Panasonic RR-830 Desktop Cassette Transcriber / Recorder "tape slows down" Questions

...slows down as I play back tapes. The problem seems to be with the machine itself and not the foot pedal or the tapes. Where do I start? Start by cleaning the capstan roller. The rubber roller and ...

tape I am trying to transcribe sounds like it is going fast forward, but is on regular speed. Is there a different speed I can switch to to slow it down? Just had the same problem!!! You have to press

down. Hello,It is possible the tape loaded on the wrong side of the drive. If you romove the tape, look for slack and tighten up, try it again or another tape. Otherwise it is likely that a spring for

tape speed all the way down, and the vsc all the way up. this helps, but it is still very hard to understand because this creates a lot of static noise. It is strange because I have several tapes that