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It worked just fine when I bought it on eBay in June, but now after maybe 10-15min of playing it it gradually starts making a buzzing sound. I can’t find anyone around me to fix it for a decent price either. Is this a common issue?
Hi, Does the noise only occur when listening to tapes, the radio or both? If tapes only, try cleaning the tape heads in the player with a cassette cleaning tape or a Q-Tip lightly moistened with Isopropyl Alcohol 99%+ (available from electronics parts stores). Can’t find an image for your model but here’s one in another deck that shows what to look for when you open the door to insert the tape - see image in Step.2 & Step.4 If both tape and radio, try adjusting the volume control back and forth and check if the noise stops. If so it may be a noisy volume control potentiometer.
If you push the play button in further when it has a tape in does the buzzing stop? Tape head could be out of alignment. When the player is playing there is a screw that is exposed next to the tape head. Try adjusting it whilst its playing and see if that helps. I have a Sony radio cassette from years ago that had the same problem and adjusting it sorted it.
