Good Day to All,
I am a total novice regarding tape recorder repair. My main hobby for years has been vintage, pre-WWII radios. I have three tape machines, all of which I will have questions about as time marches on; a Tandberg 74B, a Roberts 450, and today's item. I can pretty much handle the mechanical stuff but the electronics are very different from what I am accustomed to.
When I turn on the "Play" switch on my Akai X-201D, not only does the "take-up" motor start in a counter-clockwise direction like it should, but the rewind motor starts in a clock-wise direction pulling the tape in two directions. It just started doing this recently. This has been my main listening machine for quite awhile.
Any ideas about what I can look for?
Thanks so much.
Lou Hiltz
Retired and Loving It
