PS: I have in my hand the unbroken "english" belts if that is any help at all. Stephen

PCPete: G'day Stephen, I hope I'm the Peter you meant... (Maybe I'll change my name to Rumpelstiltskin to avoid difficulties in the future?) Yes, the belts I tried to obtain were the 2732005 (main capstan drive belt) and 2732014 (play clutch belt - that's my name for it, your manual might be more accurate!). Yes, sorry I realise that

Hello Peter, I too am a Beocord 1600 owner, and yesterday I discovered that I no longer can play tapes. I actually hadn't turned it on for about half a year and was a bit disappointed to discover that the play mechanism no longer worked. The motors were fine (you can hear it when you switch to 19 cm/s) and forward and rewind work perfectly. I took