Sony Digital 8 Video Walkman GV-D800 Head Drum Replacement

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Sony Digital 8 Video Walkman GV-D800 Head Drum Replacement

Dificuldade

Difficult

Passos

18

Tempo necessário

30 minutes - 1 hour

Introdução

The Sony Digital 8 Video Walkman GV-D800 is a compact and decent tape player that can play Video8, Hi8, and Digital8 tapes, and even record Digital8 content. In my case, the sensitive heads on the drum were damaged beyond repair from a disintegrating tape. Ultimately, I found a Sony Handycam DCR-TRV110 that had a working head, but failed eject mechanism that served as a perfect tape drum head donor.

The 12voltvids YouTube channel has a video showing the process of getting the donor head, removing the dead head, and replacing with the donor head. While I didn't follow his video for this repair, it did help me find a suitable donor model. If you find this guide useful, please give his video a like.

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    • Remove the cover for the expansion port on the left side.

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    • Open the lid.

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    • Remove the 2x screws from the top of the cassette compartment.

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    • Press Eject to open the cassette compartment.

    • Gently pull up on the top plastic to clear these three bumps that hold this part in place.

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    • Remove the case screw on the back.

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    • Remove the 5x screws on the bottom.

    • Remove the bottom panel of the case.

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    • Remove 2x screws on the left side.

    • Remove 1x screw for the battery compartment.

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    • Slide the battery connector downwards.

    • Remove the 4x screws on the back of the device.

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    • Disconnect this connector.

    • Remove these 2x screws.

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    • Remove these 3x screws.

    • During reassembly, replace these screws before replacing the ribbons.

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    • Ribbon cables can be damaged easily. Take great care when removing these.

    • Some of these ribbons slide into the connector, others have retaining clips that can be pulled up or out to release the ribbons.

    • Remove the tape holding down the wires in this location (not pictured).

    • Disconnect this connector first to access all connectors across the top.

    • This connector should now be visible.

    • Disconnect these ribbons.

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    • Lift the cassette mechanism up from the left side of the case.

    • Take care to not damage the ribbons and wires.

    • Remove these 2x screws. This allows you to lift the circuit board from the cassette mechanism.

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    • Remove these 2x screws from the front of the cassette mechanism.

    • Remove these 2x screws from the back of the cassette mechanism.

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    • Slide the top part of the metal case to clear these clips.

    • Set the top portion to the side.

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    • Remove these 3x screws from the bottom of the cassette mechanism.

    • Remove the bottom metal portion of the cassette mechanism.

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    • Remove these three screws from the head drum.

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    • Remove these 2x screws. This gives enough clearance to lift the head drum out.

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    • Gently pull down on this plastic piece. Lift the old head drum out towards the top.

    • When reassembling with the new head drum, take care when holding and placing to not damage the heads.

    • To reassemble, follow the guide in reverse.

Conclusão

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. Take care when placing the new drum head and reinserting the ribbon cables.

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