The 1980s "Educational" Boom Box - Sharp RD 688AV

The Sharp RD-688AV looks like a GF-555 and acts like one, but sadly it isn't one. #boombox #1980s 0:00 A boombox wanna-be 0:30 What's missing? 1:00 Portability - Nope 1:25 For the AV Club 2:00 Controls and Buttons 2:31 The Ancestors 2:47 The Sync Channel 3:00 Erase Side B While Playing Side A 3:33 Music Search Elevator Buttons 5:18 Repair Section - Initial Impressions 6:18 Back Cover Removal 6:49 Front Cover Removal 7:17 Cassette Mechanism Removal 8:34 Motor Assembly Removal 9:41 Fixing Broken Eject 10:31 Replacing the Capstan Idler 12:07 Ker-Chunk Noise Investigation 13:40 More Brittle Plastic 14:28 The Duet We Did Not Know We Needed 14:47 Final Ramblings