Fixing ROTEL's Vintage Tape Chewer - The RD-500

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• KE

  @kevinwilby · 2 months ago

  Instant Electronics closed it's doors for the final time in September 2007, I spent 20+ years working as a bench engineer there - I might even have done the repair on that very cassette deck.

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• MN

  @Mnelissen1968 · 2 months ago (edited)

  This channel is single-handedly the best repair channel you can find on YouTube.<br>Still, I can&apos;t imagine why this guy has no more subscribers!<br>The attention to detail and the explanation of how he fixes things are second to none.<br>Even when you have no affiliation with electronic repair, you will enjoy these repair videos.<br>After each video, you say to yourself, I didn&apos;t know that I liked fixing electronics that much, and as a matter of fact, I learned something!<br>Doesn&apos;t matter what he repairs; it&apos;s always a great joy watching him do his thing.<br>Let&apos;s get this guy more subscribers ASAP!

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• TI

  @tim362 · 2 months ago

  I save a lot of time just hitting the Like button during the intro music. You already know the video will be good.

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• MI

  @michaelstanley420 · 2 months ago

  For your birthday we&apos;ll all send you some new Barbie Girl tapes so you never run out!

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• SA

  @safreq453 · 2 months ago

  I think this is the best type of outro, just a couple of seconds of silence, flicking power off from every instrument, having a little bit of ASMR from everything whirring down. Job well done, peace within at last!

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• MA

  @MartinPiper6502 · 2 months ago

  It&apos;s so nice the manual has the calibration procedures.

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• AM

  @amilani4 · 2 months ago

  Man, what a joy. A new mend it mark video is rare treat

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• RA

  @RambozoClown · 2 months ago

  All tape decks should have a crumb tray.

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• MO

  @Moduvator · 2 months ago

  How very thoughtful of them to put an explosion containment shield around those RIFA caps right at the factory!

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• PL

  @plasmaDave · 2 months ago

  Mark the editing torture you must have gone &nbsp;through &nbsp;to create this. My hat is off to you or whoever did it 👍

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• AR

  @ari-mattimaunuvaara7461 · 2 months ago

  Lovely, thank you! Was waiting for Barbie Girl at the end, but naturally that tape is reserved only for the pre-fixing use 😄

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• WO

  @wolfmanjacksaid · 2 months ago

  A frosty beer and a new Mend It Mark video. A good relaxing night ahead!

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