Tape Trail

Aligned my first tape head on a Panasonic Shockwave portable cassette player

174.112.1.0

3db

I turned a screw near the bottom right of the head which did nothing. The one to the left of the head which was also more recessed did the trick. I had my headphones and was playing the tape while adjusting the screw and got it to sound clear. Does anyone know what the right screw does?

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RE: Aligned my first tape head on a Panasonic Shockwave portable cassette player - 3db 06:58:03 09/17/20 (0)
I found out that the other screw was the tape alignment in the reverse direction. Now I have this unit tuned.
RE: Aligned my first tape head on a Panasonic Shockwave portable cassette player - nosmok 15:31:03 09/13/20 (0)
It may not "do" anything. Some head alignment set-ups in my experience have an adjuster on one side, and the other side acts as a pivot, with a spring or rubber block type thing to keep tension in there somewhere. The risk you'd run is snapping the pivot-side screw off from over-tightening. Best to examine a manual, as I am not familiar with this particular unit. Just my two cents, take it for what it's worth.

-nosmok
RE: Aligned my first tape head on a Panasonic Shockwave portable cassette player - johnmil 06:28:11 09/09/20 (0)
Try Hi-Fi Engine.

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