Phillips Cassette Player

[CP2025]

Hi there,

I have a Phillips Cassette Player with a broken motor. I am looking for somewhere in the United States or Europe to get this fixed.

Type: EL 3302A/15G
Voltage: 7.5V
Frequency: 50/60 Hz
Manufacturer: Philips
Motor markings: WR 01 941


I believe that the motor I am looking for is a small DC motor, likely a 7.5V brushed type used to drive the capstan and reels.

Does anyone have any advice to where I can find one of these and/or get this fixed? I am located in California, but again, can send it anywhere.

Thank you.

 

[MarcelvdG]

You could try asking if someone has a second-hand motor on this forum:

https://www.transistorforum.nl/forum/

It's in Dutch, but threads in other languages are allowed.

 

[franzm]

@CP2025 The motor runs on 3-5V. The speed regulator needs some headroom.
What happens when you power-up the recorder and press play, wind or rewind? Is the motor powered on too? There are some switches in the circuit. Make shure the motor gets what it needs before attempting to fix it.
In this recorder the motor rotation direction ist reverted for rew. Modern capstan motors employed in recorders are optimized for one direction of rotation so you'll have to find an older one.
You can dismantle the motor and check collector and brushes.

 

[CP2025]

@franzm The cassette player doesn't work at all. It also needs a new chain. I took it in but they said that the motor was dead and that it needed a new one.