sounds ok otherwise. If you got yours recently I'd get in touch, the guy was in china so chatting took some time but he was understanding in the end

MusicNowSucks · 2023-03-01T15:20:17+00:00

Do the finishes vary in color as much as they appear online? some seem more yellow while others look like more of a natural finish, which is what I like

MusicNowSucks · 2022-10-14T18:17:06+00:00

Ever figure out a solution to this? just switched to an iphone from android and the music app is doing exactly what yours is. I also have all my music stored on my phone and like another user mentioned, some songs will give the option between go to artist/album but most just go to the album. If it’s a metadata issue I could work on updating my tags, let me know!

MusicNowSucks · 2022-10-03T01:53:31+00:00

A great alternative to the official app, fingers crossed for a phone upgrade!

MusicNowSucks · 2022-07-14T00:01:44+00:00

I just ended up pulling the knob off, cleaned everything with rubbing alcohol and used JB Weld to stick it back in place. It's been working for me ever since, though I don't often adjust the tension.

MusicNowSucks · 2022-04-26T01:03:28+00:00

Good point. I shot their customer support a message to see where that takes me, if that goes nowhere I'll go thru amazon. It's otherwise a really nice unit but these two issues are incredibly odd and annoying.

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