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Akai LCT2785TA 27 in. LCD Television - Page 8 Questions & Answers
Akai cassette deck eating tapes
The reason that a tape player eats tapes is that the take up reel is not turning, There is a sensor that shuts off the machine if the take up reel is not turning. The tape goes between the pinch roller and capstan which pull the tape out of the supply side of the cassette. Since the take up reel is not turning the tape that is pulled out spills into the mechanism of the tape deck, so if it did not shut off about 2 more inches of tape would continue being pulled out of the cassette every second. There is a mechanical problem on the back side of the tape player. A reel, a belt, or a pulley.
If it will not FF it is likely a small belt.
I have purchased an Akai
This was a while back and maybe you've fixed it already, but I just bought the same model and also only got background sound and no voices. Turned out it was because the sound was set to surround sound. There are instructions of how to change sound to Stereo in the back of the instruction booklet - go into setup - audio - speaker setup - down mix - change to stereo.
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