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JVC KD-D40J Vintage Stereo Cassette Tape Deck Player Recorder Dolby Noise Red.. This is a vintage JVC KD-D40J Stereo Cassette Deck. It powers up and I can hear the motor running, but the spindles do not move. I'm assuming it may be a drive belt issue. It is being sold AS-IS for parts or repair. Economy shipping to the lower 48 States. Here's a description of this tape deck: This JVC KD-D40 is a stereo cassette deck with Dolby B and C and JVC's ANRS noise reduction, it was first sold by JVC in 1982 and discontinued 3 years later in 1985. The main features of the JVC KD-D40 are: 2 heads, mechanical 3 digit tape counter, manual tape type selection and capable of handling normal, chrome and metal tapes, belt driven single-capstan transport. Typical front loading cassette deck with the cassette compartiment located on the right side of the deck. Tape eject is operated mechanically and the cassette needs to be placed with the side to be played facing forward in the cassette well. Level meters used on the KD-D40 are generic digital peak reading meters. Full-logic transport controls used on the KD-D40 let it respond to the slightest finger contact for fast and effortless transport function selection. Cue and review can be used to easily and quickly locate the beginning of a passage. With ANRS noise reduction used in the KD-D40 the signals of low level are compressed in the recording process and expanded in a complementary way during playback in order to reduce noise without altering the tonal quality of the original sound. In this Automatic Noise-Reduction System's process, the hissing noise inherent in tape recording in the region of 5 kHz, is reduced by approximately 10 dB. Dolby C-type used in the KD-D40 provides 20 dB of noise reduction above about 1,000 Hz, fully doubling the amount given by B-type. To make live recordings this deck has 2 microphone inputs to connect microphones with a jack connector. For undisturbed listening a jack connector for a pair of stereo headphones is supplied. Connection to other audio components for plaback can be achieved by a RCA cable and recording from a source by a RCA cable.