In this episode, the Retro Repair Guy restores a vintage 1977 Hitachi cassette deck. For this vintage repair and restoration, I had to recap the tape deck, repair the power supply and replace the lamps. This classic piece of retro tech is now ready for a new life.<br /><br />The ninth episode of the Retro Repair Guy. A series aimed at retro and vintage electronic repair and restoration.<br /><br />00:00 Snazzy Intro<br />00:15 Show Intro<br />04:18 Opening up the vintage cassette deck<br />05:29 Inspecting and testing of the old tape deck<br />06:53 Cleaning the retro cassette deck<br />07:57 A word about the Hitachi diodes in the vintage deck<br />09:05 Replacing the vintage VU meter lamps in the cassette deck<br />09:17 Replacing the belts in the tape deck<br />11:25 Reassembling the vintage Hitachi tape deck<br />14:16 Wrap up and testing the tape deck<br />16:11 Credits<br /><br />Footage, Music, and information in this video sourced from and used with permission:<br />• Soundstripe<br />• Pixabay<br /><br />I'm also on YouTube:<br /><br /><br />SUBSCRIBE ▶▶▶ https://www.youtube.com/c/RetroRepairGuy/?sub_confirmation=1<br /><br /><br />https://retrorepairguy.com<br />https://www.patreon.com/retrorepairguy<br /><br />#restoration #retrorepairs #repairelectronics #vintage #electronics #retrorepairguy
