Introduction
This is a teardown of the PYE Portable Stereo Radio Cassette Recorder.
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Radio weight: 1.343kg. Radio plays cassette tapes and picks up radio signals.
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Length: 340mm
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Width: 80mm
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Height: 124mm
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Removed battery case lid. Weight: 25g. Covers batteries, protecting them.
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Length: 209mm
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Width: 2.5mm
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Height: 38mm
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Unscrewed the 4 medium length back screws. Phillips head, pointed tip. Weight: <1g. Holds back case to front case.
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Length: 26mm
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Diameter: 5.5mm
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Unscrewed long length back screw. Phillips head, pointed tip. Weight: <1g. Holds back case to front case.
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Length: 37mm
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Diameter: 5.5mm
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Took handle off using a screwdriver to push down the plastic holding it in place. Weight: 37g. Allows user to carry radio.
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Length: 303mm
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Width: 16mm
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Height: 64mm
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Undid the radio station picker by pulling it out. This comprised of the radio station wheel, the radio station string, the radio station yellow marker and the radio station spring.
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Radio station wheel weight: 6g. User can rotate wheel to pick a different radio station.
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Diameter: 40mm
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Width: 21mm
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Radio station picker yellow marker weight: <1g. Signals to user what radio station it’s picking up.
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Length: 16mm
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Width: 9.5mm
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Height: 12.5mm
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Radio station picker spring weight: <1g. Tensions radio station picker to the front case so it doesn’t fall out.
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Length:12.5mm
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Diameter: 3mm
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Radio station picker string weight: <1g. Pulls the radio station yellow marker across.
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Length between two red arrows: 413mm
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Diameter: 1mm
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Unscrewed the 5 screws holding the speakers to the front case. Phillips head, pointed tip. Weight: <1g. Holds the speakers to the front case.
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Length: 9mm
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Diameter: 6mm
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While the radio was clamped to the table I used a plier to pry the two speakers off, they were still connected to the back case with the wires.
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Then I used the plier to remove the speaker brackets. Weight: <1g. Allows the speaker screws to hold the speaker to the front case without ruining the speakers.
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Length: 18mm
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Width: 13mm
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Height: 1mm
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Took off both speaker meshes from the front case using a plier to straighten out the mesh tabs. Weight: 26g. Protects speakers and dissipates sound.
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Length: 10mm
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Width: 97mm
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Height: 11mm
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There was soft material behind the speaker meshes that just fell out. Weight: <1g. Dissipates sound.
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Length: 10mm
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Width: 10mm
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Height: 0.5mm
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I took out the door wire using pliers as it was hard to reach. It ended up flinging across the room because it was actually a spring. Weight: <1g. Allows door to lift up and down on its own.
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Length: 28mm
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Width: 3mm
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Height: 6mm
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Pulled off the front case foam which was easy to do as it wasn't stuck on very well. Weight: <1g. Holds the small PCB to the back case and stops it from moving out of place.
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Length: 15mm
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Width: 10mm
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Height: 11mm
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Pried off the door. Weight: 41g. Protects cassette tape and internals.
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Length: 126mm
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Width: 88mm
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Height: 24mm
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Pried off the two door metals. Weight: <1g. Hold cassette in place when inside radio.
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Length: 25mm
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Width: 5mm
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Height: 0.5mm
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Poked out the door plastic. Weight: 5g. Allows the cassette tape name to be read whilst in the radio and gives information about tape direction.
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Length: 111mm
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Width: 22mm
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Height: 1mm
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The front case is now free. Weight: 123g. Protects inside components and keeps everything in place. Has aesthetic value as well.
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Length: 345mm
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Width: 30mm
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Height: 123mm
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Undid the 2 screws on the thermal coil using a screwdriver. Phillips head, pointed tip. Weight: <1g. Holds thermal coil to back case.
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Screw length: 11mm
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Screw diameter: 5mm
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This also released the 2 washers. Weight: <1g. Height: 1mm. Distributes load from the thermal coil screws onto the thermal coil. Protect against damage.
