UPDATE SEPT 2010 !
ALMOST 2 YEARS LATER, A FRIEND ONLINE HAS SHARED
THE PDF MANUAL.
I HAVE NESTED IT TO MY ONLINE FILE SERVER
HERE IS THE LINK TO DOWNLOAD IT :
http://www.mediafire.com/?toa56b3064eopva
My Marantz started to wobble and slowdown a bit with a cassette longer than 60 minutes, and sometimes not engaging
properly with rewind.
SO..
I scoured the interweb to find out how to take one apart. NOTHING...ZILCH.
I have then taken it upon myself to ...take it apart in front of myself. ;)
MAN was this thing EAZY to access. Although you have to unearth the circuit board and the belts under a sandwich of layers, it's
all VERY logical and smooth to get into those guts.
I took some pictures of the process and will be posting them, if you don't see them yet (waiting for my bloody
memory card reader to show up..the usb transfer on my cam no longer works) they'll be up within the week.
The conclusion for me to come to , that made me want to take this apart is twofold, Lack of information available, and
greed with the repair shops. General price just to Clean and Lube this is $125.00..that does not include replacement of
belts or anything. To replace the belts, is usually $50 on top of the other price.
The belts cost under $20.00...as low as $6.00
(A shop in Toronto actually refused to sell me the belts! but they obviously want the inflated handling fees in their bank accounts)
SO I like the DIY ethic..this thing is WAAYY out of warranty, and I learn something when I take it apart!
If we all work together, we can keep so called obsolete technology that works for many things, as creative tools,
in the hands of those that can utilize it, and cut down on the rampant consumerism.
Also, who can pass up the dynamite sound of this deck when recording in DBX..just astounding.
If anyone has a repair manual, ect...can you share so we can post it in .pdf ??
