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Capstan motor does not turn. In the manual there's no schematic of the capstan motor drive circuit. Where can I get one?

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Send me a model number and a request by regular E mail to [email protected] and I will see what I have but in many cases depending on what you are working with the motor may need replacing.

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jan 26, 2008

SOURCE: No inputs to Capstan motor on Pioneer RT909 Tape deck

Could be a nasty fix this one. you will have 2 faults. Firstly the original fault, and secondly the man made one. I hate it when that happens. You dont mention what collector voltages you have. Check DC first is the oldest addage for electronics repairs. It is possible that you may have lost power supply to this stage when the short occurred by failure of a resistor somewhere in the supply line. It can be hard to check the junctions of a darlington transistor without replacing it. The transistor you mention is a series regulator that wont be providing pulses, but regulating to 24 volts. Check the Zener diode in the base of it(should have 25 volts here) and 37 volts on the collector. You wont have voltage at the motor but rather a AC drive generated and controlled by the the IC and FG coil and the 4 transistors q210-213 . You may need to get back to me to help fault find the circuit. I got a schematic at http://www.eserviceinfo.com/download.php?fileid=6302 Get back to me here if you can/cant get the 24v reg back up and we'll attack the speed problem:)

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Anonymous

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  • Posted on Jul 27, 2008

SOURCE: capstan belt

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What make and model are you repairing?

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