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Pioneer CT-F1000 Need Help

I pulled out the old Pioneer CT-F1000 to hook up to my Vintage system and it still looks as good as the day I bought it, but when I press play or any of the buttons nothing happens. It powers up and all lights work so I opened it up and cleaned the inside and checked the belts which seemed to be fine, but still nothing. Any ideas?
grandwazoo
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rwwear
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Did you have a tape in it?
narrod
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If I recall it has solenoid switches. They can go bad and it is old. Do any of the soft touch switches work?
grandwazoo OP
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Yes, I had a tape in....
grandwazoo OP
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None of the soft touch switches work. They lock in place when pressed and then pop back out.
rwwear
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The switches sound like they are very dirty. But this model and the CT-F900 were never very dependable. I used to have a stack of them lying about that were broken. I'm down to one now. There is a guy on eBay that rebuilds them. You may want to try contact cleaner first.
grandwazoo OP
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Thanks. I will try that and maybe check into getting it serviced. Thanks Again.
rwwear
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http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?from=R40&_trksid=m37&satitle=Pioneer+CT-F1000&category0=
johnss
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Rwwear is correct. These Pioneer decks were not known for their high reliability. Having said that, did you check and see if the belt is slipping? I don't recall if this model has a direct drive capstan or not.

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