HISTORY:
Once again I am back at the 'operating table' and my patient today is the SANSUI D-M7 Cassette deck.
Another sad case of user abuse, the case top section was badly marked and in fact this rendered the machine pretty unsightly and unattractive to a new owner. I couldn't locate a spare top section for this machine in my mountain of 'bits & pieces' and as the machine was working fine, I decided to pull out various 'organs' that I know from past experience others may need for their own machines.
I do like SANSUI gear although I am not so fond of the later equipment (this machine was produced in the early 1980's) where considerable cost cutting was undertaken, mainly in the cosmetics such as the faux metal front panel (plastic coated with an Aluminium finish). Nice solid steel chassis though, except the top cover which bends (and marks) quite easily!
So here is one of the parts I have extracted from the 'patient' ... R.I.P
More of the front panel buttons which so often become damaged by over enthusiastic users or fail purely because of age ... missing or damaged buttons is such a common issue with any old domestic electronic equipment.
SANSUI (JAPAN) - Single Cassette Deck (Spare Part)
Model: D-M7
Material: 5x plastic with ONE button only having the 'faux' Aluminium coating
4 buttons are Olive Green and 1 button has a metallic Chrome/Aluminium finish (faux)
PART: These are the user buttons all running in a horizontal row, being used to control the Tape Type, Noise Reduction and AMPS (Automatic Music Program Search)
See the photograph provided of these buttons where I have highlighted their location on the front panel.
I am offering ONLY the buttons, the mechanical switchbank to which these buttons are connected is NOT included in this advertisement.
These buttons are all physically of identical size, the rear of the button fits onto the shaft on the mainboard mechanical switches.
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN
NO damage to the button frontside or the rear
Buttons are all clean and in 'pretty good' shape, meaning there is only very slight "marking" to the metallic coated plastic button
SPECIAL NOTE:
Once the front panel is unscrewed and pulled forward, it is an easy task to remove and refit these buttons - push on, pull off friction fit.
I have now placed these buttons into a small pack, ready to bring another D-M7 "back from the dead"
