Why wont my sony boom box record button won't push down

Hi,

those buttons should be on the front of the boom box. But if you can't find them, please check the back of the boom box.

Otherwise, you'll need to use page 24 of the manual to help identify the buttons.

Thank you.

Its probably a lens failure, its quite common, try cleaning the lens,

if all else fails, try turning the unit upside down and load the disc, sometime this for some reason - resets the lens if slighty out but its not fact, just something i heard

there may be 2 possibles

1, the pinch roller is not going down and staying in the fixed when during playback, easy way to check power down the unit, press play and see if it looks firm, it will push back, if working right

if its loose, it may well have come off a little sping, and may well be an easy ish fix, by someone who know about cassette decks,

2, the speed adjustment has failed, there will be an internal speed control, which keeps the playback at a correct speed, if this has failed it may be fixable, but only by someone who can take it to bits and remove and solder a new one in, and they are very small and Sony items i have had have failed on speed control! too for me its a junker box

good luck

sounds like the laser has gone bad

No, it has neither a microphone or any inputs.

http://www.buzzillions.com/reviews/sony-boom-box-cd-player-cassette-recorder-cfd-s01cd-reviews#Description

Take the item to your local tv repair store, and I would suggest an estimate.

Look for a symbol that looks like this >I. or just this>, and push. Make sure you have selected "tape" function

Make sure the tape is not protected or broken tap on bottom of tape

My solution was to get my son to e-mail me the list of instructions that I couldn't find with my machine. The instructions, although vague, were very helpful!

The erase button is on the right hand side of the recorder. When you are on the message that you want to delete, then hold the erase button down. The message will start to play and an erase message will flash. Push the erase button down again and it will delete the message. Continue to do this for each message until you have the desireable amount of free space.