Originally Posted By: Ryszard
I hear ya, Mac, but this doohickey wasn't connected to anything, electrical or mechanical. My stepfather and I opened the deck up and looked. All it did was go "click" when you turned it from one position to another with a screwdriver through a hole in the panel. Note that I did run it via stepdown transformer in Germany, so tapes I made there play just fine in the U S and A.


A yoke that functions by guiding the capstan belt such that the belt pops onto the larger or smaller pulley.

Belt only contacts the yoke once when speed is changed and belt must be rotating to make the transition.