Realistic Minisette-9 14-812

Cassette player/recorder from Tandy.

Causes

 * Electrolytic capacitors C5 and C15 found to be physically leaky.

Solutions

 * Replace C5 and C15 at a minimum.

Main PCB
Capacitor polarity is indicated on the board by a white circle surrounding the positive lead hole.

 Speaker PCB 

Basic PCB Name
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Kits

 * Digikey BOM: https://www.digikey.com/

Related Links

 * Radio Museum page