I picked up from Ebay a cassette deck. It is a 2 head, 2 motor full logic controlled deck. The front panel was damaged a bit during shipping and it requires manually prying the door open while pressing the 'eject' button to load/unload tapes. It is a microcassette unit. When you select Play the heads come up and the tape advances for a split second but does not take up any slack. When you select ff/rew you can hear the motor start to turn but no movement from either of the reels and the deck will sense this and will stop.
I took the cover off and both belts are intact and seem to work fine when their respective functions are engaged. One seems a wee loose but not enough to make too much of a difference I don't think. What could the trouble be? Is it something more involved than just belts? I remember having a Mitsubishi cassette deck and it had a similar problem. On most 2-motor cassette decks what is the function of the individual motors.....the capstan and take up reels?
thanks Luke