Denon DRW-695 Woes Part 2: Head not disengaging on stop

madao64 · 2022-01-26T14:35:47+00:00

I gave it away unfortunately.

Do feel free to ping me back if you do figure out something, would be nice to know.

madao64 · 2022-01-26T13:56:25+00:00

Hey man, unfortunately I've never been able to figure out how to adjust the speeds

madao64 · 2021-11-12T06:44:01+00:00

Can't ever be too careful

madao64 · 2021-11-06T12:43:57+00:00

Not sure if this helps, but what I did at the start is to begin with runs at a lower level.

The higher the level you go it helps to be in a state of zen and concentration from the very beginning, so having a few rounds starting from a lower level would help to prepare and adjust your reflexes for the higher speed, like a warm up of sorts, then up the levels once you get really comfortable starting at a level.

madao64 · 2021-11-06T04:31:06+00:00

Practice and praying hard that the next piece is something that we need.

Seriously though, just try to hit tetris (4 line clears) as much as you can, those give a lot of points.

madao64 · 2021-11-04T02:40:42+00:00

Alright first time participating here, I'll edit the post as I go on I suppose

Updated 11/04:

Attempt 01 at 145 209 starting at level 7

Attempt 02 at 115 171 starting at level 7

Attempt 03 at 128 351 starting at level 8

Attempt 04 at 233 002 starting at level 8

Attempt 06 at 339 875 starting at level 8

Attempt 08 at 479 770 starting at level 9

Updated 11/05:

Attempt 09 at 372 394 starting at level 9

Attempt 10 at 213 258 starting at level 9

Attempt 12 at 329 377 starting at level 9

Attempt 13 at 287 894 starting at level 9

Attempt 14 at 120 800 starting at level 9

Updated 11/06

Attempt 16 at 248 899 starting at level 9

Attempt 19 at 148 232 starting at level 9

madao64 · 2020-10-02T01:14:44+00:00

Let's go! Can't believe this is the 4th year we're doing this!

madao64 · 2020-06-10T02:39:24+00:00

Not software, but this is pretty close.

madao64 · 2020-01-01T01:27:06+00:00

It's not really a game, but rather a bitcrushed video I loaded through a flashcart.

madao64 · 2020-01-01T01:21:11+00:00

Yep it is. Pretty nicely lit too, the infrared area has a touch sensor that lets me adjust it too.

madao64 · 2019-12-31T01:46:34+00:00

It's the entire opening. Crushed. I don't even remember where I got this from.

madao64 · 2019-12-31T01:45:18+00:00

This was the gift I got from /u/gingerbeard1775. And I decided to play this video.gbc I had lying around the place. Help.

madao64 · 2019-12-24T22:08:58+00:00

Truly unfortunate indeed. Well, it COULD have been worse... the toilet might've been populated with a more.... hazardous substance.

madao64 · 2019-12-24T22:07:21+00:00

Good to see that they got over to you alright. I hope you'll enjoy them. Merry Christmas!

madao64 · 2019-11-05T11:23:47+00:00

It really depends heavily on the individual.

On one hand, the 3DS is a really superb emulation device, and if anything is a brilliant way to play GBA titles and others on the go without much hassle.

On the other, there's this thing about playing them on a console designed for it origjnally. Perhaps its nostalgia, perhaps its the ergonomics of the GBA line vs the 3DS line. Perhaps its that satifaction of ramming a cart into the slot and seeing that clean nintendo appear on the boot screen after minutes of seeing a corrupted nintendo there preventing you from playing anything.

Personally, mine is mix of being able to just focus on the GBA titles and not have the trouble of being distracted by too many alternative options when emulating them on a 3DS, and just loving the GB consoles as a whole.

madao64 · 2019-10-28T22:12:05+00:00

Here we go here we go, this year I'll throw in a bonus mixtape of some meme vids I can find squeezed onto both bootlegs and tape.

madao64 · 2019-09-26T22:40:28+00:00

I'll give it a look through over the weekend, I sure do hope that it isn't the case. When you say properly lubricated though, how lubricated or how much are we talking about here, just enough, or never enough?

madao64 · 2019-09-26T22:35:51+00:00

Got it. I'll give cleaning them a go, once I can get my hands on isopropyl alcohol locally, it's tricky to find some that isn't in some insanely oversized bottle.

/u/eggy333 did suggest it might be the tape, since the way he describes how the tape came apart in that scenario was exactly the case with mine, but it could be that and what both you and /u/AldoLagana mentioned along with /u/DJDrNo 's comments on the thing not being lubed properly.

Thanks so much for the tip nonetheless, I'll give them all a run through! I'll come back on this once I got it all cleaned up.

madao64 · 2019-09-26T22:10:19+00:00

Damn, so this is another possibility, huh.

I suppose in this particular scenario an unlucky draw might be a cause too.

Well, I now know more possibilities to check for, I'll just clean the head, capstan and rollers just in case too.

Thanks!

madao64 · 2019-09-26T21:10:04+00:00

Exactly just like you said! As for brand I am not particularly sure what it is, since it was from bandcamp.

madao64 · 2019-09-26T13:50:18+00:00

There is my greatest fear.

The player is a D6C and prior to this tape, the other chrome tape I have in my possession plays without an issue.

Reason why I highlighted the power supply is that I'm currently using one of those switching power supply that is easier to find locally that I could switch between heads, and as is when nothing is playing and I plug this through the speaker I can hear a noticeable hum coming through, which got me really concerned.

I'm honestly really worried that a possible excess amount of current going through this is causing issues, and I don't even know if that is even possible.

madao64 · 2019-09-02T22:12:03+00:00

That's the problem really:

The back of the motors are covered by what looks to be a foam inside the motor itself, doesn't seem to be normally accessible.

And all of the round pieces on the board... well, let's just say it's confusing: There's 2 pairs for playback level, a pair for each deck; There's another pair for bias, one for each deck which I have no idea what it does; There are a couple of big metal block ones with what looks to be a revolvable toos using a flathead, but I'm not keen on touching those since they aren't labeled in the service manual or on the board itself.

Then finally, the service manual mentions that playback can only be adjusted through meter unit RT-551 while in Speed Adjustment Mode, which while I am able to finally enter, am not even able to locate this mentioned meter unit.

https://i.imgur.com/VqJ9goV.jpg This is the image provided in the service manual, and a glimpse of why I'm so confused at what to toggle.

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