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Originally Posted by colectorad
All it could use outside of a proper capstan belt is a sealed relay. The 'Omron 62V-2' relay that it uses appears to have never been reliable by design. SP playback & reverse search suffer from it. I've seen mid-'80s recordings made by this machine with interference from the relay not switching the heads over all the way.
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Yes, I remember when head switching relays were a problem in earlier RCA/Hitachi models, as well. Back in the 90's I knew the part number for the relay by memory.