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When I play, fast forward or rewind the cassette player, a clicking sound comes out of the on board speakers. This happens with and without a tape inserted. If the player has had a few days off then it might not click for a few hours, but in time it will, and then it will eventually become more regular until it reaches a click every 3 seconds or so. I’m using the unit to record me singing on to the tapes and then passing those tapes on to the computer through the headphone out. The clicks, if they’re happening, become part of the recording on the computer, and as you can imagine this is very frustrating, so any help would be readily appreciated. Edit: I’ve made a video of the problem - here it is… https://youtu.be/ETZQckLuAow All the best, Barry Update (06/06/2021) I made a video of the problem, so hopefully somebody can help! https://youtu.be/ETZQckLuAow
Hi @bazmaclean, Don’t know the answer but here’s a link to the service manual that may help. The schematic may help you to isolate where the noise is coming from. The schematic is a bit hard to use as it is split over three pages If it only occurs when the motor is running but not when using the radio function for example then perhaps there is feedback from the motor circuit getting into the audio circuit somehow. Just what I think may be happening and not what I know is ;-)
