Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The Sharp RD-688AV looks like a GF-555 and acts like one, but sadly it isn't one. #boombox #1980s

0:00 A boombox wanna-be
0:30 What's missing?
1:00 Portability - Nope
1:25 For the AV Club
2:00 Controls and Buttons
2:31 The Ancestors
2:47 The Sync Channel
3:00 Erase Side B While Playing Side A
3:33 Music Search Elevator Buttons
5:18 Repair Section - Initial Impressions
6:18 Back Cover Removal
6:49 Front Cover Removal
7:17 Cassette Mechanism Removal
8:34 Motor Assembly Removal
9:41 Fixing Broken Eject
10:31 Replacing the Capstan Idler
12:07 Ker-Chunk Noise Investigation
13:40 More Brittle Plastic
14:28 The Duet We Did Not Know We Needed
14:47 Final Ramblings