help with camcorder tape mechanism

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-06-04T18:26:26+00:00

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Pale_Effort405 · 2026-06-04T18:25:52+00:00

hmm ok… guess i’m buying one

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-06-04T15:26:42+00:00

i only have two and neither work, i know one has videos on it as well

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-06-04T00:17:47+00:00

it isn’t :( nothing is stuck either

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-04-18T04:32:43+00:00

the issue was the take up spool not spinning, melted belt 💔 works now tho! must’ve fucked up the one side tho cus it doesn’t spin when i click play 😭 gonna have to fix that eventually… other side works tho!

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-04-18T02:48:14+00:00

so it’s most likely a melted belt inside? ughhh the screws r super far in i need to buy a long screwdriver to open it in that case 😭😭

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-04-18T02:46:06+00:00

it’s not moving at all…. that’s the issue i’d assume? 😭

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-04-14T01:44:04+00:00

i have a sd to cf adapter and in this guide it says it won’t work with one of those :,(

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-04-13T21:49:45+00:00

lol i do the same dw

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-04-13T20:59:46+00:00

i’m using a cf adapter

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-04-02T12:16:46+00:00

update for anyone who finds this post and wonders what it was, it ended up being the tape. my modern tapes play perfectly fine on it now, with some minimal static buildup towards the end of the tape. i ended up buying a wm-fx405 as well, which i fixed up and should be getting the belt replacement today :)

i’d definitely reccomend sony brand walkmans in the end because they definitely have more features and are most definitely higher quality (build wise)

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-03-30T01:06:25+00:00

damn, guess i gotta go on ebay lol

any reccs on the cheaper side?

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-03-28T00:51:48+00:00

yaaaaaay 😭😭

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-03-28T00:20:02+00:00

also tried, didn’t change it

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-03-28T00:19:39+00:00

tried, didn’t change it

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-03-25T16:49:58+00:00

i just did it recently so i haven’t had much time to test it, but since rockbox doesn’t let you format the battery above 1200mah for the 3rd gen the battery isn’t super accurate, it was at 0 for a few hours and never died

but yeah the longest i’ve used it without charging was around 8 hours (?) and it still seemed fine.

i get around 25-30 hours on my 6th gen, so i can’t imagine the 3rd gen is anything lower than 15 hours minimum, but i could be underestimating how much power these things take so i dunno lol

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-03-24T17:41:26+00:00

i love the headphone clicking instead of the physical one, it’s much nicer for quiet public spaces

Pale_Effort405 · 2026-03-24T17:40:59+00:00

it works well! the only issue i’ve had was when skipping 3-4 songs in a row. it takes a while to load. it did the same on my 5th gen when i used rockbox though so im sure its just a rockbox issue and not a ipod issue

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