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Washer diameter: 12mm
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Pulled out thermal coil, but it was still connected to the back case with two more screws. I couldn't unscrew these, so I applied WD40 to the 2 screws and waited 10 minutes for it to seep it. But I still couldn't remove the screws so I just left them.
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Took off the volume sliders with pliers. Weight: <1g. Allows user to change the volume and tone of the audio.
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Length: 17mm
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Width: 5mm
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Height: 6mm
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Undid the 4 tape screws with a screwdriver. Phillips head, pointed tip. Weight: <1g. The tape was still stuck to the back case with wires, but now I can get to the PCB screws. Holds tape to the back case.
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Length: 9mm
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Diameter: 6mm
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Unscrewed the 2 PCB screws. Phillips head, pointed tip. They had different diameters. Green screw weight: <1g. Holds PCB to the back case.
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Length: 9mm
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Diameter: 5mm
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Blue screw weight: <1g. Holds PCB to the back case.
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Length: 8.5mm
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Diameter: 6mm
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Pulled off the 2 buttons to release the PCB. Weight: <1g. Allows user to turn the radio off and on.
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Length: 32mm
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Width: 13mm
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Height: 9mm
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Pulled the 6 wires off the speakers. All the wires have a diameter of 1mm and a weight of <1g. The wires carry electric current to both speakers and the PCB.
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Length: 442mm
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Length: 255mm
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Length: 214mm
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Length: 236mm
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Length: 380mm
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Length: 377mm
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The speakers are now free. Weight: 60g. Produce audio and amplify it.
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Diameter: 77mm
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Height: 22mm
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Pulled off the thick tape wire. Diameter: 1mm. Length: 229mm. Carries electric current to the tape and the PCB.
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Pulled off the other tape wires. The tape is now free.
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Tape. Weight: 221g. Play, stop, pause, rewind, skip and record on a cassette tape.
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Length: 315mm
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Width: 14.5mm
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Height: 21.5mm
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Pulled the 7 wires off the thermal. All the wires have a diameter of 1mm and a weight of <1g. The wires carry electric current to the thermal wire and the PCB
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Length: 315mm
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Length: 305mm
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Length: 215mm
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Length: 239mm
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Length: 273mm
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Length: 175mm
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Length: 96mm
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Took wire tube off the wires. Weight: <1g. Length: 41mm. Hold the thermal wires together.
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Diameter: 7mm
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Wire metal. Weight: <1g. Length: 38mm. Hold the thermal wires together.
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Width: 6mm
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Height: 0.5mm
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Wire metal tube weight: <1g. Ensures no electric current is transferred to the wire metal from the wires or vice versa.
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Length: 31mm
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Diameter: 3mm
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Pulled apart the PCB subassembly into PCB big, PCB small, bread wire, metal, rubber, & the 8 PCB wires.
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PCB big weight: 129g. Controls the operations of the radio.
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Length: 150mm
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Width: 112.5mm
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Height: 26.5mm
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Bread wire weight: <1g. Length: 68mm. Hold the PCB wires together.
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Width: 2mm
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Height: 1mm
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Metal weight: <1g. Diameter: 9mm. Connects the PCB wires to the PCB.
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Height: 7mm
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Rubber weight: <1g. Diameter: 12.5mm. Ensures no electric current is transferred from the PCB to the other radio components.
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Height: 8mm
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The 8 PCB wires. They all have a weight of <1g and a diameter of 1mm. Length: 294mm. The wires carry electric current to the two PCBs
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Length: 259mm
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Length: 299mm
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Length: 176mm
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Length: 298mm
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Length: 255mm
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Length: 215mm
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Length: 238mm
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PCB small weight: 10g. Controls the volume and tone of the radio audio.
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Length: 66mm
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Width: 40.5mm
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Height: 19mm
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Back case is done. Weight: 540g. Protects inside components and keeps everything in place. Has aesthetic value as well.
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Length: 340mm
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Width: 63mm
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Height: 124mm
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