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.

    • Length: 340mm

    • Width: 80mm

    • Height: 124mm

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    • Cord Weight: 89g. Cord powers radio.

    • Cord Length: 1,883mm

    • Plug width: 41mm

    • Plug height: 27mm

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    • Removed battery case lid. Weight: 25g. Covers batteries, protecting them.

    • Length: 209mm

    • Width: 2.5mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 26mm

    • Diameter: 5.5mm

    • Unscrewed long length back screw. Phillips head, pointed tip. Weight: <1g. Holds back case to front case.

    • Length: 37mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 303mm

    • Width: 16mm

    • Height: 64mm

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    • Separated the front and back cases revealing the components inside.

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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.

    • Radio station wheel weight: 6g. User can rotate wheel to pick a different radio station.

    • Diameter: 40mm

    • Width: 21mm

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    • Radio station picker yellow marker weight: <1g. Signals to user what radio station it’s picking up.

    • Length: 16mm

    • Width: 9.5mm

    • 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.

    • Length:12.5mm

    • Diameter: 3mm

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    • Radio station picker string weight: <1g. Pulls the radio station yellow marker across.

    • Length between two red arrows: 413mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 9mm

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Length: 18mm

    • Width: 13mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 10mm

    • Width: 97mm

    • Height: 11mm

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    • There was soft material behind the speaker meshes that just fell out. Weight: <1g. Dissipates sound.

    • Length: 10mm

    • Width: 10mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 28mm

    • Width: 3mm

    • Height: 6mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 15mm

    • Width: 10mm

    • Height: 11mm

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    • Pried off the door. Weight: 41g. Protects cassette tape and internals.

    • Length: 126mm

    • Width: 88mm

    • Height: 24mm

    • Pried off the two door metals. Weight: <1g. Hold cassette in place when inside radio.

    • Length: 25mm

    • Width: 5mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 111mm

    • Width: 22mm

    • Height: 1mm

    • The front case is now free. Weight: 123g. Protects inside components and keeps everything in place. Has aesthetic value as well.

    • Length: 345mm

    • Width: 30mm

    • 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.

    • Screw length: 11mm

    • Screw diameter: 5mm

    • This also released the 2 washers. Weight: <1g. Height: 1mm. Distributes load from the thermal coil screws onto the thermal coil. Protect against damage.

    • Washer diameter: 12mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 17mm

    • Width: 5mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 9mm

    • Diameter: 6mm

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    • Ripped the wires off the PCB and the other components to free them (speakers, tape, etc.)

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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.

    • Length: 9mm

    • Diameter: 5mm

    • Blue screw weight: <1g. Holds PCB to the back case.

    • Length: 8.5mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 32mm

    • Width: 13mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 442mm

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    • Length: 377mm

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    • The speakers are now free. Weight: 60g. Produce audio and amplify it.

    • Diameter: 77mm

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Length: 315mm

    • Width: 14.5mm

    • 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

    • Length: 315mm

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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.

    • Diameter: 7mm

    • Wire metal. Weight: <1g. Length: 38mm. Hold the thermal wires together.

    • Width: 6mm

    • Height: 0.5mm

    • Wire metal tube weight: <1g. Ensures no electric current is transferred to the wire metal from the wires or vice versa.

    • Length: 31mm

    • Diameter: 3mm

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    • Pulled apart the PCB subassembly into PCB big, PCB small, bread wire, metal, rubber, & the 8 PCB wires.

    • PCB big weight: 129g. Controls the operations of the radio.

    • Length: 150mm

    • Width: 112.5mm

    • Height: 26.5mm

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    • Bread wire weight: <1g. Length: 68mm. Hold the PCB wires together.

    • Width: 2mm

    • Height: 1mm

    • Metal weight: <1g. Diameter: 9mm. Connects the PCB wires to the PCB.

    • Height: 7mm

    • Rubber weight: <1g. Diameter: 12.5mm. Ensures no electric current is transferred from the PCB to the other radio components.

    • 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

    • Length: 259mm

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    • PCB small weight: 10g. Controls the volume and tone of the radio audio.

    • Length: 66mm

    • Width: 40.5mm

    • 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.

    • Length: 340mm

    • Width: 63mm

    • Height: 124mm

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