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Anything is possible. It depends what's wrong with it and if you can get replacement parts.
Might just be a belt. Have you tried taking it apart?
What's the fault op?
BruceFull Member
Anything is possible
Not if you fitted alkaline batteries to a Sony Walkman pro, fries the circuit and no parts available, but in the above Walkman it’s probably just a belt you can buy online unless it’s a direct drive motor in that case you may find a unit on eBay to bastardise for parts.
The light turns on when I put a battery in, but it’s not game to move at all. I think it is direct drive, but haven’t pulled it apart yet.
Should I take it back to Dixon? In 1998 I always made sure I bought from bricks and mortar so I could return if faulty. 75 quid!?!
A quick google of the repair sites shows the most common issue with non playback of the sx20 is a clutch retention disc
Nice. I’ll look into that.
Can you hear any sound of the internals moving at all when you press play/fforward etc?
Nope
I've not repaired consumer electronics since the mid nineties. That said, I'd expect to hear some noise from the unit if it's a clutch issue. It's possible it's shutting down due to the clutch not working in principle though. However id still expect to hear some noise, even if only for a split second.
Nice.
My 10 year old son asked me what it was… I showed him the cassette and he said “oh yeah I know what that is, it’s like one of those record things but smaller!”
Have you turned it off and back on again?
Well I tried … I turned it off roughly 15-20 years ago.
I've got my old walkman somewhere.
One of these. Wasn't cheap.
Can it be fixed?
It's Tricky. When my Rock Box developed a fault (the Pause button stopped working) I was told it was Hard Times. Here We Go I thought...but that's life. Sometimes It's Like That.
I love that show 🙂
It's great!
I love the Yesterday TV channel - so much good stuff on there.