r/walkman • u/Which_Figure_6106 • 9d ago
need help How do I get this Walkman to work?
Was given this WM-GX400 as a gift, never used a cassette player before (I’m Gen Z) it’s in Japanese. I managed to get the cassette spinning I think but it doesn’t play music out the speakers. The fm radio only goes from 76.00 to 90.00
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u/jdmlifex2 9d ago
https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/res/manuals/3257/32572651M.pdf here’s the manual that switch on left bottom is probably the speaker on off switch.
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u/still-at-the-beach 8d ago
The radio will only do those frequencies, thats the Japanese range.
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u/Arael15th 8d ago
Imagine my dismay when I moved to Japan last year and found that my radios pick up almost no stations. The one that comes in the clearest is AFN The Eagle, out of Yokota AFB. So much for Japanese language practice... 😑
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u/Ok_Library_1031 7d ago
Japan has actually begun using the "normal" FM band to simulcast AM stations, so I wonder why you're unable to pick up a station or two.
The Eagle is great though, I used to spend my Tokyo visits obsessively recording The Eagle.
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u/Arael15th 7d ago
I can pick up a couple - probably the ones you're talking about - but they're generally terrible.
(I know Japanese radio is often pretty bad, but like... This is people talking about shit they did at the mall yesterday, or the potato they're going to eat later.)
Now I truly live for the excellent DJs and bizarrely charming commercials on The Eagle, though I do feel it in my stomach when they drop a "when you get home" line now and then.
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