Sony TC-188SD - Pinch Roller Pressure and Pause Timing Adjustments

Pinch Roller Pressure Adjustment
— Playback Mode —
Hook the pinch roller with a spring scale.
Pull the spring scale.
Slowly return the pinch roller and read the
spring scale just when the pinch roller starts
to rotate.
pinch roller
Shut-off Time Measurement
Specification: Within six seconds
PAUSE Timing Adjustment
— PAUSE Mode —
pinch
roller
ee
)
Bend
up
or down.
Bend
here
and
adjust
the
position
of
pinch
roller
so
that
the
rotations
of
pinch
roller
and
reel
spindles
stop
at
the
same
time
when
slowly
de-
pressing
PAUSE
button.