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Canadian resident here... looking to get a Philips Continental 420 open-reel
tape recorder/player repaired.
Have quite a few tapes in pristeen shape. The machine looks perfect but
doesn't playback too well.
Does anyone have any info about the subject?
Richard

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Richard Dufour wrote:

> Canadian resident here... looking to get a Philips Continental 420 open-reel
> tape recorder/player repaired.

That must be *very* old indeed. Unlikely to be able to source anything other
than generic parts as spares.

> Have quite a few tapes in pristeen shape. The machine looks perfect but
> doesn't playback too well.
> Does anyone have any info about the subject?

Find someone with a reel to reel machine in good order ?


Graham

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Richard Dufour <richardduf@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>Canadian resident here... looking to get a Philips Continental 420 open-reel
>tape recorder/player repaired.
>Have quite a few tapes in pristeen shape. The machine looks perfect but
>doesn't playback too well.
>Does anyone have any info about the subject?

Where in Canada are you?
Have you tried doing the regular alignment? What happens when you do?
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."

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Thank you a lot.
Will try to locate the Philips service center, because it is not listed on
Philips website.
I believe the motor is fine but that the belts and such maybe the problem,
since my dad had those replaced in 1992 so the speed would be accurate.
Maybe they dried out because of underuse.

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> "Richard Dufour" <richardduf@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> > Canadian resident here... looking to get a Philips Continental 420
open-reel
> > tape recorder/player repaired.
> > Have quite a few tapes in pristeen shape. The machine looks perfect but
> > doesn't playback too well.
> > Does anyone have any info about the subject?
> > Richard
>
>
> Where in Canada are you?
>
> Phillips have a service centre in Scarbourgh (Toronto), if you bug em
> enough they will help you.
>
> What is wrong with it? If the motors are gone you might be out of
> luck. Check with Phillips about getting belts.
>
> Are the heads clean?