{"id":929,"date":"2018-10-21T21:03:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-21T20:03:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=929"},"modified":"2018-10-21T21:03:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-21T20:03:32","slug":"panasonic-rq-sx45-portable-cassette-player-belt-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wiredwood.co.uk\/wordpress\/panasonic-rq-sx45-portable-cassette-player-belt-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Panasonic RQ SX45 portable cassette player belt change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PanasonicRQSX45<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was another \u00a32 boot sale purchase. The seller told me it was working perfectly. He lied. *<\/p>\n

The first problem was the absence of a battery. This takes a rechargeable “bubble gum stick” battery. Fortunately already have a Walkman and a Mini-disc which use these, so one was to hand.<\/p>\n

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Panasonic RQSX45 Inside<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As expected, the belts were slack. This takes the thin belts common in high end portable cassette players, two of them. I expected this, so had ordered the replacements in advance. What I didn’t anticipate was the belts being encased behind the circuit board. You can see here where I had to de-solder several components.<\/p>\n

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First the motor connections.<\/p>\n

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RQ SX45 solenoid and switch connections<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then the solenoid and cassette detector switches.<\/p>\n

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Circuit board removed<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Removing a few screws releases the board which can be folded back to reveal the belts to replace. I also cleaned up and re greased the accessible parts of the mechanism before carefully re assembling .<\/p>\n

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Panasonic RQ SX45<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While not quite as nice as the high end Sony’s, this is a very capable and great sounding machine. Recommended.<\/p>\n

* Avoid being lied to at boot sales by not asking questions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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