Refurbished, fully functional Aiwa TP-VS550 monaural cassette recorder

Overview: This is a monaural cassette recorder that has been made lighter by integrating the chassis and mechanism block, and is also suitable for slightly longer recording sessions.

Features:
- Double speed mode. You can record for 90 minutes on one side of a 90-minute tape.
- Voice Activated Recording (Sound Activated Recording). When turned on, the motor stops if the surroundings are silent for more than 5 seconds during recording, and starts when sound is detected. Please use in the off position under normal circumstances.
- Stepless playback speed adjustment
- Tape counter
- External microphone terminal
- Cue & Review
- Automatic stop at tape end during recording and playback
- External power terminal (3V, EIAJ#1. AC-E30M can be used.)

Repair Details: Please refer to images 5, 6, and 7.

Notes:
- The rubber feet on the back have been newly created for re-listing. For this reason, only image 2 has been replaced.
- This sale includes only the main unit and strap. Please prepare your own recording tape and two AA batteries separately.
- There are quite a few scratches. Please refer to image 4.
- Currently, only I have replaced the idler on this unit. Price reduction requests will be ignored unless competitors emerge with similar improvements. I will gradually lower the price at my discretion, but the minimum price will be 4000 yen.
- This unit is a monaural tape recorder. If you connect headphones or earbuds directly to the headphone jack of this unit, only the left channel will sound. If you want to listen with both ears, please use a 2-pole male to 3-pole female conversion adapter. When listening with one ear, any monaural earbuds (2-pole, 3-pole, or 4-pole) will work normally.

Packaging and Shipping: Approximately 250g, exceeding 3cm in thickness. If purchased for 4500 yen or more, it will be shipped via YuYu-Packet Plus (generally uses real names for shipping). If purchased for less than that, it will be shipped via standard non-registered mail. Please note that this unit is 38mm thick and cannot be sent via Yu-Packet Post.